How Dreamcast Killed Sega's Hardware Reign
How Dreamcast Killed Sega's Hardware Reign
How Dreamcast Killed Sega's Hardware Reign
It died with Dreamcast but the console was certainly not the cause.
At least part of it was being the last CD-based console when the DVD juggernaut was around the corner. Games wouldn't take long to outgrow CDs.
There was a plan for a DVD add on but obviously the console died before any of that stuff was released. I still think that was a minor reason for the failure though as it was more about consumer/studio trust in Sega.
Yeah, that seems to be the thesis of the video as well. I think they would have also run into problems with their expensive VMUs and the lack of a second analog stick. Even with a killer launch window, they had a steep hill to climb.