This was in a way by design, Sega and Microsoft had an very interesting relationship at the time. With Windows CE on Dreamcast, Isao Okawa meeting with Bill Gates to try to save the DC library, and Peter Moore moving from Sega to Xbox.

It reminds me of how the PlayStation was originally supposed to be a SNES CD before they went their separate ways.

Yes, totally, thank you for this. Read it to my spouse. Good luck to you both! I stay up late with a list to do next day stuff if necessary, could be useful for hiking. Significant other says staying up makes me cranky anyways haha but it helps me