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So I've had this thought on my mind and I wanted to ask for your own thoughts on this subject. My question is...
If Sega was perhaps more active to marketing (during the consoles life) the DC's ability to dispaly an ultra sharp 640x480 image via a VGA device, would it had given the DC more of an upper hand in the console market or even a shot at staying in the game longer than it did.
When I mean active I mean things like...
- Releasing the official VGA box to other territories outside of Japan.
- Enforcing all developers to make their games VGA compatible.
- Mentioning the VGA device in all game manuals much like how the DC Jump pak was always refered as "considerably enhancing the gameplay experience".
- Having DC Store Kiosks house some sort of a screen or monitor crt that displayed at 480p as oppose to having a tiny 10' tube tv with composite display (this applies to U.S. DC kiosks)
- displaying their games in 480p at major events like E3, TGS and more importantly at all DC touring events that were goin on across the USA.
If Sega went with such examples provided, Would the Dreamcast perhaps had been more appealing to the genral consumer or was the tech behind it a bit ahead of its time for Sega to expose to the general public? I personally find VGA on the DC to be utterly essential and something that is perhaps taken for granted even by todays standards (its the only system of its generation to display 480p thru VGA and one of 2 console ever to display ED HD thru VGA).
Please chime in with your thoughts while I give all my VGA accessories a big hug!