The Sega Dreamcast Sales Super Thread (FULL US & Japan HW & SW sales data inside!) Keeping the dream live!

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johnsobas said:

KyleeStrutt said:

That's what Famitsu says, other sources say the Dreamcast was at 1m in Japan at the time it was at 2m in the US, so I'm not sure.

Supposedly most Sega/Saturn fans were pissed off at Sega for killing the Saturn so quickly, so they didn't supported the Dreamcast, that's what I've read about, not sure if its true.

doesn't make sense.  I always read over 2 million in Japan for several years, wikipedia says so and those software sales make no sense for a system with 650k.  I've seen the 10.6 million WW sales many times as well and that would need more than 650k from Japan.  

2 million always sounded about right to me. The DC overall was pretty neglected in Japan due to the Saturn already having a healthy market there, but 650k would be be worse than what the original Xbox did in Japan. No chance of that IMO, lol.

That being said....

johnsobas said:

Dreamcast had better games than the PS2 until probably late 2003 and even that is arguable.  The dreamcast did fine against the PS1, it was the PS2 that killed it and that was despite the great games on DC not because of them.  DVD had a lot to do with it too.

Did you forget 2001 was a year or something? I'm all for retrospective sob stories, but that statement is sheer lunacy. The PS2 in 2001 is probably the single most impressive year a video game platform has had. Ever.

And as far as the Dreamcast up against the PS1, if you need Shenmue to sell twice as many copies as your total install base to recoup revenue, chances are you're not doing "fine".