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From: matth@bellatlantic.net (Matthew Hulett)
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Subject: Re: E3 Questions for all who attended, esp. Mario
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 00:29:32 GMT
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>If they didn't have enough software. The hardware may very well be
>finished and ready, but you have to have software to run on it.
>Showing a system without software is asking to be totaly screwed over.
>People will loose intrest VERY quickly. It's better to let out little
>tid-bits of info and specs, to bait the public and get everyone hyped
>up. If they show everything now, then the public will get borred. If
>they show nothing now, and have a suprise launch...Well look at what
>happened to the saturn. 

    After getting your e-mail, I see you are refering to Dreamcast,
while I am referring to Project X. It  (Project X) is supposed to
launch in four months... I don't think they are going to make this
X-mas season and their October launch. That is why I am surprised it
wasn't open to the public.
   But, even if I was refering to Dreamcast, they should have opened
it to the public anyway, Sega needs all the positive press they can
get. ;-))) Seriously, I think it was wise for Sega to keep quiet on
Dreamcast, why inform Saturn owners that their platform is dead?
Better to let them fantasize that the platform is getting full
support, and that they made a good choice. I suspect that gamers like
us have seen the writing on the wall for a long time, but the average
joe probably doesn't realize that his platform is on life support, and
fading fast. Sega seems to be like that, why inform people and stop
them from buying more Saturns over the next year... 

-Matt, who pities all children who receive a Saturn this X-mas [sob]