Hopefully just a rumor concerning SEGA/Xbox support.....

[Hero]

heh, loss of Sega support does not spell the death of a system. That's as crazy as someone claiming Square makes the PS2 what it is, and that it's announcement for GC/GBA support is somehow unholy.

Give it up.

If Sega leaves XBox, then only the Sega supporters will be crestfallen. The only true deal in games is to follow whatever you find fun, be that it takes you to PS2, XBox, GC, SNES, Genny, DC - the platform doesn't matter. Likewise, a big name developer dropping ship on a console does not spell the end (tho I doubt it's true).

[Yoshi]

Originally posted by Hero
heh, loss of Sega support does not spell the death of a system. That's as crazy as someone claiming Square makes the PS2 what it is, and that it's announcement for GC/GBA support is somehow unholy.

Give it up.

Who here owns an Xbox that would not if Sega did not announce exclusives?

*raises hand*

[Stone]

The major reason I bought an Xbox was because of the Sega support - hell, I sold it because Sega stuff wasn't coming out fast enough for it.

[Prince Planet]

Originally posted by TriForce
Who here owns an Xbox that would not if Sega did not announce exclusives?

*raises hand*

Interesting point, but it seems kind of irrelevant since the big exclusives are already a done deal. After being on shelves for one year, Xobx will have the received the following:

1. JSRF
2. GUNVALKYRIE
3. HOTD3
4. Crazy Taxi 3
5. Panzer Dragoon Orta
6. Shenmue II

That's a lot of exclusives for the first year. In fact, it's a lot even if no more are ever announced. More importantly, there are plenty of non-Sega exclusives (and good multi-platform) titles on the way.

C'mon folks, it's just a game console.

[LittleEric]

That's as crazy as someone claiming Square makes the PS2 what it is

well ... not the PS2. but Square definitly was instrumental in making Sony the power that it is in games now with the PSX.
I'd go as far as to say that if Square and Nintendo had kissed and made up, Nintendo wouldn't be seen as an underdog to Sony. it could easily be the other way around.
think about it, FF7 sold what ?, 7.1 million copies ? and FF8 sold like 9 million. ... for every finalfantasy there's atleast one PSX.
sometimes a big name can make or break a console.

for the record i think the "news" is bullshit though.

[Kinopio]

Lets face it. With SEGA, the xbox has decent(at best) Japanese support. without SEGA, what does it have? Not that I think SEGA will leave the xbox completely, but I just don't think people should be downplaying SEGA's importance to the xbox.

[Shooting Love]

for the record, I wouldn't at all be suprised to see the rumor pan out.

Really, what sence is it for Sega to devote recources to a trialing system. -that's why they stoped marketing their own.
After the contracted "exclusives", why would Sega bother developing games for X-box, after all it's tanking in their home market.
Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the only game likely to produce a near future surge in system sales in Japan one of Sega's own? -Panzer Orta. Jet Future didn't exactly sway the masses from PS2.
Personnally I think it makes perfect sence for Sega to get out and market to just two consoles.

[sggg]

••• About the rumour: Well, it obviously looks very dodgy considering the source and all. I am not going to believe anything without more proof or validation.

However, I would not be surprised if it did turn out to be true. I don't think SEGA would make a "big announcement" about this, but it could be revealed behind closed doors, or they could choose to make the announcement in a positive sense by "announcing their support for PS@ & GCN". It could very feasably happen, but I would not bet on it.


••• My personal feelings: I have not bought any of the new consoles yet.. and this is exactly the reason why! I want to see how things turn out first (and I keep buying tonnes of $5-20 DC games to tide me over).

Where I stand is that I think GCN is coolest console for my tastes... However, so far I think that Xbox has the best games (thanks entirely to SEGA tho!). So, I had been leaning towards getting an Xbox simply to play JSRF, Panzer, Gunvalkyrie, etc... I have no plans to buy one until after a significant price drop. Also, I want to wait a while to see how things shake down this summer. I'll probably buy a console around the holiday season.

If JSRF and PDO are anounced for GCN, say no more. I'm there. That's what I personally want to happen. If this turns out to be bunk, then I guess I am still leaning towards Xbox.

I certainly would not mind if they started packing in the "Controller S" when they drop the price either.

[AaronChance]

I don't think it's true, but oddly, I don't really care if it is true or not. Panzer Dragon Orta is all I want from Sega at the moment, and maybe House of the Dead 3. Only thing else I would want from them is a port of Virtual On Force. Sonic hasn't interested me since he turned 3D and the ressurection of their other franchises has me totally indifferent.

Yes, I bought an Xbox for JSRF, which was worth it if no other games ever came to the system, but Xbox is providing me buy-worthy games at a rate of at least 2 a month, stretching far into the future. Heck, I think the combination of Morrowind and Project Ego will be enough to keep me busy until Xbox 2. I might even take a break long enough to play Star Wars: KOTOR.

I love Sega, but they have never been the be all and end all of gaming, and they never will. I take the good games as they come and leave the worrying about developers and publishers to other people.

[Low]

Saint of killers- As much as I love my Turbo and Saturn, both of those systems were soundly squashed...in the US at least and thus there were only two consoles competing.

Though I don't believe this I'm not going to discount it ethier. Remember Shemnue 2? A guy posted on the old boards that Sega was cancelling Shemnue 2 for DC. Not a single person replying to the thread believed him and many had some interesting comments. Wait til E3 and laugh it off if nothing materializes. *-neo