1UP has a feature comparing the Dreamcast to the Xbox 360. The 23 parallels between Xbox 360 and the Dreamcast are indeed quite eerie. Some are stretches, but most are dead on scary.
I am not sure about the American debut on MTV for the Dreamcast, but pretty much every point is spot it. Favorites include:
- Sleek white console following in footsteps of bulky, black console.
- Peter Moore spearheaded the marketing.
- Tetsuya Mizuguchi worked on highly anticipated First Party title.
- Highly anticipated First Party racing game from Bizarre Creations
- Crazy rich bald guy spotted at several promotional events leading up to launch.
- Metal Gear Solid trailer stole much of its next-generation thunder.
Like I said, scary.
1UP also put together 10 reasons why the Xbox 360 will succeed where the Dreamcast failed.
Square-Enix and Electronic Arts support from the start is a boon to the 360. Final Fantasy XI beta will come with all 360's sold in Japan - a territory that needs to latch on to the console if Microsoft expects to make any money this time.
Could you imagine the 360 launch without Madden, Tiger Woods, or NBA Live? Neither can I. The 360 would not survive long without EA.
To be fair we do not know if the 360 will have backwards compatibility. It is planned. This is great in theory. But with less then two weeks until launch there is still no backwards compatibility list. But then there is no official list of launch software either.
Oh and by the way, only 12 days, 4 hours, 22 minutes... until launch.
Article comments
1 - David
I actually wrote an article like this six months ago, and they stole it. How do I go about getting credit/money for this?
2 - Aaman
Do you have the original article online with timestamp, etc.?
3 - Ken Edwards
Sorry David, I am just following orders (EO asked me to post this after Phillip found the 1UP article.)
I would be interested in seeing your post though.
4 - David
And no worries Ken, my beef is not with you. it's with the guys who stole it on 1up. I've contacted them directly.
5 - david
Here's another place my piece can be found:
http://palgn.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=6810
6 - Aaman
Your conclusions in your own article are bunkum, btw - Microsoft is nowhere near exiting the console race - the 360 will have enough of a head start to OWN the market, at least in the United States
7 - Tan The Man
If any console does win, it'll be with very few percentage points, and not the clear domination that the PS2 had on the Xbox and Gamecube.
8 - Ken Edwards
I also agree with you about the head start.
I do however think this launch is being handled poorly. I know Matt is writing on this subject right now, so I will wait to see his column.
9 - David
"Your conclusions in your own article are bunkum, btw - Microsoft is nowhere near exiting the console race - the 360 will have enough of a head start to OWN the market, at least in the United States"
Well it was written six months ago.
But your response there makes just as many assumptions as I did in the article anyway! You can't know they will own the market - and my whole point is that history says they will not!
10 - Aaman
Valid point - bit of hyperbole there:)