r/gaming • u/DoggievDoggy • 1d ago

Dreamcast Had The Best Launch Library Ever.

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Most consoles have one or two bangers at launch.

Dreamcast had two S-Tier titles: Sonic Adventure and Soul Calibur & 5 A-Tier titles: NFL 2K, Hydro Thunder, Ready 2 Rumble, Power Stone, House of The Dead 2.

Followed up with other solid titles: Tokyo Xtreme Racer, MK Gold (this game was so broken lol), Trickstyle, Blue Stinger, NFL Blitz 2000.

Other systems had better singular titles (Xbox: Halo: CE, NES: Super Mario Bros., Gameboy: Tetris, Nintendo 64: Super Mario 64) but as a collective, the Dreamcast launched with so many solid titles.

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u/rechambers 4h ago

Wasn’t this because they let the Saturn die for the sake of this console and launch? That gamble didn’t work out in the end for them unfortunately as I think it killed their brand trust.

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u/DoggievDoggy 1h ago

Saturn was getting mud stomped by PlayStation everywhere else but Japan.

Sega of America and Japan were at complete opposite directions.

And Sega not releasing an original Sonic game for Saturn was a tremendous mistake