Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Max" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Dreamcast: Dead, Sega: Unstopable Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 14:02:01 -0800 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 49 Message-ID: <97qtmb$7c2@www.netyaroze-europe.com> References: <97gcoq$j2f3@www.netyaroze-europe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p247-chaffinch-gui.tch.which.net 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 Right, I have got a Dreamcast and damn proud of it. I am an owner of a PS (obvoiusly) but I do not yet wish to own a PS2, nor can I see that any time in the foreseeable future. Dreamcast has some really great games, I own Jet Set, Shenmue, Soul Calibur, DOA2 and most of the other greats but what I'm saying is that, Sega, a developer that has a great amount of originality is having to withdraw itself from the hardware market. This may seem rather irrelevant but, if sega was making enough profit with their games then the hardware would follow. What the "public" wants is sequels? Are you not just talking of the casual gamer sector? And fair enough most of the industry now is aimed at the casual gamer because they want sequels and sequels are very easy to make, using the older engines, cutting dev time in half. What I'm pissed at is the fact that most (if not all, dare I say it) developers do not want to break the mould and make original games. The fact that Sega have gone strictly software IS the start of the slump - for me. I love Sega and they are the main source of original games, that fact that they make original games is the reason why they have had to cut losses and pull out of the hardware market. They have kind of dug their own grave, the ratio of consoles they have released compared to Nintendo is something like 3:1 from the past 10 or so years, how can they possible hope of supporting them all? Well, thats what I think anyways. Max "Max" wrote in message news:97gcoq$j2f3@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > Sega is dead, > long live Sega! > > I hope Sega show EA a thing or two. Can't wait for the first wave of > GameCube and GBA Sega games, SonicTeam here we come! > > Max > >