List of best-selling Dreamcast games

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This is a list of video games for the Dreamcast video game console that have sold or shipped at least 250,000 copies or more. Sega launched the Dreamcast in Japan on November 27, 1998, in North America on September 9, 1999, and in Europe on October 14, 1999.[1][2] In North America, first day sales for the console reached $100 million dollars.[3]

On January 31, 2001, Sega announced that they would be transitioning to third-party developers and publishing games for Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft's consoles, while the Dreamcast was discontinued on March 31, 2001.[4]

According to PC Data, the top ten best-selling Dreamcast Games in 2000 were, in order: NFL 2K1, Crazy Taxi, NBA 2K1, Shenmue, Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, NHL 2K, World Series Baseball 2K1, Sonic Adventure, NBA 2K and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.[5] At 2.5 million copies, Sonic Adventure is the best-selling Dreamcast game.

According to GamePro, the Dreamcast's game library was celebrated.[6] In January 2000, Electronic Gaming Monthly wrote that "with triple-A stuff like Soul Calibur, NBA 2K, and soon Crazy Taxi to kick around, we figure you're happy you took the 128-bit plunge".[7] In a retrospective, PC Magazine referred to Dreamcast's "killer library" and said that Sega's creative influence and visual innovation had been at its peak.[8]

List

Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Release date Sales Genre(s)
Sonic Adventure Sonic Team Sega December 23, 1998 2.5 million[9][10] Action-adventure
Soulcalibur Project Soul Namco August 5, 1999 >1.3 million[11] Fighting
Shenmue Sega AM2 Sega December 29, 1999 1.2 million[12] Action-adventure
Resident Evil – Code: Veronica Capcom Production Studio 4 Capcom February 3, 2000 1.14 million[13] Survival horror
NFL 2K Visual Concepts Sega September 7, 2000 1.13 million[14] Sports
Crazy Taxi Hitmaker Sega January 27, 2000 1.11 million[14] Street racing
NFL 2K1 Visual Concepts Sega September 7, 2000 1.01 million[14] Sports
NBA 2K1 Visual Concepts Sega October 31, 2000 504,000[5] Sports
Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic Team Sega June 19, 2001 500,000[15] Platform, action adventure
Seaman Vivarium Inc.
Jellyvision 		Sega July 29, 1999 399,342[16] Simulation
NHL 2K Black Box Games Sega February 9, 2000 348,000[5] Sports
World Series Baseball 2K1 Wow Entertainment Sega July 20, 2000 347,000[5] Sports
NBA 2K Visual Concepts Sega November 11, 1999 311,000[5] Sports
Virtua Fighter 3tb Sega AM2 Sega November 27, 1998 308,707[16] Fighting
Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning? Red Entertainment Sega March 22, 2001 304,135[16] Cross-genre
Sega Rally 2 Sega AM Annex Sega January 28, 1999 290,000[17] Racing
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Neversoft Activision September 19, 2000 286,000[5] Sports
Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens Red Entertainment Sega March 21, 2002 257,386[16] Cross-genre

See also

References

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  2. ^ Robinson, John (September 10, 1999). "Dreamcast Launch Not All Fun And Games". CNN. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Olenick, Doug (September 20, 1999). "Dreamcast First-Day Sales Hit $100 Million". Twice Magazine. Vol. 14, no. 21. pp. 1, 34.
  4. ^ Watts, Jonathan (February 1, 2001). "Sega to end production of Dreamcast console". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
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  7. ^ "...Should you buy a Dreamcast or Wait?". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 126. EGM Media, LLC. January 2000. p. 150.
  8. ^ Wilson, Jeffrey L. (May 28, 2010). "The 10 Greatest Video Game Consoles of All Time". PCmag.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014. A collection of creative, fun, and quirky games that you'd be hard-pressed to find in such abundance on any other platform.
  9. ^ Pétronille, Marc; Audureau, William (2014). "3D Games: Sonic Adventure". The History of Sonic the Hedgehog (Pix'N Love ed.). Udon Entertainment. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-926778-96-9.
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  11. ^ "Namco Arcade : Namco America : Soul Calibur II". October 21, 2002. Archived from the original on October 21, 2002. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  12. ^ Stone, Sam (February 3, 2022). "Shenmue: A History of Sega's Most Ambitious Franchise". CBR.
  13. ^ "Platinum Titles". Financial Information. Capcom Investor Relations. pp. 56–76. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016.
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  15. ^ Lab, Jesse (April 24, 2022). "20 Years Later, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Was the Most Important Sonic". The Escapist. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
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