1. The 360 Became The Home For Remastered SEGA Games
The original Xbox had its fair share of SEGA Dreamcast classics ported over: Shenmue II, Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio Future... SEGA actually promised a list of eleven games for the original Xbox in a deal signed at Tokyo Game Show back in 2001, but over the years, the Xbox 360 became the home-from-home for SEGA connoisseurs. Whether it was the Dreamcast Collection - a 2011 release with four slices of Dreamcast perfection in the form of Crazy Taxi, SEGA Bass Fishing, Sonic Adventure and Space Channel 5 Part 2, no less, or the plethora of Xbox Live Arcade titles, there was something for the old and new SEGA fan available for Microsoft's mighty modern machine. The mighty Metropolis Street Racer was even given a new lease of life as Project Gotham Racing. Sonic the Hedgehog and Crazy Taxi feature in the top end of the best-selling list on the Xbox Live Arcade, and Streets of Rage 2, Sonic Adventure and Golden Axe aren't far beyond the top 100 mark either. The combined power of the Xbox Live service alongside SEGA's venerable library allowed for experimentation, too - with continuations of franchises like SEGA Rally and After Burner. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 made its debut in 2010, to boot. The PlayStation 3 also got a good deal in terms of retro SEGA content, but the initial release list of retro content
found its beginnings on the Xbox 360. It has since emerged that SEGA originally
wished to "see if it would be possible to add Dreamcast compatibility into the Xbox", and who knows how that might have ended?
Could it be that the reason the 360 did so well, was off the back of everything Sega pioneered? Let us know in the comments!