| curl-6 said: Let's say for a moment, that Sega in 2001 had massive cash reserves, and decided they would continue to bankroll the Dreamcast rather than abandoning their hardware business. How do you think the rest of the 6th gen would play out in this scenario, and the years that followed? How would gaming history change?
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Might have moved the needle a little bit among GC, Xbox, and Dreamcast, but in no universe are they able to overcome the dominance of the PS2. If Microsoft and Nintendo, who both did have massive cash reserves and name recognition that far surpassed Sega, couldn't do it, Sega certainly wouldn't have. The Dreamcast would also have started showing its age compared to its competitors.
The issue of overcoming the Saturn's disastrous performance would have sitll remained. The Xbox is basically what you described - not blindingly successful and a complete bust in Japan, but bankrolled by a megacorp that kept pouring money into it because they feared that the PS2 might hollow out the home PC business.
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