xD

>>375962908
I don't understand how the Dreamcast flopped, it did a lot of things before other consoles
>console options menu
>handheld/console split
>internet

>>375963112
The Dreamcast wasn't flopping,Sega just stopped supporting it.

>>375963112
It didn't, it was selling decently but Sega just got scared of the PS2 and they also were almost broke at that point, It'd probably sold more than the GameCube it had the only good launch lineup in videogame history.

>>375962908
me and my homies had a dreamcast we pitched in and bought in highschool so that we could play bootleg copies of MvC 2 with custom soundtracks and let me tell you, the ergonomics on this fucking brick SUCKED

the analog stick gave hella blisters and the whole thing sat in your hands really weird, hands down one of my least favorite controllers ever

the dreamcast fucking ruled though, all that aside. great line up with some fantastic sleeper titles that got passed over because of the ps1 and how well it did

good shit anon, making me nostalgic

scenario: you can redesign the dreamcast in its entirety from scratch to make it succeed, but you can't stop the inevitable release of the ps2 in 2000
what would you do?

>>375963523
ps2 i mean. whoops

>>375963112
It didn't. SEGA ran out of time/money. The Saturn/32X fucked them over.

>>375963545
It is also a DVD player
PS2's biggest advantage is nullified.

>>375963112
SEGA's financial flops and infighting caught up to them, Isao Okawa had to save them from going under right before he died.

>>375963692
This.

>>375963112
Much more expensive than other consoles of the day and it had internet back when many homes didn't, making it more expensive to produce for no payoff.

Some people who worked on it at the time refuse to call it a "failure", to this day. They say it "came before its time".

>>375963112
PS2 and it's droves of casuals.

Why the fuck did so many companies make good controllers then go to shit later on?
>NES controller
Fantastic
>N64 Controller
Dog shit
>Genesis controller
Golden
>Dreamcast Controller
What the fuck?
>PSX controller
Solid and smooth
>PS4 controller
hahahahha

If it ain't broken, don't fix it

>>375963112
The tech just wasn't there yet, it was using CDs instead of DVDs, and just like the saturn it never really picked up a meaningful library
I had most dreamcast games (pirated :^)) before mine up and died on me and there were really only a few worth playing

>>375963692
And it would still lose since Sega fucked itself up in the previous gen.If anything the trick to solve every major Sega problem would have been to import all those 2D Saturn games that got stuck in Japan and to also stop marketing their product like they were in the early 90s.

>>375963868
It really did come before it's time though. It was capable of running PS2 tier graphics and sound, had online capabilities, offered a handheld, and had an amazing lineup.
Had this been released later on, people would've eaten it up

>>375963545
DVD drive, an additional analog stick for better multi platform support. Support for spdif/optical.


That's really it.

>tfw too poor to buy the expensive watch batteries the VMUs took to play minigames on
>tfw too poor for fancy internet so i couldn't play phantasy star online MP
>tfw too poor for samba de amigo maracas

>>375963692
>biggest advantage is nullified
>ignore royalties and that fact the system would have had a massive price hike putting it over the PS2

This is why /v/ doesn't run a business.

because the only good games in its library were powerstone and crazy taxi

Are shmups and other indie games still being made for the Dreamcast?
Any of them worth purchasing?
Is there a site that keeps track of this shit? Honestly haven't been following since like 2008

>>375964002
You have very poor taste in controllers.

>Before it was cool

>Implying the DC wasn't cool as fuck.

Kill yourself.

>>375964002
PS4 controller is fine. Also no mention of the GOAT Saturn controller means you have shit taste.

>>375964641
>defending the N64 or Dreamcast controllers

I can't speak for the PS4 one but just shut up

>>375962908
Technically the Gameboy had a screen in its controller

>>375964002
DS4 is the only decent controller Sony has ever made.

>>375964626
Yes and no. Any moron that makes a current day game on an age old console is just guaranteeing that it's going to be garbage

>>375964002
I really wish Nintendo would go back to the GameCube's facebutton layout.

>>375964562
>crazy taxi

AUTOMATONS WITH BUSINESS SUITS

>>375965018
Gunlord is a good game

>>375963112
It was piracy that killed the Dreamcast, plain and simple.

Burn a CD loader, put it in, bam, as many Dreamcast games as you have money to buy blank CD's for.

>>375964562
Jet Set Radio

>>375964943
>modern controllers
>not pieces of shit that break at the slightest nudge

My PS2 controller still works decently after 12 years of hard use,do you really think a PS4 controller would last half as long as that?

>>375965452
i swear to god they make them easy to break so you have to buy another ~60 dollar controller, like what the fuck. I've literally gone through at least 8 ps3 controllers at this point and every time i buy a new one i simmer with rage at the fact that those greedy fucks got me again

>>375965273
Wrong.

Later models fixed this. It wasn't because of the piracy that Sega went down.

>>375963636
The Saturn was a fine enough console, especially in Japan. The Mega CD and 32x were the only problems. They were the beginning of the problems. I would go further into detail into their philosophy and how it ruined the CD, but no need for that.

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>>375962908
>had online before it was cool
>had a motion sensing controller before it was cool

Where were you when you realized gaming was better with Sega?

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>>375963112
>playing with friends online
>late night PSO games
>all those arcade games and fight nights
>downloading your own images for graffiti in jsr
>bypassing family pc and just using dc to look up porn using dc keyboard
>swapping game saves via irl vmu or online

It was doomed due to Sega's past and then current fuckery, but it was a good system with unrealized potential. The VMU's storage and battery life was a joke though so it was more of a gimmick.

>>375966369

sega marine fishing was so hype
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojdI4vZ3QxI

>>375966369
>Online
>Motion controls
>Good
no, we're better of without them.

>>375966369
>Where were you when you realized gaming was better with Sega?
I realized that when I just a boy playing his Sega Genesis.