Dreamcast had some FANTASTIC games out for it. Soul Calibur is just one example. I myself was surprised when they dropped out of the console race as I personally felt they could've given the PS2 a good run for it's money.
The fact that it had a pretty muted intro and lackluster advertising throughout Europe was probably one of the factors that led to it's downfall (apart from the 3rd party devs deserting it of course).
man, i piped so many hours into ferrari 355 trying to beat those japs but to no avail. and crazy taxi ripped the sh*t out of the arcade version. soul calibre look better then on the dreamcast than it does this next gen.
Wii: 0160 4586 4962 7278
Mario Strikers: 515496 727267