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This is a list of video games for the Sega Dreamcast video game console that have sold or shipped at least 250,000 copies or more. The Dreamcast launched in Japan on November 27, 1998 and launched in North America on September 9, 1999, and Europe on October 14.[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]

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Title Copies sold Release Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
Sonic Adventure 2.5 million[9][10] December 23, 1998 Action-adventure Sonic Team Sega
Resident Evil – Code: Veronica 1.14 million[11] February 3, 2000 Survival horror Capcom Production Studio 4 Capcom
Shenmue 1.2 million[12] December 29, 1999 Action-adventure Sega AM2 Sega
Soulcalibur 1 million[13][14] July 30, 1998 Fighting Project Soul Namco
Phantasy Star Online 1 million[15] December 21, 2000 Action role-playing Sonic Team Sega
Crazy Taxi 950,000[16] February 12, 1999 Street racing Hitmaker
NFL 2K1 900,000[5] September 7, 2000 Sports Visual Concepts
NBA 2K1 504,000[5] October 31, 2000 Sports Visual Concepts
Sonic Adventure 2 500,000[17] June 19, 2001 Platform, action adventure Sonic Team
Seaman 399,342[18] July 29, 1999 Simulation Vivarium Inc.
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NHL 2K 348,000[5] February 9, 2000 Sports Black Box Games Sega Sports
World Series Baseball 2K1 347,000[5] July 20, 2000 Sports Wow Entertainment Sega
NBA 2K 311,000[5] November 11, 1999 Sports Visual Concepts
Sega Rally 2 290,000[19] January 28, 1999 Racing Sega AM Annex
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 286,000[5] September 19, 2000 Sports Neversoft Activision
Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens 257,386[18] March 21, 2002 Cross-genre Red Entertainment Sega

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dreamcast Launch Plans Unveiled". IGN. April 20, 1999. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  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.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "The Best-Selling Games Of 2000". ZDNET. Business. January 11, 2001.
  6. ^ Snow, Blake (May 4, 2007). "The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time". GamePro. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2007.
  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.
  10. ^ Boutros, Daniel (August 4, 2006). "A Detailed Cross-Examination of Yesterday and Today's Best-Selling Platform Games". Features. Gamasutra. p. 7. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016.
  11. ^ "Platinum Titles". Financial Information. Capcom Investor Relations. pp. 56–76. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016.
  12. ^ Stone, Sam (February 3, 2022). "Shenmue: A History of Sega's Most Ambitious Franchise". CBR.
  13. ^ Viver, Cristian (December 22, 1999). "Soul Calibur ya es super-ventas" [Soul Calibur is already a best-seller]. MeriStation Magazine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 11, 2000. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  14. ^ Ike Sato, Yukiyoshi (April 27, 2000). "Soul Calibur Sells 1 Million". GameSpot. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  15. ^ "PSO Network Details". GameSpot. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  16. ^ Gaudiosi, John (August 6, 2002). "Mindfire Hails 'Crazy Taxi' Film". Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 374, no. 31 (International ed.). p. 4. The first in the series, which Sega shipped for Dreamcast in February 2000, has sold 950,000 units in the United States, according to NPD FunWorld.
  17. ^ Lab, Jesse (April 24, 2022). "20 Years Later, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Was the Most Important Sonic". The Escapist. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Sega Dreamcast Japanese Ranking". May 4, 2009. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  19. ^ "Game Data Library - 1999 Weekly". sites.google.com. Retrieved February 16, 2024.

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