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    Is the XBox 360 the second comming of the Sega Dreamcast?

    http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3145154

    The similarities are amazing


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    Excellent! That is abit spooky. Some of them are obviously coincidental but there are too many for them all to be. No doubt some of the inspiration must have been from the Dreamcast

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    Tell me about it



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    lol nicely done.

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    heeh nice linkage there

    nice 2 see some rather weird similarities

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    This was posted on /. more than a month ago.

    I think that in this age of consoles, being first to market is the most important thing because it establishes a use base more quickly. Developers risk less with an existing user base than a potential one.

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    awesome link cheers.good reading and points proved well.

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    hmm, i recon you could cobble together 30 points to link any 2 consoles tbh
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    I always believed that the shape of teh original xbox controler was slightly similar to the dreamcast. Neverless Dreamcast is my all time fav console. im gutted that it diddnt do well

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    Hehe!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steven W
    Excellent! That is abit spooky. Some of them are obviously coincidental but there are too many for them all to be. No doubt some of the inspiration must have been from the Dreamcast
    You don't think its just a case of conicidence and the article writers looking for similarities? Why would Microsoft base the 360 on a flop?

    I had a Dreamcast, and it was a fine machine with some good games, but if you compare it to the really great consoles, say the SNES or the first Playstation, it was a disaster. SEGA seemed to agree.

    Be a bit like using the Titanic as the inspiration for your new ship.

    Interesting article anyway.

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    Exactly

    Another key point, Sega ran out of money.

    Will Microsoft? I think not


    Thats where the similarities end.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stewart
    You don't think its just a case of conicidence and the article writers looking for similarities?
    I did think that they could find enough similarities with any console! Still weird though.

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    Well, yes. Its a good article, something to talk about, but the 2 consoles are worlds apart.

    The Dreamcast was the last throw of the dice for a company on its way out (For hardware at least), the 360 is a big hitter that will go toe-to-toe with the PS3 once it launches.

    Halo 3 will come out about the time the PS3 launches and the two will be in direct competition. There doesn't seem to be much of a disadvantge for Microsoft in getting to the market first; the PS3 will not be a step ahead in terms of power, and the 360 will have a large user base.

    The Rev from Nintendo will make things even more interesting.

    Lets just hope Sony and Nintendo don't make an utter balls up of the console launch like Microsoft did.

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