Rather unfair, you're having the ability to play several games at once and it was never like Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia and Phantasy Star Online and Jet Set Radio and Sonic Adventure were weeks apart in release.
In the span of the Dreamcast era we've got Valkyria Chronicles 1, 2 and 3, Yakuza Kenzan, 3, 4, PSP and Of the End, Phantasy Star Zero, Portable, PSP2, PSP2i, and Online 2 and Sonic Unleashed, Colours and Generations now. Obviously a lot lot more games made during this era but when you go back to a particular era you have the wonderful ability of hindsight. Not that I am saying any one of them have topped Shenmue.
Let it go, let it go, just keep on dancin'.
I have a gif for this too:
I love gifs
The Doctor gives your gif a thumbs up
No, I totally understand that, rather it's the games SEGA makes now that disappoint. I love Valkyria, maybe more than Skies, I also enjoy Yakuza, but it's rather there is no risk taking like Jet Grind or Rez anymore it would seem. Also I think some of your dates are off, Dreamcast was around from late 98 to early 2001, ~2 years and 4 months (not gonna bother getting the exact amount).
It doesn't really matter, SEGA has increased quality and I won't argue it because it's true, but they aren't as good as they
were. They have made some of my favorite games this gen as well, but from my perspective SEGA was the best, the best of all time. So losing what I view as the main creative force in the industry and then seeing the industry in a state that I view as pretty stagnant, with some exceptions, compared to previous ones doesn't exactly inspire me.
Also Doctor Who : D, nice!