To be honest if Sega didn't run out of money, the Dreamcast may have very well outsold the GameCube and XBox to finish no.2 that generation.
They sold about 10 million between 1999-2001, they may well have been able to finish at around 25 million or so, which would've made them no.2 that generation had they not run out of money, lol.
When Nintendo releases Nintendo CD add-on for Wii U for $400 and then releases Nintendo 32X two years later and then releases a new system on top of that 8 months later then we can talk about them being Sega.
The best selling game hardware from Sega, Nintendo, and Microsoft all actually came after shortened hardware cycles, so me that indicates this isn't as big of a deal as it's made out to be.
Sega - Best selling hardware is the Genesis (33-40 million), was released three years after it predacessor the Sega Master System.
Microsoft - Best selling hardware is the XBox 360 (80 million and counting) was released four years after its predacessor the XBox.
Nintendo - Best selling hardware is the Nintendo DS (150 million) was released 3 1/2 years after its predacessor Game Boy Advance.
MS waited too long to release the XBox One this gen. Should've launched in fall 2012 to get a one year headstart with no optional Kinect.
