darthdevidem01 said:
iBlah said:
jarrod said:
darthdevidem01 said:
Gab said:
I don't agree that consoles that deserve to do well are the ones to do well. If that was the case, the Dreamcast would've taken over the world. |
I have learnt recently that the dreamcasts sales were good, but SEGA couldn't go on due to low 3rd party support
so technically dreamcast could have sold much more, other factors led to its decline, its not the best comparison here
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They weren't really. It'd only sold about 6-7 million worldwide by the time Sega pulled the plug iirc, the other 4 million were sold at steep discount afterwards.
DC's one of the few consoles that really did deserve better imo.
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from wikpeida:
Despite problems with the Japan launch, the system's launch in the United States was successful. In the United States alone, a record 300,000 unit had been pre-ordered and Sega sold 500,000 consoles in just two weeks (including a record 225,132 sold during the first 24 hours). In fact, due to brisk sales and hardware shortages, Sega was unable to fulfill all of the advance orders. Sega confirmed that it made US$98.4 million on combined hardware and software sales with Dreamcast with its September 9, 1999 launch. Four days after its launch in the US, Sega stated 372,000 units were sold bringing in 132 million in sales. it did GREAT upon release.
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Hey exactly, thats what I had heard, it broke records initially
but 3rd parties & as lost planet said piracy finished it
There wasn't enough income for SEGA to continue making games
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actually it did great even after release, the sale increased by 150% in Q3 2000, so basically it was kicking ass then somehow (piracy?? 3rd parties withdrawing support??) no good games were coming to it and PS2 was released, then it fell.
