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Re: Where did SEGA go wrong with the Dreamcast!
08/03/14 08:55 AM
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> Yes that was another mistake they made. And yes to much crud on the system, visually
> they could of done much better with a lot of them, it would of been nice if they
> developed a racer with roads over 2 metres wide and mountains over 8 ft high.
VMU. When I had my DC, and the VMU battery started to die - my first thought was that I'd have to replace the battery to keep my game saves/stats, etc. A battery wasn't needed actually. It's only or main advantage was portability.
Speaking of batteries, the system clock battery seemed to go bad rather quickly... And I think you have to actually open the system up, de-solder the battery and put a new one. Maybe soldering isn't involved, but it's still a hassle.
The D-pad on their controller. IMEO: the Saturn D-Pad is the Gold standard for D-Pads. Why they downgraded it - ...just another great mystery of the universe man-kind will probably never know the answer to. Or perhaps it was a patent issue. That's the only reasonable excuse. But anyway........
DC vs PS2.
To me this is a throwback to the Genesis/MD vs SNES time.
SNES came out later and had higher specs overall. PS2 also came out later.... & Like Smit said. Newer = "Better".
Oh yeah, I recall reading something about the PS2. To sum it up it was said that the PS2 was like the Sega Saturn in how games were written for it. I know at least one of the Saturn's issue was with syncing the 2 processors, but the PS2?... I'm not sure. I just recall finding it ironic that part of the Saturn's failure was due to it's 'difficult' programming language, and PS2 had the same programming language (according to what I read back whenever) -yet the PS2 was, pretty much, a success.
If I'm mistaken on that ^last part - then I apologize for my error. 
IMO: the XBOX is carrying on the (console) legacy for Sega. And that turn-over/passing of the torch was with the DC. There are a couple reasons why I think this.... 
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