• ampersandrew@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    At least part of it was being the last CD-based console when the DVD juggernaut was around the corner. Games wouldn’t take long to outgrow CDs.

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      There was a plan for a DVD add on but obviously the console died before any of that stuff was released. I still think that was a minor reason for the failure though as it was more about consumer/studio trust in Sega.

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        5 days ago

        Yeah, that seems to be the thesis of the video as well. I think they would have also run into problems with their expensive VMUs and the lack of a second analog stick. Even with a killer launch window, they had a steep hill to climb.