TIL Sega chairman Isao Okawa went to Bill Gates multiple times after Dreamcast was discontinued, asking if the Xbox could play Dreamcast games so fans can continue to play their games online. After being denied, he donated almost 700 million in his stock to keep Sega out of bankruptcy.

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image showing TIL Sega chairman Isao Okawa went to Bill Gates multiple times after Dreamcast was discontinued, asking if the Xbox could play Dreamcast games so fans can continue to play their games online. After being denied, he donated almost 700 million in his stock to keep Sega out of bankruptcy.

Ack_Nak on November 20th, 2018 at 02:24 UTC »

Dreamcast is still one of the consoles I love the most.

TommyCrash on November 20th, 2018 at 04:13 UTC »

And yet the Original Xbox ended up being the Dreamcast 2.0 anyways.

jfgjfgjfgjfg on November 20th, 2018 at 07:31 UTC »

He died 2001-03-16, and Dreamcast was discontinued 2001-03-31.