A Dreamcast Deferred

Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 4 a.m.

b'On 9/9/99 The Sega Dreamcast had the most successful product launch of literally any commercial product in history. It quickly came to dominate the market, outperforming all its competition. Less than a year and a half later, it was dead, and Sega was cut down to a shell of its former self. This week, we\'re looking at why, and at the long storied history of failure and missteps that came along with building an entirely new creative medium like nothing the world had ever seen before: video games. Visit\\xa0our Patreon here (https://patreon.com/theconstant).Get 10% off your first month of online counseling by visiting:http://betterhelp.com/theconstant (http://betterhelp.com/theconstant) and entering discount code "theconstant". And check out your two free ebooks at\\xa0The Whatever Happened to Series Here (https://www.whateverhappenedseries.com/constant).\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'