Shinobi128, where did you quote that from? Isao Okawa is dead afterall.
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Shinobi128, where did you quote that from? Isao Okawa is dead afterall.
I don't want to believe this is true, but SOA has made so many half-assed stupid decisions in the past that I wouldn't be surprised if it happens.
Shinobi: Well, that is pretty interesting... shocking really... where did you paste that info about Nintendo's offer from?!
I can't beleive that I am practically the only one who does not think this is a bad thing?!
First of all, a lot of Sega fans would be able to buy the console and more Sega games if they were sure it was just one console. Really, for the Sega fan who only has a PS2, he has not bought Super Monkey Ball or JSRF yet. Secondly, whoever the company is it will surely mean they are paying SEGA a crapload of money, like in this Nintendo rumour, that will more than offset any potential sales losses (I am not convinced that will be too significant, except in Sega Sports 2K games maybe?)
Basically the only way I can see this being a bad thing for Sega is if it turns out to be Microsoft, and then Xbox is discontinued by next Xmas! That would tarnishing Sega's already sullied reputation and also not expose it's great games to enough fans.
I am not sure why so many are so negative about this...
It would be SOJ making this decision, n\'est-ce pas?Quote:
Originally posted by Melf
I don\'t want to believe this is true, but SOA has made so many half-assed stupid decisions in the past that I wouldn\'t be surprised if it happens.
Well Sega was reborn when they went Multiplatform in my opinion. Sure the DC is great, but it flew under the radar with a lot of people. Sega trys lots of crazy things, so who knows what they will do. Sure thier games for the Xbox are great, and look great too. They are just too different for the mass gaming public. If anyone has the money give enough to Sega so they can't say no is Microsoft. But Microsoft seems to be pretty desperate for someone to jump aboard these days. PS2 would the place to go if they want to spread their games around, but the games themselves would suffer. I doubt Sega does this unless we are talking LOTS AND LOTS of money. But who knows what Sega could do as a Second party. I think Nintendo would give them the most freedom of all of them though. Imagine some Sega games with Miyamato helping, or vise versa!
But that's short term. A chunk of money would have to be mighty big to ultimately be a better deal than a steady stream of revenue. Sega's inability to make a profit can partly be attributed to them always jumping on the short term and never looking further ahead.Quote:
Originally posted by sggg
whoever the company is it will surely mean they are paying SEGA a crapload of money, like in this Nintendo rumour, that will more than offset any potential sales losses
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Originally posted by Shinobi128
It may not be Micro$oft after all...
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brendan/sega_bar.png
...and the plot thickens...
The Sega Sports sales numbers don't look too promising on the GC. If this was to be true, one would think that the Sega Sports lineup might not become an option on the GC.
If those numbers were to include Sonic Advance(While not published by Sega) we would see another big seller on a Nintendo product. I feel that Nintendo's console and Handheld would be highly favorable for Sega, but their sports games would either be dropped, or not taken so seriously, unless Nintendo's online plans take a sudden upward surge of interest.
<-- growing more and more skeptical by the minute....
Reasons:
1, no actual links
2, no other news sites reporting it (that I can find)
3, no other message boards discussing it (that I can find)
4, Sega has so many specific plans already, like F-Zero AC/GC and Outrun with Microsoft's arcade board...
It still might be true, but I need to see more before I am convinced.
SEGA WILL ALLY WITH NINTENDO AND DESTROY ALL INFIDELS!!!
Sorry, the fanboy in me needed to say that. Can't say I'll be happy with PS2 exclusivity since it's the shittiest hardware, but it makes the most sense financially. Xbox it won't be unless, as people said, MS is giving them some hefty cash, and even then I doubt it'll help XBox all that much.
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Originally posted by Clash_Master
Well Sega was reborn when they went Multiplatform in my opinion. Sure the DC is great, but it flew under the radar with a lot of people. Sega trys lots of crazy things, so who knows what they will do. Sure thier games for the Xbox are great, and look great too. They are just too different for the mass gaming public. If anyone has the money give enough to Sega so they can't say no is Microsoft. But Microsoft seems to be pretty desperate for someone to jump aboard these days. PS2 would the place to go if they want to spread their games around, but the games themselves would suffer. I doubt Sega does this unless we are talking LOTS AND LOTS of money. But who knows what Sega could do as a Second party. I think Nintendo would give them the most freedom of all of them though. Imagine some Sega games with Miyamato helping, or vise versa!
Well Miyamoto is already giving Sega a hand, with the developement of F-Zero, on the Tri-Force arcade board. This could also aleaviat hardware expenses in the Arcade for Sega? It's not really a bad plan for Sega.
The Xbox as a real Dreamcast 2? I can think of worse fates...