Sadly, Sega appears to be learning from Nintendo. Why give consumers 20-30 games with a number of really good ones for $30 when you can give them four good ones for the same price? I'm not buying this, mostly because I own all of these games already. It will be interesting to see how quickly this goes to clearance.
Wasn't hard to see this one coming.
Still, I'm interested in checking these out and really didn't want to pay $10 to buy each of these as a download. So it's not a complete loss, especially if it's only $30 so you can save a few dollars and actually be able to own them.
I wish Rare would release an XBLA compilation like this. I'd like to buy Perfect Dark and the two Banjo games, but I really hate to pay $15 a download.
Wait a minute. This is pretty unclear.
So which is it? If the collection features four games already available on XBLA, that would mean it does not include SC5 Part 2 and Sega Bass Fishing, which are not yet available. So does it include the four games named, or does it include Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, and two games not mentioned in the article (that are already available)? By my count, there are four first-party Dreamcast games available now on XBLA; Rez and Virtual On: OT are already on there.Unfortunately, the collection is merely a disc featuring the four games already available from the Xbox Live Arcade, so if you've been happily playing Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi, and you're looking forward to Space Channel 5 Part 2 and SEGA Bass Fishing on XBLA, then the Dreamcast Collection will come as a major letdown.
great news for those who missed out...but i dont need it...most likely already have the games on it for my dreamcast, and i am sure many more do to
We saw it coming a mile away but it's still an epic fail on Sega's part. I wish they would have thrown something extra in there like atleast 5-15 other DC games that aren't on XBLA already. If I pick this up it will be once it goes on clearance to $10 or less, so in a few months after release probably.Originally Posted by Holger Czukay
ALL HAIL THE 1 2 P
From my time with the demo of Crazy Taxi and Sonic Adventure, it sure seems like these are ports.
I doubt it's anywhere near feasible porting 15 decade old releases for one budget compilation. I imagine the profit margin isn't terribly huge at $10 a download for a single game since these are fairly complex games with a lot of code involved.
Too bad they didn't/couldn't emulate the Dreamcast for this compilation. Then some of these grandiose expectations might've been possible.
Still, I really thought we'd see them introduce at least one new XBLA/PSN release via this disc to make for an even 1000 achievement points. I really thought we'd get Space Channel Part 1 to go along with the sequel.
Sega was releasing PC games at the time. Xbox 360 should be able to emulate a PIII/Geforce2.
Oooo will it have Skies of Arcadia?
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Oh yay Sega, a "New" Dreamcast compilation of the most quintessential SEGA titles, Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi, both of which have been released on at least 4 different consoles in the past 5 years. Let's see, PC, PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, let's get real here. Plus two other games that aren't really worth a damn. SEGA Bass Fishing? Sheesh.
Can't say I didn't already see this coming.
And Power Stone is a Capcom game, why are people getting their hopes up for that of all games to be re-released as if it were a First-Party game? Well, at least it's on PSP I guess.
I smell a quick port of the 360 version of Shenmue 2 for the Xbox version.
Bury me with my money......*dies*
I think your versions are switched around- it'd be Xbox to X360, not the other way around.
This is definitely a pass for me.
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