What was so special about the Dreamcast?

[hikaruchan]

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.

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.

MGS 2 did not use any CGI in the e3 2000 Trailer/demo though. MGS, MGS 2, MGS3 and MGS 4  cinematics are generated in-engine.