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Sega Dreamcast (codenamed Katana[3]) is a console by Sega. It is the successor to the Sega Saturn. It is Sega's last system. Sega used a $100 million marketing campaign to promote their new system.[1]

Hardware sales

As of 2007, the Dreamcast sold 10.6 million units worldwide,[1] including 5.43 million in the United States,[4] 2.86 million in Asia, and 1.79 million in Europe.[5]

Games

Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Release date Sales Genre(s)
Sonic Adventure Sonic Team Sega December 23, 1998 2.5 million[6][7] Action-adventure
Shenmue Sega AM2 Sega December 29, 1999 1.2 million[8] Action-adventure
Resident Evil – Code: Veronica Capcom Production Studio 4 Capcom February 3, 2000 1.14 million[9] Survival horror
NFL 2K Visual Concepts Sega September 7, 2000 1.13 million[10] Sports
Crazy Taxi Hitmaker Sega January 27, 2000 1.11 million[10] Street racing
NFL 2K1 Visual Concepts Sega September 7, 2000 1.01 million[10] Sports
Soulcalibur Project Soul Namco August 5, 1999 1 million[11][12] Fighting
NBA 2K1 Visual Concepts Sega October 31, 2000 504,000[13] Sports
Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic Team Sega June 19, 2001 500,000[14] Platform, action adventure
Seaman Vivarium Inc.
Jellyvision 		Sega July 29, 1999 399,342[15] Simulation
NHL 2K Black Box Games Sega February 9, 2000 348,000[13] Sports
World Series Baseball 2K1 Wow Entertainment Sega July 20, 2000 347,000[13] Sports
NBA 2K Visual Concepts Sega November 11, 1999 311,000[13] Sports
Virtua Fighter 3tb Sega AM2 Sega November 27, 1998 308,707[15] Fighting
Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning? Red Entertainment Sega March 22, 2001 304,135[15] Cross-genre
Sega Rally 2 Sega AM Annex Sega January 28, 1999 290,000[16] Racing
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Neversoft Activision September 19, 2000 286,000[13] Sports
Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens Red Entertainment Sega March 21, 2002 257,386[15] Cross-genre

Pachinko

While the Dreamcast was financially unsuccessful, its discontinued hardware formed the basis of Sega Sammy's first generation Fist of the North Star pachinko machines in the early 2000s. Fist of the North Star went on to be the best-selling pachinko franchise of all time.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/21198/Sega-Dreamcast-(US-Version-NTSC)/
  2. ↑ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=149907650
  3. ↑ http://www.gamesradar.com/f/console-codenames-before-they-were-famous/a-2008081310145746097
  4. ↑ Sixth generation of video games
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100711125312/http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=18610
  6. ↑ Pétronille, Marc; Audureau, William (2014). "3D Games: Sonic Adventure". The History of Sonic the Hedgehog (Pix'N Love ed.). Udon Entertainment. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-926778-96-9.
  7. ↑ Boutros, Daniel (August 4, 2006). "A Detailed Cross-Examination of Yesterday and Today's Best-Selling Platform Games". Features. Gamasutra. p. 7. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016.
  8. ↑ Stone, Sam (February 3, 2022). "Shenmue: A History of Sega's Most Ambitious Franchise". CBR.
  9. ↑ "Platinum Titles". Financial Information. Capcom Investor Relations. pp. 56–76. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "US Platinum Video Game Chart". Games sold over Million Copies since 1995. The Magic Box. December 27, 2007. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021.
  11. ↑ Viver, Cristian (December 22, 1999). "Soul Calibur ya es super-ventas" [Soul Calibur is already a best-seller]. MeriStation Magazine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2000-12-11. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  12. ↑ Ike Sato, Yukiyoshi (April 27, 2000). "Soul Calibur Sells 1 Million". GameSpot. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 "The Best-Selling Games Of 2000". ZDNET. Business. January 11, 2001.
  14. ↑ Lab, Jesse (2022-04-24). "20 Years Later, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Was the Most Important Sonic". The Escapist. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Sega Dreamcast Japanese Ranking". Japan Game Charts. 2009-05-04. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  16. ↑ "Game Data Library - 1999 Weekly". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  17. ↑ https://note.com/beep21/n/n0f7ca2dc6f32
  18. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/SEGA/comments/18rzcj5/the_biggest_financial_success_for_the_dreamcast/

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