Rhazer Fusion
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To be truthfully honest, going into hardware might be the last thing Sega wants to do at this point.
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CNET's Reisinger: Sega should release a new console.
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Rhazer Fusion
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camineet said:
I wish.
Skiptastic
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zaidr said:
You were so close. Here's the total package: MS + Sega + SONY!
MS does the Live work. Sony does the hardware, partially. Sega develops the arcade board to power the arcade side of it.
With their powers combined, they would get arcade flavor, Blu-Ray capabilities, and the best online service in the industry.
9/9/9 will be the announcement of the "Dream Team". We may not be casting dreams, but the dream is still alive.
I think the news outlets need something better than just 'Nintendo wins. Again'. I want to see a bloodied contest, but Sega is beyond hope hardware-wise, especially with Sammy and their pachinko base (which looks to be decreasing, and if I know them they'll argue that more people are playing the Wii, so don't go out and play pachinko anymore. To that I go Hahaha)
Willy Wanka
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If they released another console they would probably implode financially. I'd rather they tried to capture their former glory with great games on the hardware that's already out there.
Thunder Monkey
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If Sega could get their shit together I'd be all for them coming back to the console space.Maxrpg said:
Genny vs SNES was badass.
A Black Falcon
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Onix said:
You haven't run in to Reisinger's articles before? He's got a long history of really stupid articles.
I mean, a new Sega console would be cool, but it makes absolutely no business or logical sense. Not unless Sega suddenly found billions of dollars somewhere and were somehow able to compete with the others financially, that is... that's the only way to make the scenario even remotely plausible. The Dreamcast died because Sega didn't have enough money to properly support it. The only way the DC could possibly have survived longer than it did was if it had become an instant Wii-level internation smash hit. That didn't come even close to happening... and it likely wouldn't again. Why release a console that you will only have to abandon after a relatively short time because you're out of money again, just like the last time? It would make absolutely no sense, unfortunately.
Because yeah, Sega v. Nintendo again would be great. It just won't happen anytime soon.
God that was pretty out there. 9/9/9 believe!, though.
Honestly, if Sega is going to 'pair up' with anybody, it'd be Nintendo. Their largest selling game featured Mario, afterall.
I really like their new direction, though, and the Platinum Games announcement has given me hope for the company. Even if they are stumbling, they are going back to their old franchises and bringing them back (like NiGHTS), while doing some clever publishing deals with dev's who made companies like Capcom great. Plus, they've always had a loving relationship with Treasure, so I wouldn't mind seeing a few more games of theirs published under Sega's belt.
They could end up being my most trusted publisher the later half of the generation (Capcom has definitely taken a fall for me).
Honestly, if Sega is going to 'pair up' with anybody, it'd be Nintendo. Their largest selling game featured Mario, afterall.
I really like their new direction, though, and the Platinum Games announcement has given me hope for the company. Even if they are stumbling, they are going back to their old franchises and bringing them back (like NiGHTS), while doing some clever publishing deals with dev's who made companies like Capcom great. Plus, they've always had a loving relationship with Treasure, so I wouldn't mind seeing a few more games of theirs published under Sega's belt.
They could end up being my most trusted publisher the later half of the generation (Capcom has definitely taken a fall for me).
There were rumors of a new Sega console in 1996 / early 1997. People did not believe it. They thought, no, after Saturn, Sega will go third party. Many people did not believe the reports about Black Belt and Dural in mid-1997. However as Dural emerged as a real machine, officially named Katana, people remained secptical it would work, but they knew it was real. Dreamcast became a reality in 1998.
I'm not saying Sega will come out with a new console in the forseeable future, but I wouldn't rule out a grand alliance of some sort with other electronics, semiconductor and game companies, that include Sega, to challenge Nintendo-Microsoft-Sony.
Samsung/Matsushita/Sega/Capcom/Nvidia/Intel/Apple ?
I can only dream
I'm not saying Sega will come out with a new console in the forseeable future, but I wouldn't rule out a grand alliance of some sort with other electronics, semiconductor and game companies, that include Sega, to challenge Nintendo-Microsoft-Sony.
Samsung/Matsushita/Sega/Capcom/Nvidia/Intel/Apple ?
I can only dream
Absinthe (Permed)
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I'd buy it day one, but it isn't going to happen.
In retrospect, I wish Microsoft would have purchased SEGA. I honestly think that it would have been a much better purchase than RARE. SEGA is a company rich with IPs that span many, many genres. They literally have every genre covered.
In retrospect, I wish Microsoft would have purchased SEGA. I honestly think that it would have been a much better purchase than RARE. SEGA is a company rich with IPs that span many, many genres. They literally have every genre covered.
People who want them to stop making games on systems that they don't have an audience on? Seriously, a sloppy port of HotD3 on Wii has already outsold the original release of the same game... what the hell does this say?! I mean, I COULD go on about all the blunders they've had with their franchises so far, but I'm afraid people might think of me as inciting and/or partaking in "list warz".Himuro said:
I've said it since this third-party business started, sub-dividing their fanbase was the most bone-headed thing ever.
Augemitbutter
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if microsoft drops out again, they could take another shot.
i dont see any chance to release a console in the current market and be successful for them.
i dont see any chance to release a console in the current market and be successful for them.
MobiusPigeon
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SEGA should off themselves.
It goes like this:
EA buys Take-Two
EA buys Sammy
Microsoft buys EA
MS renames its games division SEGA
David Rosen spins in his grave with enough centrifugal force to send the earth into a reverse spin, taking us back in time and causing Dreamcast to outsell the PS2/GC/Xbox
The statue of liberty is buried on some beach.
EA buys Take-Two
EA buys Sammy
Microsoft buys EA
MS renames its games division SEGA
David Rosen spins in his grave with enough centrifugal force to send the earth into a reverse spin, taking us back in time and causing Dreamcast to outsell the PS2/GC/Xbox
The statue of liberty is buried on some beach.
Reisinger has always demonstrated that he's an idiot without a damn clue about the videogame industry.
Read this, it's glorious - http://blogs.ign.com/Matt-IGN/2007/12/11/74048/p2
Read this, it's glorious - http://blogs.ign.com/Matt-IGN/2007/12/11/74048/p2
Hypno Funk
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I'd give SEGA my money if they made another Jet Set Radio game for the 360.
RoboGeorgeForeman
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Dali said:
Duuuuuuude!!! I'd be first in freak'n line! Sega would have to kill me to loose my support!!
RoboGeorgeForeman
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bjork said:
Definitely!! I was a little irked with the way the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast were handled, but with all the great games I can't stay mad for long!!
BigJonsson
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I'll wait for the 100 dollar mail-in rebate....
Honestly at some point in the future Sega, if Sega has rebuilt themselves and re-established some core franchises (big if lol) they could release a handheld and ride a wave of nostalgia to success. The present is just too early though. I would say give it another 5 years minimum.
TheHeretic
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The 360 is the spiritual successor to the dreamcast.