Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nigel Critten" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Dreamcast: Dead, Sega: Unstopable Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 21:25:49 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 41 Message-ID: <97jqgs$7e2@www.netyaroze-europe.com> References: <97gcoq$j2f3@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <97gvqg$j2f4@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <97ji4i$7e1@www.netyaroze-europe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-22-222.btinternet.com X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Agree almost 100% with that, I think the industry has been in something of a slump for a year, in my opinion anyway, if I see another Fifa game I'll scream (the only decent football game is sensible soccer on the Amiga) another Quake, no thanks, another Tomb Raider, God help us. What is happening, I agree that I normally have at least three games on my list that are must buys, at the moment there are ermm. no can't think of any. A lot of people put the slump down to the PSOne with it bringing in the casual gamer, along with them they brought with them the curse of the sequel, the casual gamer wants sequels according to developers & publishers (they have said this many times in magazines) who am I to argue, I don't fall into the casual gamer or the hard core gamer either, I enjoy games and don't buy shite, so is it the casual gamer who buys sequel after sequel or the PSOne for bringing them in. my opinion is split, I'm not one of these Playstation religion people, hands up I prefer the N64 or Dreamcast and am looking forward to the Gamecube a lot more than the X-Box and might end up getting a PS2 if they have some good games released this year and the price falls at least £100, I don't want a DVD player I've got a very nice one thanks I want a games machine for heavens above playing games on. As for the Single gaming Platform... no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... what made me laugh is right after saying they should develop a single gaming platform he then said and sony's could have enhanced lighting and Segas could have more visual memory... the guy is sick the best thing about consoles is you know your target, you don't have to worry about the memory you know how much you have and if your games doesn't fit you have to shrink it not limit it. No don't get me started... Is there any hope... Yeah Nintendo have the intiguing Animal Forest for us. I think its great that Sega are going to publish for other platforms and if it shakes the other developers up a bit then maybe we will end up getting some decent games, instead of YET ANOTHER Fifa game. Nigel