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"Will Sega ever return?"

Do you think Sega will ever make another games console? I'd like to think that they have a little group of brains bevering away at another console to totally suprise the world with :)

Do you think Sega will ever make another games console? I'd like to think that they have a little group of brains bevering away at another console to totally suprise the world with :)

No.

They promised us they wouldn't. They just don't have the money anymore. I don't think.

Is it really that bad at Sega? The Dreamcast really screwed them up then?

I think that they are happy with the situation they are in now; making third party support.
The sonic games sell well, so does phantasy star online and i think that super monkey ball sold quite an amount of copies.
And I do also not believe that they have the resources to create a new console.

I wouldn't rule it out completely as they said they would if they ever felt it was a good idea, but it seems highly unlikely.

The Dreamcast was the straw that broke the camels back. But the damage was done long before that. First of all Sega had two flops in the Mega CD and the 32X. Both of them were pre Saturn. And then there was the Saturn. A console with some classic games, but sadly underpowered and in the face of competition from sony, just uncool.

So they lost a lot of money by then. The arcade business took a bit of a downturn as well, losing them even more money. Then they pored lots of resources into the Dreamcast. But nobody bought it.

It was the best console ever in my opinion, as a post in the classic games forum testifies (and proves I think). But with big investment and little return, they were close to bankruptcy and the only seemingly plausible way out was to stop the hardware side. They had some great games, and they knew that they would sell stacks on other systems, which they did.

They make money once again. They still make some excellent games. But it still doesn't feel the same.

There have been almost constant rumours that Microsoft were going to buy them. I would like to think that is true as I think an exclusive Sega would be better. But it is not going to happen now, seeing as Sammy have an ever increasing stake in Sega.

At least they are still around. They are on my list of things to buy when I'm extremely rich.

It just doesn't feel the same any more :( It wasn't that long ago that the war was just between Sega and Nintendo. But know it's Microsoft and Sony!! I think the damage was down to nobody taking Sony seriously when they announced the PSX...everyone just assumed that it would end up on the scrap pile next to the 3DO, CDI and Jaguar, so Sega and Nintendo thought that the battle would remain between themselves, Sega released the woeful Saturn and Nintendo took far too long to release the N64...then Sony unleashed the mighty Playstation and kicked the living crap out of everyone!!! Then Sega released the Dreamcast (better than the PS in my opinion) but it was already too late :( everyone had bought a PS and no-one was willing to trade it in so early. Ironically the PSX was supposed to be a CD add on for the SNES.

Sega did release one more good console though...Nomad...just a portable Megadrive that used MD carts and is far superior even now to the GBA.

leflus wrote:
> I think that they are happy with the situation they are in now; making
> third party support.

As opposed to being one of the two largest console manufactuers in theiw world? ... I'll bet they they wake up every morning with a tear of joy in their eyes for making the business descisions that lost them their share of the console market ;)

Sega = sonic games

GO SEGA

Sega are a great company, but I can't help but feel they've somehow gone downhill recently.

Does anyone know how well they're doing sales-wise and financially?

Well, Sonic's not what he used to be.
And should probably be put to bed.

How the mighty have fallen.