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>20 million+ consoles sold wasn't that bad and then the Wii's success(without DVD/Blu-Ray support) also proves you don't need it for the consoles to sale.
Nintendo misled at E3 by claiming the Wii could play DVDs (
https://youtu.be/anRy0JeHeCY?si=oc0LA7cQAIQJWcjI&t=2108 (35:08) I know this because my sister wanted a Wii and pitched it as a DVD player too. They doubled down on this misinformation in Nintendo Power.
>Dreamcast underperformed because of piracy.
SEGA couldn’t produce enough consoles at the end of 1999. I know because I had to wait until February 2000 to get mine. On top of that, there was no EA support, so SEGA had to invest more in Visual Concepts. This led Konami to avoid releasing any PES version for Dreamcast, while SEGA’s internal studios focused on arcade-style games like 90 Minutes and Virtua Striker. Imagine being an Irish, Spanish, German, or Brazilian SEGA fan who wants to buy a Dreamcast but: 1) None are available until 2000, and 2) There’s no FIFA or PES, only Virtua Striker. You’d rather wait for the PS2 since Konami and EA confirmed full support for it. If you could wait four months for a Dreamcast, you could wait twelve months for a PS2.
Piracy didn’t hurt the Dreamcast. Someone who pirates is either unable to afford the games to begin with or unable to purchase a game because it’s not available. Piracy doesn’t determine a console’s failure. The NES, PS1, PS2, and Wii are prime examples of how this argument doesn’t hold up and how ignorant you are.
PD: Suck my fat cock.