The is
Sega's final
video game console and the successor to the
Sega Saturn. An attempt to recapture the console market with a
next-generation system, it was designed to supersede the
PlayStation and
Nintendo 64. Originally released sixteen months before the
PlayStation 2 (PS2), and three years before the
Nintendo GameCube and the
Xbox, the Dreamcast is part of the
sixth generation of video game consoles, Dreamcast was widely hailed as ahead of its time, and is still held in high regard for pioneering online console gaming. Nevertheless, it failed to gather enough momentum before the release of the PlayStation 2 in
March 2000, and Sega decided to discontinue Dreamcast in
March 2001, withdrawing entirely from the console hardware business; however, support continued in Japan where consoles were still sold and new games are still being made by the homebrew community.
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