SEGA to re-enter console race?

[gameoverDude]

Chihiro (Xbox) blows away the Naomi 2 spec-wise, except for the RAM (64 MB on Chihiro, 32MB Main + 32MB GX + 32MB Model Data + 8MB sound = 104 MB total on Naomi 2).

Bringing out a Naomi 2 home system would be akin to having Sony produce a System 12 console and call it the PlayStation 2.

I think the 32X should not have been released- it was coming out way too close to the release date of the Saturn. Rather than release the 32X at all, Sega should have made the original Sega CD a 32-bit (by using a 16 MHz 68020 instead of the 12 MHz 68000) while also adding a special GPU to allow all 512 colors to be used at once.

Although I would be tempted to buy a new Sega console, I do feel that Sega should remain a software developer.

[Tracer]

Originally posted by Roufuss

Now, the list of consoles Sega cut short in the US include Sega CD, 32X, Saturn, and now Dreamcast. I don't think anyone trusts them, at this point.

How long have you been posting on a videogame message board? Must not be long if you feel that stateing this is at all important, lends to your unique view on things, or is in anyway informative. People have said this as long as the Saturn was going out, people said this throughout the entire life-span of the Dreamcast. I will wager that something like that has been said on every gaming and some non-gaming message boards ad naseum since 1997.

So thanks for your informative and unique perspective. Next time, try to fit in "M$" into one of your posts. I'm sure people will be astounded at your clever juxtaposition of the letter S with the Dollar Symbol.

[Drewbacca]

I just don't want to have to buy ANOTHER system just to play Sega games... to be honest. I get it in 3 now, why 4?

[Captain Canuck]

I dunno about all this no way talk. I thought the DC almost made it big. It sold quite well, all it really needed was EA and Square and bam it would have kepted selling and would have been where the PS2 is now. Except the third parties would be making more profit and sooner.

I think Sega is talking about WAY DOWN the line. When they have no debt and are one of the bigger publishers like EA. They might even change their name if they think no one would buy a Sega console again. The sad thing is that it would work on most people that buy game systems. Only the people that go on message boards would probably know it's really Sega.

[kabuki]

Originally posted by Hero

If we had another Sega console, you could bet there would be nothing interesting like a Sega-developed F-Zero.

A game that is fantastic, yet plays exactly like the Nintendo developed F-Zero X ??

[warnpro]

Originally posted by Captain Canuck
I dunno about all this no way talk. I thought the DC almost made it big. It sold quite well, all it really needed was EA and Square and bam it would have kepted selling and would have been where the PS2 is now. Except the third parties would be making more profit and sooner.

I disagree. The DC sold "okay" in the U.S. and Europe, and was effectively ignored in the land of the rising sun. Yes, the DC would have sold more consoles with Square's and EA's support, but it certainly wouldn't have put it where the PS2 is now, like you indicated.
EA means shit to Japanese gamers, the bigger loss was the near exclusivity Konami granted Sony. Remember MGS2, and all the crazy hype?

The most significant reason why the DC had a short life span was because mainstream gamers (who unfortunately decide the way the market goes) were waiting for the PS2, and bought all the hype Sony fed them. Many early PS2 owners weren't even aware that the DC existed. Sony convinced the casual gamer that their system was the only game in town.
The DC unfortunately had little chance to succeed, especially with the XBOX and GC looming on horizon, near its untimely demise.

[Mr_Furious]

Originally posted by Captain Canuck
Only the people that go on message boards would probably know it's really Sega.

Or the thousands of EB/GS/Funco employees that feel it's their "duty" to inform the consumer

Knowledge is power

[Gutsman]

The whole Sega failure syndrom is a self fulfilling prophecy. People keep avoiding their products because they expect them to fail. I'm not sure how they can get out of this cycle, even if they do everything humanly possible to fix their image.

[Lhadatt]

Originally posted by Scourge
Heh, I was flaming myself. Nobody was responding to my points but me, so I took the Devil's Advocate approach. You made good points, thanks for supporting my position.

Hah! I guess that's what happens when I stay up til 4 AM coding and go into work at 8 AM...

[Kinopio]

I could see a SEGA system working, but it'd have to be marketed totally differently than the systems of Sony and MS. Something like the NEO GEO, but with standard console prices. Having all SEGA games on one system would probably cancel out the small userbase because the userbase would be all SEGA fans.