Did you know about the original XBOX before the 360?

[kain_kusanagi]

Dmick90 said:

kain_kusanagi said:

Hynad said:

kain_kusanagi said:
People who didn't know about the Xbox 360 are probably the same people who didn't know the Dreamcast existed and thought he PS2 was the only machine with video games to play. These people make me sad.

Why would they make you sad? It's not like you know everything there is to know about every hobbies in the world either.

It makes me sad because the Dreamcast had so many amazing games and deserved to be a success, but far too many ignored it and played exclusivly on PS2. The Dreamcast had the best games the year before and the year after the PS2 released but people still ignored it. Sega was forced to drop the Dreamcast and hardware alltogether and the industry is poorer for it. As for Xbox, Halo is pure gold and it's too bad that some people never got a chance to experience it in it's begining.

I know what you mean, Sega was like the Xbox in the 90s. Like the original Xbox the Dreamcast had so much potential and really deserved better. I'll never forget the day they announced on IGN that the Dreamcast was being discontinued. Sega was like a game making machine, they had so many great games coming out like one after another and they were more innovative back then. The Dreamcast was really the last time I have ever been really hyped over a console. And you know what the gaming industry has never really been the same since.

Yeah, I feel the same way. The Golden Age of Gaming was during the height of the arcades it ended with early home console and the crash of the industry. The Silver Age of Gaming began with the NES and Master System and ended with the Dreamcast. We are only now starting to see a new renaissances with indie games thanks to XBLA, Steam, Wiiware and PSN. These innovative games like Fez and Limbo are carrying the on the tradition of the Dreamcast's unique and experimental games.