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> A good PC is always a useful gaming tool, though.
i agree, but it's not a console though is it? which is kinda the point of this thread.. the clue IS in the name ;)
*Nods*
> you had to quote all that?
> And your wrong.
I am right
> Nothing to do with piracy, it is expected and taken into account of
> when working out the figures for releasing a console. All systems
> have piracy, including the GC. In fact, even the N64 had pirate games
> on it.
>
> No the reason Sega left hardware was that they just didn't have a
> large enough installed user base to make money from. Piracy wasn't
> much of an issue with the DC at all, because it used fully
> proprietary discs, called GD ROMs. They held a full gigabyte, more
> than on a CD. Some games could be pirated and put on a CD, which the
> Dreamcast would read, but others were too big and couldn't go on a
> DVD as the Dreamcast couldn't read them.
>
> Despite it having the same dimensions as a CD or DVD, the GD was the
> best optical format ever I think, as the GC does not in actuality
> have a proprietary format, just simply cut down DVDs.
The GD was pirated and that's why sega released another version of the dreamcast, I don't remember it's name, but I know that nobody bought it.
1- There was a new version of the dreamcast called a treamcast which was not for piracy but was a DC with a screen like thet GC today and was not for piracy.
2- The piracy was harming play station due to a company called bleam who made PS game and converted them to DC but only 3 were made.
3- Must..quote....all..of..mess...age. *Dies*
Further to Darkarus Joe: the Treamcast was an illegal console, not actually produced by Sega and was removed from sale quickly.
Also whilst there were bleemcasts for Tekken, MGS and I can't remember the other one, there was a version that was good for all PS games, but was more expensive.