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Stumbled across a stat that said the Dreamcast sold less than 10 million units worldwide
Found it buried in a 2012 forum thread while looking for a replacement VMU battery cover, and it blew my mind considering how many classics that system had in just two years; has anyone else run into a console sales figure that felt way off from what you assumed?
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hannahcraig3d ago
Funny how the stuff we assume is huge sometimes barely made a dent.
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olivia_lopez983d ago
Nah, sometimes what feels tiny ends up shaking everything.
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fionafoster3d ago
Correcting the sales figure a little: the Dreamcast actually sold around 9.13 million units worldwide, not quite 10 million. The 10 million number gets thrown around a lot but the real number from Sega's own financials is a bit lower. It still shows how wild it is that a system with games like SoulCalibur, Shenmue, and Jet Set Radio barely cracked 9 million while the PS2 sold over 155 million. Crazy what a headstart and DVD playback can do.
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