SEGA to re-enter console race?

[Yoshi]

Originally posted by Lordmrw
And 88, you're a real bastard. I wonder how long before you have to change that avatar.

I personally like it.

[BonusKun]

Heh,
And this is where the true test of brand loyalty comes into play. Some people would love to get a brand new home system from Sega while others are still getting over the bad taste of Sega's killing of their home systems over the years.

Of all the console systems out there the Dreamcast was probably the best piece of hardware devloped by them in years for overall quality gaming entertainment. You rarly heard of the Dreamcast have Disc reading problems *PS1* & of course that Sega even provided a modem for online access was a bold step for any console maker out there in the U.S.

I'd love to see a new piece of hardware come out but of course I'd love a chance for them to advance their thinking of the hardware and pull a Sony like they did with the PS2 making it backwards compatiable for previous games that were on the Dreamcast.

There are so many wonderful options with which Sega could make a new console but 1st and foremost they need to stay committed to the console and not drop it like a hot potato. This is what killed a lot of their fanbase more than anything.

[warnpro]

This is so not going to happen.

Imagine the next console race featuring XBOX2, GC2, PS3, and DC2. What will Johnny Mainstream buy? Certainly not the Dreamcast2, and Sega knows this.

[Gutsman]

I think it's possible a new Sega console can succeed, but it has to be marketed differently than previous Sega consoles. And by "succeed" I mean be profitable, I don't mean become a market leader. They shouldn't even bother competing with other "mass market" consoles like PS2/XBox/GC.

Perhaps they can cater the console specifically to "hardcore" Sega fans, ie make it obvious what you will be geting with the console is a lot of Sega games, and not much else. And they can price it high enough to not sell it at a loss, hardcore Sega fans will buy it anyway.

[Johnny Undaunted]

Hmmmmmmm! A new Sega console? Let me think about it...NO! Why? So that Sega could backstab their loyal fanbase again at the last minute like they did with the Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast? No, thanks! Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I rather they remained a third-party company.

[Gutsman]

How did Sega backstab their fanbase with the Genesis?

[BonusKun]

Originally posted by Johnny Undaunted
So that Sega could backstab their loyal fanbase again at the last minute like they did with the Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast?

Actually I'll disagree with this seeing as I personally felt Tom Kalinski's support of the Genesis was damn good over the years. We got so many great games out in the U.S. thanks to his undying support of the system during that period that even Nintendo got beat out in Sales with the release of Sonic the Hedgehog among a few other titles.

The Genesis was a shining example of how to do it right. Of course that terrible addon the 32X is what totally left a bad taste in everyone's mouths.

[warnpro]

Originally posted by Johnny Undaunted
Hmmmmmmm! A new Sega console? Let me think about it...NO! Why? So that Sega could backstab their loyal fanbase again at the last minute like they did with the Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast? No, thanks! Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I rather they remained a third-party company.

How did Sega Stab gamers in the back with the Genesis...? It was supported with new software from like 1989 to what 1995/96.
Do you mean the limited support of the 32x, and to some degree the Sega CD?

Geez I have to be quicker, by the time I got my question posted I was beaten to the punch by two people.

[BonusKun]

Heh I felt i got my money's worth out of the SegaCD once Lunar, Snatcher, Shining Force CD, & SonicCD among other titles came out and made the system rock.

[xS]

Originally posted by Shin Johnpv
N64 was kicking BOTH Saturn and Playstations ASS untill FFVII came out

Yeah, but the Saturn was kicking the N64s ass in Japan until OOT came out from what I can remember. Sega had alot of the big Japanese franchises back then.