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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 537521" data-attributes="member: 3887">Couldn't the same be said of the market-leading PS2, which is behind the Gamecube and XBox technology-wise?I there's a tendency to overstate the importance of cutting-edge hardware when discussing console gaming. If technology was really the deciding factor, then the Xbox would be ahead of the PS2 in sales...And what happened with the Dremacast was due to several factors: lack of certain key third-party support {curse you, EA}, Sega limited reasources {Sega was operating on such a thin margin, they needed lots of immediate revenue from the DC, they simply couldn't wait for it to gradually build a user-base}, and the fact that their rival Sony had an incredibly powerful brand with the Playstation. Consumers aren't strictly rational creatures. What they {we} believe about a product or producer is often as important, if not more, than the objective truth.   The Dreamcast was and is a great game system. I'm  not selling mine. And the PS2 is a great system, despite its "inferior tech" {compared to the Cube and the Box}, because of the support its market share garauntees.And while I'm at it, I'm sure the Xbox will be a great system. Microsoft can keep supporting it --and buying new support-- until the Sun up and dies-- giving it time to build a user-base...</blockquote>