TheThunder said:
Not trying to further the dissection any longer because I agree with some of what you said but I still think that the online feature in the DC is not that big to be a contribution or a well noted achievement because like I said if non of MS, Sony or Nintendo did it after the DC nobody would even notice tbh
Any way I guess in the end it all comes down to the way you see it I would rather give the credit to MS for that but hey that’s just me
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You could also think of it like if the DC didn't do it first, then none of them would have followed. The reason why I give the credit to Sega is because the Dreamcast and it's demise was the stepping stool Microsoft used to create the Xbox and it's philosophies. MS and Sega were very close throughout the Dreamcast's lifespan all the way past the launch of the Xbox. It almost came to be that MS and Sega became one and supposedly the only reason they didn't is because Sega demanded Dreamcast backwards compatibility in the Xbox and Microsoft said no. If you recall, Xbox's first packin was a combo Sega GT 2002/Jet Set Radio Future pack, which should show how close the two were. So really it's fine if you give the credit to MS. They did in fact help create a lot of things in the Dreamcast, the same way that they learned from the DC how to build the Xbox. It was a two way street and I just fall on the side of the fence giving Sega the credit.
What's really important is what we both agree on, which is that online gaming is one of the most important contributions of this decade.