Originally posted by Eklypse39
yeap ... compare the first gen Dreamcast titles against the first gen PS2 titles. the DC's were cleaner and more colorful. if DC games were still being developed, they'd be up to par with Sony.
Actually, no. The DC is an inferior system to the PS2, in _almost_ every respect... the MPEG codec it employed sucked, as well as the media the DC used. What the DC had was smart, edge-based anti-aliasing and games that were well-designed to fit within the limitations of the system. They're (the systems) also starting to crap out badly.
The reason that the first gen PS2 games sucked was that it's FREAKING HARD to program for... After-launch titles like FFX and GT3 A-Spec (The original GT3 had some horrible graphics issues) completely tore past anything the DC had to offer.
Go ahead and compare RE Code Veronica for the DC and the PS2, and it's _very_ obvious why which system survived...
Well, that and Sega consistently soiled their name in the platform market with their 3-4 previous offerings...
The DC was a good system for it's time, but ill prepared to compete in the coming market of next-gen systems...