Sega Dreamcast
Sought After?
Extremely â it's become one of the most beloved "died before its time" collector systems, with high demand for its exclusive titles and continued active homebrew/indie game development for the platform to this day.
Downsides
Included a built-in 56k modem for online play, ahead of its time but crude, slow, and expensive to use in practice.
Why It Faded
Crushing hype and pre-launch buzz around the PlayStation 2 caused retailers and third-party publishers to pull back support even before the PS2 launched; Sega, still recovering financially from the Saturn's failure, couldn't sustain the losses and exited the hardware business entirely in 2001.
Trivia
The Dreamcast was the last console Sega ever made â after 2001, Sega became a third-party publisher only, ironically going on to make games for the very consoles (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo) that had beaten it.