Sega charged $22 per month to play online for the Dreamcast. Where was the outcry back then?

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badgenome on 08 March 2015

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i dont think it was that of a good consoles, espacially now. It lacks exclsuives, most of the games on the dreamcast you can play them on different consoles. The only exclsuives left are D2 and Shenmue 1 which are intresting to me. And its also good to play a view defentive console versions like dino crysis 1, but other than that there arent any reasons to have a dreamcast.

Most? That's quite the exaggeration. The Dreamcast had an incredible library considering it lasted less than two years on the worldwide market.

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Platina on 08 March 2015

Ruler said:

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Mainly because online was not as popular as it is now..

..and it was Sega's last console

xbox live started just some months later when seganet went offline and was 6$/€ per month

Dreamcast did not have as many users so less users = less outcry.

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Chark on 08 March 2015

Why does XBL and PS+ not provide internet service? There is an outrage to be had right there!

Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

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badgenome on 08 March 2015

Did I break the thread?

Edit: Seems to be working now.

Edit 2: ... or is it?!

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Platina on 08 March 2015

badgenome said:

Did I break the thread?

Edit: Seems to be working now.

Edit 2: ... or is it?!

[Off topic, sorry mods :( ]

I seem to have the same issue with all threads atm...

Check this thread:

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Assyrian612 on 08 March 2015

Xbox's price was $299.99 and Dreamcast $149.99. For 12 month LIVE $49.99, DC 18 months $396. Refund for $150 cuts price of console and 18 month subscription to $246, with additional keyboard cuts price anywhere from $246-226. Xbox plus one year would be $350. Dreamcast was a better deal and offered 6 more months for a $124 difference versus Xbox package. Month to month was obviously over expensive, but being they were the first service; setting the monthly price was entirely up to them since no competitor had it.

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kupomogli on 08 March 2015

There were only two games I can remember that had online, Phantasy Star Online being the only one really worth playing, so yeah, practically no one paid for online on the Dreamcast. I never owned a Dreamcast but a few of my friends did and none of them paid for online.

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Samus Aran on 08 March 2015

Ruler said:

Platina said:

Mainly because online was not as popular as it is now..

..and it was Sega's last console

xbox live started just some months later when seganet went offline and was 6$/€ per month

Yeah, MS made bank from the original xbox. /s

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Locknuts on 08 March 2015

There was no outcry. People just didn't subscribe and then Sega went under. Just like they shouldn't subscribe to Sony or Microsoft's services. People are pretty stupid though.

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johnsobas on 08 March 2015

ok i don't remember this, i played online for free on my dreamcast always. Endless hours into phantasy star online and other games.

currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

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