• ozymandias117@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Back in the day, it was reported Microsoft had paid game stores like GameStop to put the Sega Dreamcast in the back of the store, so I wouldn’t be surprised

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      1 year ago

      That makes no sense. Microsoft was a Sega partner during the Dreamcast era and didn’t enter the console market until after Sega had quit.

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        1 year ago

        It would make sense - Microsoft used the Xbox to push DirectX over OpenGL, and that is how stores were laid out at the time. It’s just been enough years I can’t verify whether it was a rumor or actually happened