Hatred for Microsoft skewing vision of good gaming console

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Zoombael said:

Jazz2K said:

I don't know who exactly did it first but I know Sega on the Dreamcast made you pay monthly for their service SegaNet and that was before Xbox. These info are all over the internet.

No, this is not correct. In general online gaming was without charge. I know that for sure because i played games online on the DC. Nevertheless, it wasn't MS who charged for online gaming first. A game called Everquest did that even before Xbox1 . ;)

If you used seganet to play DC games online you could indeed pay for free but you needed a Sega net subscription.

Had to look it up again but they even paid your DC console price back if you atleast were subbed for 18 months:

As was previously reported by GameSpot News, to encourage consumers to give SegaNet a try, the price of the Dreamcast console has been dropped to US$149. Those who sign up for 18 months of SegaNet service at $21.95 per month will receive a rebate for the entire $149 Dreamcast purchase price and a free Dreamcast keyboard. Those who have purchased a Dreamcast console previously will be awarded with 50 free hours on SegaNet to try out the service.


After the DC was dead it depends on the game like phantasy star online where you also had to pay monthly to play it online.