What would a 7th gen Sega console have been like?

[Shadow1980]

curl-6 said:

Vinther1991 said:

In this hypothetical scenario, how well did the Dreamcast do? I think a lot depends on that

For the sake of the hypothetical, let's say it stuck around but still kinda got steamrolled, kinda like Gamecube.

I think such a scenario would have required that Sega didn't botch the launch of the Saturn. It releases on the originally-planned "Saturnday" release of Sept. 2 and only costs $300, same as the PlayStation. Hard to say how well it does in such a scenario seeing as we can't rewind time or go to an alternate universe where that was the sole divergence point in history, but let's assume it does a lot better and doesn't bomb out of the gate, giving Sega enough of a user base to keep making consoles after the Dreamcast, which sells at least on par with the GC & Xbox.

It is interesting to think about how things would pan out if certain decisions were made differently. Sega avoids their mid 90s screw-ups. Nintendo stays partnered with Sony and releases a hybrid cartridge/CD system in Gen 5 (basically something like the original "Nintendo PlayStation" plan). Nintendo and Sony still split and the PS1 still releases, but Nintendo decides to make a disc-based or disc/cart hybrid N64. The PS3 ends up being a system that only cost $400 at launch. Microsoft doesn't screw up the lead-up to the Xbox One. Instead, we got the results we got, and those were some of the biggest industry-shaking events ever. The only thing more industry-changing was the Crash of '83.