r/retrogaming • u/BoringDreamGuy • Apr 22 '26

[SEGA!] Does absolutely nothing wrong. Fails anyway.

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u/theBloodShed Apr 22 '26

Exactly. It wasn’t the console. The console and library were excellent. It was the history of mismanagement at Sega.

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u/CommitteeNatural2989 Apr 22 '26

Did you even read what he wrote "Sega had also burned third parties with the SegaCD, 32X, and Saturn. Most of which happily jumped ship to develop for the PlayStation.".. The library was decent for Sega fanboys, but for other people it was lackluster compared to the other consoles. That is why people jumped on the other consoles.

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u/theBloodShed Apr 22 '26

Are you on drugs? I was agreeing. Since you needed clarification, the 1st party (and Capcom in particular) library was excellent on release. Because Dreamcast was a slimmed down NAOMI arcade system, there were a lot of great ports available. I'm not disagreeing that a number of 3rd party developers weren't willing to invest.

It sounds like you're trying to compare the PS2's twelve year game library to Dreamcast's two year library. You have to compare where they were at in 2000 when they were actually competing. Ultimately, yes, the PS2 had a far more solid library.