> Sega of America announced that its Uberconsole, the Dreamcast, has now exceeded one million units sold in America.  This is yet another record for Dreamcast as it launched just about two and a half months ago.  For comparison, the exalted PSX launch of 1995 took eighteen months to reach the same mark.  With the busiest shopping period of the year to begin this Friday, Sega is looking to crush their initial expectations for the Uberconsole this year.

     > Sega of America announced (last week) that sales of the Dreamcast have topped 514,000 units (USA).  This clearly makes Dreamcast the most successful video game console launch in history.  For perspective, the Playstation took four months to reach 500,000 units sold, while the N64 needed two months to do it.
     > In addition to leading the hardware sales category with 60% of the marketplace, the Sega Dreamcast 
dominated the software charts too. Four Dreamcast titles made the top five best-selling games, with three other titles rounding out the top twenty best selling American games.  It looks like waiting until Fall 1999 for the US launch of the Dreamcast has paid off for Sega...  as I predicted.

     > Sega announced that the Dreamcast has surpassed the N64's record for total units sold in the first four days of availability.  The new record is 372,000 Sega Dreamcast systems in just four days, which brings the total revenue to $132,712,000.  By the way, Nintendo 64 took six days to hit 350,000 units when it launched in 1996.  Another impressive number is the fact that ubersoftware is selling 3 games to each system!

     > Sega's internet-ready Uberconsole, the Dreamcast, flew off the shelves of over 15,000 retail stores in America on 9-9-1999 to set the record for the highest grossing sales day in entertainment history.  Weighing in at an amazing $97,904,618.09, the Sega Dreamcast outsold the former record holder (Star Wars: Episode I) by nearly $70 million!  Along with an unprecedented 18 launch titles (most of which are above average quality), numerous peripherals and strategy guides, the Sega Dreamcast has made an impact that no other console could compare to.
     > That's not all the records the Dreamcast holds.  About a week before D-day (9-9-1999), Sega announced that its Dreamcast had been pre-sold to over 300,000 customers in America!  This number completely demolishes the previous record of 100,000 units pre-sold of the PSX in 1995.  Of course, the Dreamcast is also the first 128-bit console; the most powerful console available; the first internet-ready console; the first to utilize hand-held gaming through its Visual Memory Unit (VMU); and the first completely expandable console.  All these factors combine to bolster Sega's long-held position as a technology leader in the videogame industry.