Article: Sega Dreamcast Tops Half Million Mark in Units Sold, Bests Records Set by Sony, Nintendo, Apple and DVD.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1999--

Sales of Sega(R) of America, Inc.'s 128-bit, Internet-ready Sega Dreamcast(TM) videogame system continue at a blistering pace. The company announced today at the Intelliquest Brand Tech Forum in San Francisco that in just two weeks, Sega Dreamcast has topped the half million units sold mark. The advanced videogame console has sold through a total of 514,000 units since it launched on 9.9.99. In contrast, Sony PlayStation(TM) reached the half million mark in four months in 1995 and Nintendo(R) 64 reached the same number after two months at retail when it launched in 1996, according to the NPD Group of Port ...

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