| Cerebralbore101 said: Dreamcast 2 launches in 2004. It's a little more powerful than the OG Xbox. Most people just see it as a way for Sega to finally catch up to the other Gen 6 consoles in power. But many gamers just accept that Sega releases on a slightly different schedule than all the others. DC2 is $300 at launch and has Shenmue 3, Panzer Dragoon Penta, DVD playback capability, Virtua Fighter 5, Sonic 04 (just as bad as Sonic 06), and a ton of Japanese devs that made OG Xbox games. DC2 winds up being the first console to prove that less power is more. Games get released for it faster than 360 and PS3. It's significantly cheaper than everything except the Wii. Nintendo and Xbox 360 sales suffer due to DC2 being a stronger brand. In fact the 7th gen becomes a Wii vs DC2 shootout with the 360 and PS3 competing to see who can make it to 70 million first. Wii and DC2 both sell 85 million units easily but DC2 just has better 3rd party support later in the generation, which causes it to push 100 million units by late 2011. Then the DC3 launches and sits comfortably somewhere between Wii U and PS4 in terms of power. |
