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PlayMatt on 02 February 2014
McDonaldsGuy said:

I'm going to disagree. The Dreamcast had a huge library of fun and unique games. By 2000 it had so many awesome titles such as Skies of Arcadia, Sonic Adventure, Shenmue, Sega GT, Resident Evil Code: Veronica, Soul Calibur, Quake 3, Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, and that's not even including the niche games like Ikaruga, Rez, Bangai O, Power Stone, Ooga Booga, MDK2, Seaman, Samba De Amigo, MArs Matrix, ChuChu Rocket, EGG, then it had awesome multiplats like Tony Hawk 2, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Test Drive, Rayman 2, Legacy of Kain, Grandia II, Hydro Thunder, Rush 2049, etc. etc.

The Dreamcast was super unique and tried to do so many new and cool things. For example, online. Nintendo still hasn't embraced online yet Sega was pushing for it in 99. Seaman, Space Channel, and Samba De Amigo were also unique. Then you have the VMU, their camera, microphone, etc. etc.

The Dreamcast is a one of a kind console. The Wii U is OK I guess, but not even NEAR the Dreamcast.


OMG Someone else also remember's Ooga Booga <3



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brendude13 on 02 February 2014

Dreamcast was in a class of its own. So many incredible games, yet only a 2 year life span. Such a shame.



Ronster316 on 02 February 2014

Ratio of AWESOME Dreamcast games released during it's 2 year lifespan vs first 2 years of vita/WiiU games (including upcoming games)

Dreamcast>>>> Vita/WiiU by a huge margin.

Can't see the Vita or WiiU been discontinued anytime soon though.



sabastian on 02 February 2014

Don't know bout guys/gals, but my Vita has a hell of allot of content on a regular basis to play........ I love my Vita



Twilord on 02 February 2014

In all three cases reputation is the worst thing for the consoles.

PSP Vita and Wii-U have a reputation for having no games (even if they have some truly incredible exclusives like 3D World, Pikmin 3, Tearaway) and both have to deal with issues born of their preceding console's reputations. - Though if people would SHUT THE HELL UP about the whole "your console/device is DOOOOMED" thing then both the PSP Morte and Ultra-NES that come out next-gen (hopefully 5/6/7 years from now, with the Nintendo Fusion and Sony Playstream hybrid systems) will actually be working of a much more upbeat reputation.

 

 

The Dreamcast's reputation issues were... different.



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McDonaldsGuy on 02 February 2014
PlayMatt said:
McDonaldsGuy said:

I'm going to disagree. The Dreamcast had a huge library of fun and unique games. By 2000 it had so many awesome titles such as Skies of Arcadia, Sonic Adventure, Shenmue, Sega GT, Resident Evil Code: Veronica, Soul Calibur, Quake 3, Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, and that's not even including the niche games like Ikaruga, Rez, Bangai O, Power Stone, Ooga Booga, MDK2, Seaman, Samba De Amigo, MArs Matrix, ChuChu Rocket, EGG, then it had awesome multiplats like Tony Hawk 2, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Test Drive, Rayman 2, Legacy of Kain, Grandia II, Hydro Thunder, Rush 2049, etc. etc.

The Dreamcast was super unique and tried to do so many new and cool things. For example, online. Nintendo still hasn't embraced online yet Sega was pushing for it in 99. Seaman, Space Channel, and Samba De Amigo were also unique. Then you have the VMU, their camera, microphone, etc. etc.

The Dreamcast is a one of a kind console. The Wii U is OK I guess, but not even NEAR the Dreamcast.


OMG Someone else also remember's Ooga Booga <3


I haven't played that game in so long. I really need to get my Dreamcast out (assuming I still have it).

The Dreamcast was so awesome.



novasonic on 02 February 2014

Think of it as being a member of a secret society that doesn't allow idiots to join!

OP: Ehh, the problems the Vita and WiiU have are totally different than the problems the DC had. The problem with the Vita and WiiU is that it's great hardware but Sony and Nintendo assumed the success of previous consoles would carry over and slacked on good game support. The Dreamcast had amazing software but was destroyed by rampant piracy caused by Sega cutting corners on hardware because of the whole 'financial shambles after the failure of the Sega CD, 32x, Saturn, Game Gear, and Nomad' thing.




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PS4: 60-65m
WiiU: 30-35m
X1: 30-35m
3DS: 80-85m
PSV: 15-20m