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by kjaftaedi 2006 days ago
I think they lost because they were too easily hacked.

Most people I knew had one, but nobody payed for games because you could just use a boot cd and play pirated games endlessly.

One of my friends had hundreds upon hundreds of games. More than any of us could ever play.

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That is not true. It has been debunked so many times. Sega and there poor decisions during the end of the Genesis era(add-on that cost consumers hundred and then dropping support soon after) and Saturn days(surprise early launch angering developer, consumers and retailers enough for them to never carry the Saturn) lead to the death of the Dreamcast.

Statistical data showed that people were not buying the Dreamcast even though the games were easily pirated. Therefore piracy had no bearing on the console.

The Dreamcast needed sales and Sony's hype machine and SEGA's past reputation lead to consumers avoiding the Dreamcast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d2xuRwYUt4