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Sega Dreamcast
Sony would continue to be a thorn in Sega’s side with the eventual release of the PlayStation 2. However, Sega’s handling of the 64-bit Dreamcast sealed its fate pretty quickly. The console had a solid line-up of games but very little third party support. It also didn’t have a DVD drive, opting for GD-ROMs which only carried 1 GB of data. Eventually, Sega would announce a loss of $400 million in 2000 – less than a year after the Dreamcast launched in the West. In March 2001, the console was discontinued after just 18 months on the market and Sega left the hardware business. It’s amazing to look back on these events and witness Microsoft’s rise in the hardware space while Sega remains a decent games developer/publisher.
