jarrod on 27 December 2010
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Declan said: But the Dreamcast launched before the PS2, marking the start of the 128-bit generation.
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Dreamcast was a non-issue, PS2 steamrolled it on hype alone (it certainly wasn't the games, lol). It's really more a weird "in between" system though (think along the lines of PC Engine, 3DO or N-Gage), sadly it was competing more actively with PS1 and N64 than it was PS2.
PS2's core competitors were GC and Xbox, and had it not been allowed to have 1.5 year on them, and built up an insurmountable 20m unit lead over the period, last gen might've looked more like this gen in terms of marketshare (though flip Nintendo and Sony). Launching first can be a BIG advantage for a market leader.
