SEGA Dreamcast
Usually, the history of video game failures is pretty simple. Either the games, the hardware, or the marketing stinks. But there was one failure that was an all around near perfect product, and yet it failed anyway - The SEGA Dreamcast. Why?
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do they still give away sega dreamcasts?? i might buy one just for fun :P
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I think Dreamcast failed because they did add any kind of encryption to there CDs. So they really did not make any money on games since the internet was around and people where downloading the games. Thanks Napster for killing SEGA!! :(
they actually had their own type of disk, the GD-rom. it holds 1gb instead of 700mb. most games ore over 700mb, so you have to use "overburn". back then the technology to do that wasn't very widley available. also it was much harder to get the games, even 700mb is a pretty big file, and with the slower internet it was much harder to get.
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Totally agree! I still have my Dreamcast and I was disappointed when it tanked. The games for it were and are just so....in your FACE, you know? So Graphicly Orgasmic, while at the same time controllable.
Wait....did I just read that you can use Burnt games on the Dreamcast!? OMG!!! Is the Dreamcast BACK?! OMG!!!
if you have a dreamcast made before october 2000 (it says the date it was manufactured on the bottom) you just need to burn an iso with certain settings and certain programs. you've already searched it probably.
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also i'm suprised you didn't mention how easy it is to play burnt games on a dreamcast.
Yeah, we talked about it, but we had to cut it to make the 10 minute time limit.
yeah
Wow. They acknowledged us AND apologized!
Thanks guys! I am VERY happy to hear the show is moving forward! VERY happy!
thank you finnally
I'll believe it when it happens.
Man you sure whine a lot. They offer this show for free, so you really shouldnt be bitching. If you paid for this program, that would be a different story.
JetPilot accounts for, what seems like, 50% of the comments for this video, and 98% of the complaints. 99% after he reads Blodia and my comments...
If you don't like it then leave. I agree he didn't need to leave tons of comments, but the squeaky wheel gets the grease. And now the show is back and here to stay. For now anyway. So I'm thankful.
"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things."
-Winston Churchill
Maybe that's because I don't appreciate being lied to. Free or not, it's inconsiderate to lie to people and string them along endlessly.
Maybe you should be grateful for all the complaining. Had we just kept our mouths shut it's entirely possible they would've just dropped the show. By voicing our opinions (which everyone is entitled to, BTW) it shows that this show has a fanbase and we really enjoy the program.
Fellow Play Value fans:
Obviously, we have some explaining to do, but first the news you’ve been waiting for:
-The next episode of Play Value will be live next Monday, Sept 29th.
-The final episode of Play Value’s season 2 is going to be 22 minutes long. We’re hoping to publish it sometime in October.
Jeremiah is excited and ready for Season 3, and we’re working hard to find a sponsor. We’re currently in talks with several brands. We’ll keep you posted!
Understandably, many of you felt ignored by us. We would have felt the same way. We didn’t ignore you on purpose, and have made internal changes to ensure this never happens again.
We can only ask that you accept our humble apology.
Wow. They acknowledged us AND apologized!
Thanks guys! I am VERY happy to hear the show is moving forward! VERY happy!
Thanks ON, we really needed that! This is great news!! :)
Thank you for finally replying to us. I really hope that "next" week really means *next* week this time. :-/
At least they acknowledge us now.
It's now been 10 weeks. Looks like this show has been abandoned.
So much Jeremiah's comments of "a new episode next week" from about 7 weeks ago and then "we're working on a 30 minute episode."
Apparently Jeremiah just up and lied to all of us here and ON Networks just ignores our e-mails.
What an absolutely shitty way to end an awesome show.
what they need to do it is show updates of the show on the front page of their websites. off to the side obviously, but still so that we can easily knpw what's going on, when the next episode is, and just general updates. This method would be better than, say, placing one lone comment on a video that only 20% of the people who watch this see.
why did you have to abandon us and than ruining the site design of the site
Yeah the nerd is cool and releases a new video every few weeks. It's been how many months since a new episode of play value? 2, 3, 4, 5, 6? I don't care anymore - they abandoned their fans.
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I don't think they would keep telling us a new episode was right around the corner and share the news about the 30min episode and all that if they actually knew it was never gonna happen.
My bet is something bad happened. Someone involved with the show could have lost their job, or their home, or a loved one, or maybe even their X-Box Live Sponsorship and that's probably what the delay is all about. After all it does them no good to promise a new show if they never had any intention to deliver.
It stands to reason they have every intention of returning but something is holding them up, and probably something personal since they didn't feel the need to share it with us.
It doesn't cost one penny for Jeremiah (or anyone associated with this show really) to come on here and tell us if they are having problems. There is no need to be specific if he doesn't want to be. To COMPLETELY IGNORE us is just plain inconsiderate.
Forget this man i going to go watch The Angry Video Game Nerd.
Can anyone tell me a show similar to this. since it seems to be that its cancelled.
Re-designing the site doesn't make up for the fact that we've been ignored for 9 weeks.
9 Weeks and counting.
I've sent an email to OnNetworks, and even they won't respond. What the hell is wrong with this site? Was there some earthquake killing all the admins? Does no one care about their fans or viewers? This has got to be the most unprofessional site I have ever been on... I have never seen the like. You piss off your viewers, and they won't come back.
What a shame...
I sent an e-mail to OnNetworks about a week ago and haven't heard anything from them either. What a shady site.
I sent one too but it was about 2 weeks ago.
It's funny how someone can claim to care about their fans yet leave them neglected and ignored for 7 weeks without any explanation what so ever. How many more days, weeks, months do we have to wait to hear from you Jerimiah? I love this show to death, but obviously you don't care whether or not people watch it.
Not 7 weeks...it will be 9 weeks as of Friday.
This is a good show, but what makes a great show? Being consistent.
i only come to onnetworks for this show i have subscribed to the podcast email alert and i just want a new episode if your cancelling the show tell us so we can all stop visiting the site
Everyone, please go to this address and send ONNetworks a quick message asking what's going on with this show. It's the simple fill-in form on the contact page.
Maybe then someone will reply to us and tell us what's going on.
Ugh...it deleted the link. Anyways, just scroll to the bottom of this page and click the "Contact Us" link.
Dude, this is THE ONLY show I watch on ON Networks. If it's canceled I have no reason to come back.
Same here.
I check this site every day for the update. If you guys bring it back I promise to bug every single one of my friends until they all watch it at least once.
I don't particularly like the comments layout on this site and wish there was an actual forum, but because I LOVE this incredoble show so much I had to register right now anyways to ask: What the HELL happened to it??! Why has there been no new episode OR any news about what's going on for over 2 months now! That's just plain rude and unprofessional. Can you please tell the fans where the show went and when we can expect the next episode? And like another poster said, if you're gonna end this AWESOME SHOW then please give us some sort of heads up and not leave all of us in the cold! Come on ON Networks get with it!
Maybe someone from ONnetworks can fill us in as to what happened to this show? It's usually customary when having technical difficulties to regularly update its fans on what is happening.
im going insane waiting this is taking to long the next episode better be the best ever