It's thinking... Again. Dreamcast to return to XBLA and PSN

primesuspect

It's thinking... Again. Dreamcast to return to XBLA and PSN

CB

Why not 10-10-10?

Cliff_Forster

Where the Sega Dream-cast failed with the less enlightened gamers was in that Sega was that last company on earth that believed in the future of the video arcade. Sega lost hundreds of millions of dollars in arcade investments at that time. Arcade centers that they wholly owned, (we had a Sega City in Baltimore for a while, it was amazing), losses in arcade hardware that never sold the number of units they anticipated, and losses on the Dreamcast which was the last console that focused on bringing an arcade like experience to the home. Sure, there were brilliant original home titles on it, but the quality collection of fighting games, top down shooters and racing titles on that machine is unparalleled, and I don't think the core gamer "got it". I remember reading this financial report when Sega decided to get out of the hardware biz noting that in a way, home video games bastardized their core business interest, which was ultimately the revival of arcade gaming centers. Today, the internet has killed that, and frankly we may never see it again. Some may argue what we have is better, but I miss the days of playing a game in the arcade, thinking "this is amazing" and then longing to have a port I could play at home. Crazy Taxi was one of those titles. Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter 4, San Francisco Rush, Power Stone, Marvel vs. Capcom, and don't even get me started on all those amazing top down 2D shooters. Just so many brilliant arcade games on that platform.

I'll always be fond of the Dreamcast, because its really the last of its breed. Its a reminder of how great video arcades once were.

primesuspect

It was way, way ahead of it's time. A modem? Online gaming? a broadband adapter? What in the hell were those things?

Remember, this was competing with the Nintendo 64 and the Sony PlayStation.

Also: Piracy hurt the Dreamcast a lot.

Cliff_Forster

Yeah, and it actually played a serviceable match of Quake III arena. Not quite PC duty, but not shabby.

Like I said though, for me the real draw of the dream-cast was all the amazing arcade ports. It was not a shabby system for sports titles either.

I remember Sears having a closeout on Dreamcast games, it was ridiculous, like $2.99 a pop and they had just about any title you wanted, I went nuts, my son and I must have had a library with 40 or so quality Dreamcast titles, a shame I sold them on ebay a few years back.

Bandrik

I'm with Cliff on this one. While never owned (and still don't) a Dreamcast, I did (and still) salivate over the fighters and shooters. I'm a pretty big top-down 2d shooter fan, with Ikaruga probably being my favorite.

And guess where Ikaruga started on (besides the arcade)? Dreamcast. As well as Radiant Silvergun. Lucky bastards. Just glad they didn't take it to the gave with them and it was ported to Xbox LIVE arcade.

So yes, this whole thing is VERY good news. Another reason I'm glad I have a 360 for the wonderful Arcade offering they have.

CrazyJoe

We had some pretty awesome Dreamcast parties back in the day.

Tim Larkin

Shenmue 1 would be cool since we have Shenmue 2 for Xbox/Xbox 360.

warrengonline

SEGA - The King Returns. Pocket the funding needed for a Sega Dreamcast II. I'll be waiting. Put a definite FBI cap on pirating. The DreamCast has loads of games. I was actually late to the party, then friend showed me Virtua Tennis on the Dreamcast. I lazily picked up the clunky controller, leaned back deep and lazily into the chair and effortlessly played the game - ON NORMAL! I was hooked from then on. I am having a fun, but tedious time with Floigan Bros Episode 1. (Yeh, I'm a Bubsy 1 SNES fan which is why I bought it. 2D to 3D - eeeeek!)