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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Doubtful. The Dreamcast mostly failed due to lack of faith in the product from SEGA. They stopped development on them only like a year after they came out, IIRC, despite having a super solid and amazing catalogue already.

Microsoft will probably kill the Xbox, but not because they just don't think it will go anywhere. More because they will make changes trying to sell more of them, until nobody wants them because they suck.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

This isn't really what happened with the dreamcast. It didn't sell well, and more importantly, it didn't sell well enough to cover the cost of making new dreamcasts. Sega well supported the system, but could not afford to stay in the hardware business.