Semi-serious, actually. The Xbox brand is poison in Japan at this point, so I don't think it's too far-off a possibility for Microsoft to shift responsibility to Sega.
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Semi-serious, actually. The Xbox brand is poison in Japan at this point, so I don't think it's too far-off a possibility for Microsoft to shift responsibility to Sega.
Mushroomer25
Member
I'd put my money on it being mobile related. Maybe it's new hardware - or maybe it's just a software distribution platform for their older console releases. Think a mobile - based Steam, separate from the app store, that specializes in "real" games.
lunchwithyuzo
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Problem being at this point all Sega's consistent sellers seem to be on Nintendo and/or PlayStation hardware (Sonic, Yakuza, Miku, retro stuff, PSO, etc). Taking over Xbox in Japan might be a boon for Microsoft, but I'm not so sure it'd really be good for Sega, especially if it locked them out from other hardware.
KojiKnight
Member
Well, they are consistant sellers on Nintendo and Sony hardware in Japan because the x-box brand is poison. It's very chicken and egg. I could see them pursuing this, and who knows, if it paid off well enough for them they might be tempted to toe back into the hardware market for real.
Would be cool if it happened here too...
In all seriousness, if Sega ever came back into hardware...what about their main franchises? They've already appeared on all other platforms.
It would still go no where, and based on Nagoshi seemingly confirming a new Yakuza for PS4 that isn't going to happen anyways.
KojiKnight
Member
Brand has an incredibly influence in Japan. As for your second point, unless they signed an exclusivity clause with Sega could only publish it's games on X-box hardware, there is no reason they couldn't release software on multiple systems.
If Microsoft is just looking for a way into the Japanese market on a more serious level, them licensing Sega's name may be a huge step in that way. Microsoft doesn't seem content with just leaving the Japanese market behind, no matter how badly they are doing in it.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Would be the most realistic way to see old first party Sega on a modern console again in that Sega fanboy way. It would complete Isao Okawa's now more than decade-old plan to sell or merge Sega with MS/XBOX. Would be more beneficial to XBOX than Sega, initially, if they went all-in with one console platform, but it could mean a return to single platform focus that clearly benefited Sega's software since they have just a handful of successful original products since Dreamcast was killed off and had very little serious console success outside of milking Sonic. Their PC side of software is good, so making a move toward MS would be more of an all-around win even if it meant a loss of multi-platform sales.Sega taking over Xbox marketing and distribution in Japan?
richman555
Member
Welcome back SEGA, its been a long wait.
Im predicting 16 GB of DDR5 and a mind reading controller (and Blast processing for the win).
Launch titles to include -
Sonic X, Dynamite Deka 3, Mars Matrix 2, Power Stone 3, Sega Rally 3
Im predicting 16 GB of DDR5 and a mind reading controller (and Blast processing for the win).
Launch titles to include -
Sonic X, Dynamite Deka 3, Mars Matrix 2, Power Stone 3, Sega Rally 3
gunstarhero
Member
This is madness - I need to know.
Funny how the logo is a representation of CMYK.
Color e-ink tablet?
Funny how the logo is a representation of CMYK.
Color e-ink tablet?
Brand means nothing if you don't have the software to back it up, and allowing the limited amount of relevant SEGA software onto competing platforms would ensure a niche existence for the platform. SEGA Sammy really only has 1 relevant home console franchise in Japan, and that's Yakuza.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Subscription based game service for Android launching with Genesis ports of Golden Axe, Columns, Revenge of Shinobi and Sonic. $19.99 a month + download fees.
abstract alien
Member
What is going on in here? This can't be anything substantial, right?
ViewtifulJC
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Virtua Cop 4, Live Free or Die Hard Arcade, Shinobi's Back!, Outrun3, JSR3, new Yu Suzaki IP, Shenmue 5 port, and a brand new Comix Zone
Oh, and Sonic 4: Episode 3
Oh, and Sonic 4: Episode 3
pants
Member
This is literally the craziest and only thing a spectrum + sega search reveals
http://spectrumcontrols.ca/?p=165#more-165
Omg the possibilites. Imagine playing a mediocre Sonic game using 16GB of DDR5 with your mind!
abstract alien
Member
That actually sounds like something sega would do. They were always a step ahead, be it a blessing or curse. Hmmm...
Schobeleth
Member
I just want Sega back in hardware man
Most of the time Sega tries to have 2 Arcade systems running. One for less and more demanding games. So far, the Ringedge 2 only has Card games and stuff like that...
Now with a potential new Arcade hardware, Sega (and Sammy) would try to do something bold. Something that would re-vitalize even the declining Arcade market in Japan, as hard as they can. With the Ringedge they had a online infrastructure, and the previous ones where just pretty powerful.
Partnering with the Ocolus Rift, and built Arcade games around it...that would get people outside of homes, no?
Hm... Could be right. I'm not into arcade games cause in Germany there are none...
Nobody is outside of Asia...
Red Chocobo
Banned
It wasn't a Saturn Prototype after all. It was viral marketing
IrishNinja
Member
^goddamn is that mean
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i'll take two
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i'll take two
hgarrett54
Banned
It's obviously not a new console, but if it WAS I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I don't care how much it costs or what games it has.
Dreamcast was the best and Border Break looked fucking awesome.
Dreamcast was the best and Border Break looked fucking awesome.
pants
Member
I'm actually surprised some form of poke-clone hasn't exploded on mobile phones yet.
hgarrett54
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BELIEVE
hgarrett54
Banned
Urgh I can't stop hoping for something amazing.
Does the picture say 6th of december or 12th of june?
Does the picture say 6th of december or 12th of june?
Phonomezer
Banned
i herd its will be a new console wich is more powerfell then the gaming PC and will have shining force 4 and bayonetta 2:good graphics edishun as launch titel i know coz my dad works at dreamcast.
hgarrett54
Banned
I heard it will come bundled with Shenmue III.
That's a Sega Pluto. How could you not know? It's been in the news this past week - two of them have been found.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
I think that's why he said he would take two.
IrishNinja
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ZombiePlatypus
Member
OH GOD YES PLEASE. ;___;
vagabondarts
Member
Going by the colors in the logo, It's a CGA handheld!
Dorimukyasuto
Member
Pleeeeeeease
hgarrett54
Banned
Did ringwide/ringedge actually have any success? I remember everyone saying they could adapt that into a new console, just like most of their consoles were consolized arcade boards.