List of best-selling Sega Dreamcast games

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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]

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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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GameDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)Release dateSalesGenre(s)
Sonic Adventure Sonic Team Sega December 23, 19982.5 million [9] [10] Action-adventure
Shenmue Sega AM2 Sega December 29, 19991.2 million [11] Action-adventure
Resident Evil – Code: Veronica Capcom Production Studio 4 Capcom February 3, 20001.14 million [12] Survival horror
Soulcalibur Project Soul Namco August 5, 19991 million [13] [14] Fighting
Phantasy Star Online Sonic Team Sega December 21, 20001 million [15] Action role-playing
Crazy Taxi Hitmaker Sega January 27, 2000950,000 [16] Street racing
NFL 2K1 Visual Concepts Sega September 7, 2000900,000 [5] Sports
NBA 2K1 Visual Concepts Sega October 31, 2000504,000 [5] Sports
Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic Team Sega June 19, 2001500,000 [17] Platform, action adventure
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Sega July 29, 1999399,342 [18] Simulation
NHL 2K Black Box Games Sega February 9, 2000348,000 [5] Sports
World Series Baseball 2K1 Wow Entertainment Sega July 20, 2000347,000 [5] Sports
NBA 2K Visual Concepts Sega November 11, 1999311,000 [5] Sports
Sega Rally 2 Sega AM Annex Sega January 28, 1999290,000 [19] Racing
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Neversoft Activision September 19, 2000286,000 [5] Sports
Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens Red Entertainment Sega March 21, 2002257,386 [18] Cross-genre

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