EA Sports boss and former Sega chief Peter Moore has paid tribute to the Dreamcast (R.I.P) on its tenth anniversary. Today marks the birthday of one of the most tragic consoles in gaming history and Moore, a man who witnessed its death firsthand, has written about the system on his blog.
"It certainly doesn't feel like a decade has gone by since this innovative console ushered in the era of online gaming, albeit through a 56K modem, and thus changed the face of interactive entertainment forever," he states. "The memories of course are bittersweet -- we all know how this movie ended -- but I was fortunate to have worked at that time with some of the most amazingly dedicated individuals, all of whom were galvanized around a single goal: prove the naysayers wrong, launch the console with a bang, get to a meaningful installed base within the first twelve months, and keep the momentum going in the face of the upcoming stiff competition."
Moore also took the opportunity to lay to rest ideas that he and Sega of America were the ones to kill the Dreamcast: "Sega of Japan had rightly set sales goals for the North American market for that critical period, and as strong as our numbers were, they fell short of where we needed to be to continue. The decision was made, from Japan, to pull the plug and begin the transition to becoming a multi-platform third party developer and publisher. We at SOA, while disappointed, were in full agreement that this was the only real course of action, and it was with a heavy heart that I hosted the conference call on January 31st, 2001, announcing that Sega was ceasing manufacturing of the Dreamcast console. The call on the decision was made by SOJ. The conference call to announce the decision was conducted by SOA."
Nice try, Moore, but the blood is still on your hands. THE BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS AND YOU ARE THE PONTIUS PILATE OF VIDEOGAMES!
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8:40 AM on 09.09.2009
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The PS3 is a long long way from forgotten. In fact it's currently outselling the Errorbox 360 DVD player by 3 to 1 over here in the UK.
Forget not the 360, that last gen piece of shit is coming to the end of it's lifecycle, is it not? - And we all know how Microshaft treat consoles at the end of their lifecycle!
The PS3 era has only just begun.
The 360 was just a stop gap, better than a PS2 but not quite a PS3, a transitional console if you will. For those too impatient to wait for the PS3.
This is a day to remember the Dreamcast, so kindly shove off and wank somewhere else.
Cheers Jim and Cheers to everyone playing their Dreamcast today!
Jet Set Radio was AWESOME
pontius pilate..... nice name drop
and i am all about never forgetting the nes, snes, sega [master, genesis, 32x, cd, cdx, saturn, especially dreamcast] any gameboy, coleco, intellivision, et cetera.... [i could go on]
hardware collectors unite!
If the Xbox 360 is at the end of it's cycle and the PS3 is just coming into it's own, doesn't that mean that we will be getting a new Xbox system with better graphics etc. soon but have to wait a while for a new Playstation?
Nice theory.
I was an AVID fan of Phantasy Star Online
@Sexual Chocolate and any other fanbois
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I don't get your comment. Perhaps it's because i don't speak LIVE - "UR coment iz Ghey U stinkn fuckin niga!" - how's that?
I shouldn't have bitten your bait so quickly, but i do enjoy a good rant.
And, sure if Microshaft release a new console and it's not another rushed, borked bag of wank I might possibly partake. But my guess is it's going to be another DVD player taped (badly) to a slightly moar powerful PC graphics card, just like last time. Ooooooooh grafix! Fuck that, i'll stick to functionality and features over moar bettur grafix and exclusives aimed at 12 year olds, thanks.
Even if i did end up with an xbox 720 or whatever, i'll still have the PS3, the first one I bought, you know the whole, electronics lasting longer than 2 years thing and having all the features you need built in and long term support running nicely in the living room as the all inclusive High Def media centre and top of the range gaming console it is.
Also FUCK THE PS3
(not really, but I bet I made your eyes squint just a bit, huh, sexualchocolate?)
I remember the Dreamcast, and that controller was AWESOME. It's cool how you can see it inspired the Gamecube and Xbox controllers. I also remember the downright AWESOME that was POWER STONE. I want to buy a Dreamcast just to play that game four players again.
Besides, Sony consoles seem to be following the same pattern over the years. We generally have to wait a bit before anything super amazing comes out, usually they seem to be the last, but when they do come out with something, it's bigger and better than whatever Nintendo or Microsoft has produced thus far.
Too bad I lost my VMU and have no freaking clue where to buy another one.
I think it's great that this is one of the consoles that seems like it will always be remembered, I killed a lot of time on this thing. More-so than consoles that are out now.
MVC2 FTW!
sony took the videogame to the masses and that's why there are so many bullshit game around today(guitar hero etc. please......), microsoft should just think about making a decent op, and nintendo blew it totally after the mighty SNES........