Snesboy said:
d21lewis said:
To paraphrase what somebody else said, the Dreamcast was a console that did everything right and STILL failed. It's heartbreaking. It didn't succeed because Sony promised (and I admit, it took a while but they delivered) a bettter experience. I'll always love my Dreamcast. It's like a child that died before its potential was reached (sorry, I just read Maus) and because of that, it's elevated to incredible status.
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It also helped that Sony had trailers of CG graphics and then told everyone that it was actual gameplay. A trick they tried to do in 2005 with PS3 but failed miserably at.
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Sony dropping FUD on a company close to going under like Sega was when they had the Dreamcast, can work. To try to do the same against a company like Microsoft, won't fly. I remember the whole Killzone and Motorstorm game trailers that were awesome. Microsoft counters with Cliffy B showing the original Gears of War playing at E3, and it blunted a bunch. Then I remember the alpha for Motorstorm floating about and it made things not go well. Assassin's Creed going multiplatform blunted things to.
Both Motorstorm and Killzone 2 did turn out real well, but it wasn't the same.
