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I agree with the spirit of your wall of unbroken text, but I do want to point out that the Sega Dreamcast launched at $199.99 on 9/9/99. I know because I drove three hours to stand in line for my Dreamcast. The PS2 was the more expensive system. Those few years with the Dreamcast at its prime were truly great. It's too bad so many "gamers" decided to skip the stellar Dreamcast in favor of waiting for the PS2. They really missed out and now we all miss out on all the experimental games Sega used to developer on their systems because it cost them almost nothing. Sometimes it was great, other times it was just interesting, but it was always good for the industry.



You are 100% correct.  I was miss-remembering which console generation I had intended to cite.  I had the Brands and Prices correct, but wrong systems.  At E3 1995, Sega made their presentation unveiling the Sega Saturn which they shipped out as a surprise the night before at $399 a system.  Sony, who made their presentation immediately following Sega, walked up to the podium and tersely announced "$299" (as the price of the Sony Play Station) which was greeted with a resounding applause.  My apologies for the mix-up.