Elysian Shadows

games.slashdot.org wrote:XBOX 360=Dreamcast 2.0?
Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday November 06, @10:46AM
from the something-to-think-about dept.
Tenken writes "1UP has an eye opening article on the many similarities between the XBOX 360 and the Dreamcast. It's actually pretty scary, case in point: both consoles launched a year before their major competitors, and even their logos are incredibly similar. The article also goes on to mention why the 360 will not fail miserably like the Dreamcast. "

http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/11/0 ... ml?tid=211
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3145154&did=1

I've seen this on every friggen forum I've been to today. Still somewhat interesting though.

I'm not bitching. It's true.

Yeah, except it's closed, and has shitty games at launch.

:guffaw:

Okay, it's not that funny. Still...

DJ Yoshi wrote:Yeah, except it's closed, and has shitty games at launch.

I think that you're the first guy I have heard say that. I agree.

Not to be a fanboy but the Dreamcast had an impressive launch to say the least. It had Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur, NFL 2000, House of the Dead 2, Powerstone, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Marvel Vs. Capcom, Bass Fishing, Sega Rally 2, and a whole lot more.

You can't dispute that either, I'm getting this straight from a DC mag at launch.

Not only that, but I'm sick of people saying all of the stuff the Xbox has done better than the DC at launch. Lets start looking at some of the facts.

1) The DC was alot and I mean a lot more impressive at launch. People were still playing PSones and N64s. The DC was a revolutionary peice of hardware that allowed online play and crazy shit with VMUs. The jump from the current gen to the next gen is nowhere near as radical as the one the DC presented.

2) Whether you like it or not M$ is not a very good first party developer. Yes, they have Halo. Oh, and they have Halo. Did I mention Halo? Sega was undeniably on a roll with the Dreamcast. Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Chu Chu Rocket, Puyo Pop Fever, Phantasy Star online V1 and V2, Samba De Amigo, Shenmue, Shenmue II, Virtua Fighter, and many, many more. Those are all regarded as A+ quality games.

You can fight it all you want, but DC had one of the most successful (maybe the most successful, but I won't be that arrogant because I can't confirm that) launch to date. It wasn't until Sony started their PS2 propaganda that the reign of the DC began to decline.

I didn't see anybody saying the xbox was the roxxorz.

JS Lemming wrote:I didn't see anybody saying the xbox was the roxxorz.

You obviously haven't read any article on the 360, visited IGN, Gamespot, Gamespy or anywhere else. You are either living in a refridgerator or a deep hole in the ground.

Nah, I just read the simularities page. And living in a refridgerator didn't help either.

The sad thing is, people regard Xbox as the highest gaming platform of all, just because it plays DVDs (OMFG!!!!!!!!!111111111), has Halo, has way too much goddamn advertising, and is made by some 50 year old virgin (a.k.a. Bill Gates) with a bunch of light-sensitive nerds in a dark room 50 ft below the Earth's crust.

Overall, Xbox can suck my balls.

The sad thing is, people regard Xbox as the highest gaming platform of all, just because it plays DVDs (OMFG!!!!!!!!!111111111), has Halo, has way too much goddamn advertising, and is made by some 50 year old virgin (a.k.a. Bill Gates) with a bunch of light-sensitive nerds in a dark room 50 ft below the Earth's crust.

Overall, Xbox can suck my balls. (actually, no it can't)