Yup, I was considered about want get Dreamcast for my christmas in 1999 but changed my mind to wait for PS2 in next year later, after PS2 launched then it went out of stock in almost all store and I want to get PS2 for my christmas in 2000 but can't get it due out of stock and doesn't got it until 2001.
I remember about Xbox is most powerful console at this time and offers better graphic than PS2 does since PS2 has 140 million sold, compare to 24 million for Xbox.
When after Nvidia ceased GPU out for Xbox then MS had discontinued it and went rushed to release Xbox 360 at early time.