2. Loss of Faith in Sega Brand Before Dreamcast, there was Sega Saturn, an absolute failure. At that time, Sega was releasing new add-ons and consoles so often that nobody wanted to buy Saturn because they feared Sega would introduce a new console and cut off game development with current one. They were right. Sega soon released Dreamcast and rather than gain customers, it gained a bad reputation. The media attacked Sega and denounced Dreamcast with suspicions and doubts. The trust that Sega had once set up was now broken and people lost faith in Sega’s ability to produce game systems.

3. Overhype of PS2 The #1 selling game console in 1999 was Sony PSOne, so naturally people were hyped up about PS2. I definitely was. PS2 was buzz in gaming industry. It was said to have more superior graphics, sound, and games than any of consoles at time. Meanwhile, Dreamcast was already out in stores and shared similar hardware specs as PS2, which would not be released until one year later. People overlooked Dreamcast because they were all so overhyped about PS2 when really two had many similarities.