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[shaowebb]

Searched and found nothing. Lock/mock if old.

Text translates to "A new world of entertainment."

What is this thing? Arcade board maybe? Digital platform? I'm clueless here...

 

[thetrin]

Sega digital distro wouldn't be surprising at all.

 

[KillerTravis]

Dreamcast successor. Finally!

 

[jooey]

or a digital platform for arcades, which is more plausible.

 

[Iacobellis]

A NEW CONSOLE! HOLY SHIT!

 

[harrypmgaga]

If SEGA are getting back in the console game, I'm going to need to change my pants.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Clive Sinclair and SEGA, what a fucking pair.

Next gen just got won.

 

[shaowebb]

or a digital platform for arcades, which is more plausible.

Like the taito boards? That'd actually be pretty good overseas. The service on the taito boards is pretty good from the bits I pick up. It sounds pretty much like you download the title you want onto the board for trial and if it sells keep it after the trial by paying for it or a subscription or something. Means you buy one machine and have access to a huge library on it without changing boards. Course this is all secondhand from me though so its probably got more ins and outs than that on the taito board setup. Seemed like how it was described to me though.

Anyhow if thats what Sega Spectrum is it'd be cool in my eyes.

Also Sega isn't doing badly financially, but its not amazing enough to go for a console bid in my eyes. Keep your expectations in check Gaf. They had some impressive numbers during the THQ bankruptcy, but they still aren't big enough to go back into consoles from what I see.

 

[Iacobellis]

Wait, during E3?! OH MY GOD!

Spectrum, meaning the system finally completes the whole universe SEGA had going on.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Ringwide successor?

 

[sevenchaos]

So many mixed emotions.

 

[ASTROID2]

NEW CONSOLE!

 

[KillerTravis]

June 12 sounds like an E3 date. Get ready.

Spoiler

Totally not a new console.

 

[MarkusRJR]

I'd love anything new from Sega in terms of hardware, but it's more probable that's either something really stupid (eg. mobile shit) or a fake to hype people up for nothing.

 

[Quackula]

Dreamcast successor. Finally!

A NEW CONSOLE! HOLY SHIT!

If SEGA are getting back in the console game, I'm going to need to change my pants.

NEW CONSOLE!

You guys are being sarcastic, right?

 

[CorySchmitz]

Cool logo.

 

[Ainaurdur]

It's an arcade related thing... has to be.

Spoiler

I hope not. Want a console. Must. Not. Get. Hopeful.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

You guys are being sarcastic, right?

No, there's actually a good chance it's a new console. It's been almost 15 years since they released their last hardware.

 

[clubstoic]

Would a "Sega Steam Box" work in this day and age?

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Why is it in Japanese yet it has the Western Sega logo?

Something doesn't add up.

 

[krae_man]

Found a launch game

 

[qq more]

No, there's actually a good chance it's a new console. It's been almost 15 years since they released their last hardware.

...

Is SEGA even in a good financial position to make a new console?

 

[Quackula]

No, there's actually a good chance it's a new console. It's been almost 15 years since they released their last hardware.

You poor soul

 

[DrFunk]

oh my good lord Sega is back

 

[GDGF]

Sega's back. Come pet the hedgehog.

 

[Dereck]

No, there's actually a good chance it's a new console. It's been almost 15 years since they released their last hardware.

Not enough sarcasm.

 

[Quackula]

...

Is SEGA even in a good financial position to make a new console?

Sega's been doing pretty okay for themselves iirc. I dont' see them pulling something as risky as launching a new console right now, especially after some of the past problems they had.

 

[braves01]

Knowing Sega, it's probably a bad idea whatever it is.

 

[KillerTravis]

No, there's actually a good chance it's a new console. It's been almost 15 years since they released their last hardware.

Dreamcast has been going strong for more than 15 years, even longer than PS2. It's time for the next big thing.

 

[xyzls]

I'm hoping this has something to do with why Microsoft have been very silent on their next console.

Xbox Spectrum

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

...

Is SEGA even in a good financial position to make a new console?

Yes. Sammy's pachinko business pretty much pays the bills.

 

[qq more]

Sega's been doing pretty okay for themselves iirc. I dont' see them pulling something as risky as launching a new console right now, especially after some of the past problems they had.

Well I meant to say good enough. It sounds really risky to get back into the console business.


To be honest, I would totally be down for a new SEGA console. I was both a SEGA and Nintendo kid but... I don't see it happening.

 

[Gattuso]

i don't see there being any chance that it will be a console.

 

[A Black Falcon]

So is this the real name for the Orbi, or does Sega have TWO upcoming consoles they're of course going to announce soon?

Seriously though, yeah, probably either an arcade board or digigal platform. Good guesses.

...

Is SEGA even in a good financial position to make a new console?

Sammy has plenty of money, but it's extremely unlikely that they'd want to spend lots of it on a console...

 

[Daingurse]

Haha, if Sega ever did get back into the console business it would the megaton to end all megatons.

 

[Adam Blue]

A little always online box that has Sega's entire back-catalog for DD.

 

[Kokonoe]

Low chance of it being anything outside of arcade hardware, and if it's anything, it's most likely a gaming tablet as SEGA likes to innovate, or a handheld (very low chance).

 

[Tain]

I would rather have this be a new arcade board than a console

 

[GDGF]

Low chance of it being anything outside of arcade hardware, and if it's anything it's most likely a gaming tablet as SEGA likes to innovate, or a handheld (very low chance).

I'd play the hell out of a Sega Android Tablet with a six button controller and access to their console and arcade library.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I would rather have this be a new arcade board than a console

Eh... If it's a new arcade board, it's just gonna be used for some shitty horse racing games.

 

[Seven Force]

Gonna take a wild guess and say it's probably new arcade hardware. (Which was the last one they developed? Ring Edge 2, right?)

 

[Box of Bunnies]

No wonder they haven't announced a Sonic Unleashed/Colours/Generations followup yet, it's going to be a Spectrum launch title.

 

[distantmantra]

Why is it in Japanese yet it has the Western Sega logo?

Something doesn't add up.

I know there is the katakana logo, but they use the English logo in Japan, too.

 

[BLunted]

I just love how everybody jumps to the conclusion that it's a new console. No way in hell it's a new console.

I wouldn't mind eating crow on that though...

 

[casiopao]

Game Gear succesor? Now with all the unique Sega's arcade gameplay?

 

[tsumineko]

Why is it in Japanese yet it has the Western Sega logo?

Something doesn't add up.

...what?

 

[Celcius]

A new type of controller?
http://spectrumcontrols.ca/?p=165#more-165

 

[CrunchinJelly]

...what?

Sega Japan:

Sega West:

 

[Drkirby]

Never noticed they changed up their logo color in different regions. Likely means nothing in the content of the image in the OP though.

 

[TheOGB]

I'd love to get hyped but I have no idea what I'd be getting hyped about.

Sega Japan:

Sega West:

Holy crap, never noticed