SEGA’s Dreamcast - A Hardware Built To Compete, Not To Last Right next to Sony and Nintendo once stood another Japanese key competitor in the industry: Sega. Moreover, we are not talking about the charismatic blue hedgehog and the company's overall take on video games software but instead on hardware: home consoles. Simultaneously blessed and cursed with powerful, technical and visionary hardware, the Sega's Dreamcast was active on the market and relevant for only three years spanning from 1998 to 2001, when the company decided to discontinue the project due to severe economic problems. Although very short, these three years of service were enough to create and leave a new legacy as one of the greatest console and game libraries/rosters of all time. This article will first discuss what made the console unique before diving into the factors that led Sega to ultimately make the Dreamcast their last and final home console even 20 years later. We will be concluding the article with how Sega miraculously "survived" and what lies ahead for the company's future. The Sega Dreamcast was way ahead of its time. One of its most substantial key perks stemmed from one of the most excellent line-ups of games at launch ever released for any home console. With 18 titles, the list included legendary games such as Sonic Adventure, The House of the Dead 2, SoulCalibur, NFL Blitz, Mortal Kombat Gold, the infamous Blue Stinger, Hydro Thunder, Crazy Taxi and more. Some of which are still running franchises that are running today. Sadly, this crazy line-up was only ready in time for the Western launch as the earlier Japanese launch was minimal in-game selection. Let us dive deeper into the story of the legendary SEGA Dreamcast [Full Article in our Link in Bio]