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Well upon waking up this morning many a Sega fan was
slapped in the face with headlines like "Sega Kills
Dreamcast", and "Sega pulls out of the hardware market:
Confirmed".
Now with all the rumors over the past months, from Sega
going bankrupt, to Sega being bought out for $2 billion by
Nintendo, Sega going multi-platform, Sega letting Acclaim
develop Dreamcast titles for the Playstation 2, Sega
killing off the Dreamcast, and the Dreamcast being Sega's
final console, surely people would think twice before
believing the next rumor. But no, across the internet bad
rumors about Sega spread faster than the latest nude
pictures of some supermodel.
To those who always wonder why Nintendo still does well yet
Sega struggle so much, this is the reason. Now thankfully
SoA's VP of communications, Charles Belfield, has stepped
in today and denied the rumors, as quoted below thanks to
NBC. Their full story is online at:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/
Sega is in fact halting Dreamcast develop, although it's
not for the reasons you've heard. As Bellfield said, they
will shut down productions by April this year, but only
temporarily, because Sega has plenty of stock already in
their warehouse.
Thanks to MSNBC.com, mr Bellfield said the following,
giving light to the dark rumors about Sega.
"I want to be very, very clear that Sega is categorically
stating our continued support to the Dreamcast platform,"
Charles Bellfield, Sega of America's vice president for
marketing and corporate communications, told MSNBC.com.
Sega officials also told them that Sega will announce a
new partnership with another company on Monday.
A "Dreamcast-enabled product will be continued to be
manufactured well beyond April of this year," he said.
"There will be an announcement on Monday of next week about
a new form factor that includes Dreamcast technology inside
it. A new product which is very much in line with
announcements we've made in the past concerning set-top
boxes and digital convergence devices."
"There is a big, bold future for Dreamcast, for the
technology, the platform, the content, and for the great
games that are developers are all creating, and for our
consumers."
"Sega is adamant that once again the press community is
trying to sensationalize a story that has no foundation in
the truth," Bellfield said. "For Reuters to have placed a
story from a very small Japanese news service without any
sort of response or correction or even fact checking with
Sega is highly irresponsible," said Bellfield, sounding more
than a little frustrated. "And for the Shimbun to actually
put up a front page lead story based on that is a highly
irresponsible [act] by journalists who are trying to
sensationalize an issue which has no factual basis
whatsoever."
"We have been talking about other handheld products,"
Bellfield said. "There will be another announcement next
week that will talk about alternative handheld products as
well... "We have many plans for set-top boxes and other
systems, NOT COMPETITIVE to Dreamcast. There are many,
many opportunities there."
Well upon waking up this morning many a Sega fan was
slapped in the face with headlines like "Sega Kills
Dreamcast", and "Sega pulls out of the hardware market:
Confirmed".
Now with all the rumors over the past months, from Sega
going bankrupt, to Sega being bought out for $2 billion by
Nintendo, Sega going multi-platform, Sega letting Acclaim
develop Dreamcast titles for the Playstation 2, Sega
killing off the Dreamcast, and the Dreamcast being Sega's
final console, surely people would think twice before
believing the next rumor. But no, across the internet bad
rumors about Sega spread faster than the latest nude
pictures of some supermodel.
To those who always wonder why Nintendo still does well yet
Sega struggle so much, this is the reason. Now thankfully
SoA's VP of communications, Charles Belfield, has stepped
in today and denied the rumors, as quoted below thanks to
NBC. Their full story is online at:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/
Sega is in fact halting Dreamcast develop, although it's
not for the reasons you've heard. As Bellfield said, they
will shut down productions by April this year, but only
temporarily, because Sega has plenty of stock already in
their warehouse.
Thanks to MSNBC.com, mr Bellfield said the following,
giving light to the dark rumors about Sega.
"I want to be very, very clear that Sega is categorically
stating our continued support to the Dreamcast platform,"
Charles Bellfield, Sega of America's vice president for
marketing and corporate communications, told MSNBC.com.
Sega officials also told them that Sega will announce a
new partnership with another company on Monday.
A "Dreamcast-enabled product will be continued to be
manufactured well beyond April of this year," he said.
"There will be an announcement on Monday of next week about
a new form factor that includes Dreamcast technology inside
it. A new product which is very much in line with
announcements we've made in the past concerning set-top
boxes and digital convergence devices."
"There is a big, bold future for Dreamcast, for the
technology, the platform, the content, and for the great
games that are developers are all creating, and for our
consumers."
"Sega is adamant that once again the press community is
trying to sensationalize a story that has no foundation in
the truth," Bellfield said. "For Reuters to have placed a
story from a very small Japanese news service without any
sort of response or correction or even fact checking with
Sega is highly irresponsible," said Bellfield, sounding more
than a little frustrated. "And for the Shimbun to actually
put up a front page lead story based on that is a highly
irresponsible [act] by journalists who are trying to
sensationalize an issue which has no factual basis
whatsoever."
"We have been talking about other handheld products,"
Bellfield said. "There will be another announcement next
week that will talk about alternative handheld products as
well... "We have many plans for set-top boxes and other
systems, NOT COMPETITIVE to Dreamcast. There are many,
many opportunities there."
This is the story from www.gameswire.com, We love you Sega Shenmue must survive!....
Its official. Well according to a report in Japan's Nikkeinewspaper anyway. After years of heavy losses, Sega have decided to pull the plug on its Dreamcast console and exit the hardware market on March 31st, the last day of Sega's fiscal year.
Sales of the machine will then be halted once the inventory runs dry. Sega plan to continue to market the machine throughout 2001, and will still be developing new software titles.
The firm`s future lies in producing games for other formats, including the Nintendo Game Boy Advance and Sony PlayStation 2. We`ll have a full report on the Sega situation in the very near future.
news from: www.gameswire.com
Its official. Well according to a report in Japan's Nikkeinewspaper anyway. After years of heavy losses, Sega have decided to pull the plug on its Dreamcast console and exit the hardware market on March 31st, the last day of Sega's fiscal year.
Sales of the machine will then be halted once the inventory runs dry. Sega plan to continue to market the machine throughout 2001, and will still be developing new software titles.
The firm`s future lies in producing games for other formats, including the Nintendo Game Boy Advance and Sony PlayStation 2. We`ll have a full report on the Sega situation in the very near future.
news from: www.gameswire.com
Sounds like there trying to soften the blow...
Instrutable. Double-tongued. Sega.
According to their official press starement...
All production of Dreamcasts will stop, though there going to seel the 100,000 still in stock...
By support they mean theres still going to be games released for the Dreamcast, eventhough manufacturing has ceased... this will be because there are a lot of games still in evelopment, and games just about to be released...
You have to read their statement very closely to see what there actually saying, its looks like one thing, but means another....
All production of Dreamcasts will stop, though there going to seel the 100,000 still in stock...
By support they mean theres still going to be games released for the Dreamcast, eventhough manufacturing has ceased... this will be because there are a lot of games still in evelopment, and games just about to be released...
You have to read their statement very closely to see what there actually saying, its looks like one thing, but means another....
Only developing games for the hand-held market? So why is Sega in talks with Sony about producing software for the PS2? ;p
www.dailyradar.com
www.dailyradar.com
Hurrah! The Dreamcast Lives! Long live the Console Wars!
I wasn't worried about the jobs that would have been lost in the manufacturing sector, or the lack of competition for Sony. No. I was just worried that I wouldn't, as a PSX owner, have anything decent to have a snipe at now and again.
But now it looks like I do! YIPPEEEEEEE!!
I wasn't worried about the jobs that would have been lost in the manufacturing sector, or the lack of competition for Sony. No. I was just worried that I wouldn't, as a PSX owner, have anything decent to have a snipe at now and again.
But now it looks like I do! YIPPEEEEEEE!!
Sounds to me like the Dreamcast will be getting a bit of a facelift, much like the SMS and megadrive before it.
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Well upon waking up this morning many a Sega fan was
slapped in the face with headlines like "Sega Kills
Dreamcast", and "Sega pulls out of the hardware market:
Confirmed".
Now with all the rumors over the past months, from Sega
going bankrupt, to Sega being bought out for $2 billion by
Nintendo, Sega going multi-platform, Sega letting Acclaim
develop Dreamcast titles for the Playstation 2, Sega
killing off the Dreamcast, and the Dreamcast being Sega's
final console, surely people would think twice before
believing the next rumor. But no, across the internet bad
rumors about Sega spread faster than the latest nude
pictures of some supermodel.
To those who always wonder why Nintendo still does well yet
Sega struggle so much, this is the reason. Now thankfully
SoA's VP of communications, Charles Belfield, has stepped
in today and denied the rumors, as quoted below thanks to
NBC. Their full story is online at:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/
Sega is in fact halting Dreamcast develop, although it's
not for the reasons you've heard. As Bellfield said, they
will shut down productions by April this year, but only
temporarily, because Sega has plenty of stock already in
their warehouse.
Thanks to MSNBC.com, mr Bellfield said the following,
giving light to the dark rumors about Sega.
"I want to be very, very clear that Sega is categorically
stating our continued support to the Dreamcast platform,"
Charles Bellfield, Sega of America's vice president for
marketing and corporate communications, told MSNBC.com.
Sega officials also told them that Sega will announce a
new partnership with another company on Monday.
A "Dreamcast-enabled product will be continued to be
manufactured well beyond April of this year," he said.
"There will be an announcement on Monday of next week about
a new form factor that includes Dreamcast technology inside
it. A new product which is very much in line with
announcements we've made in the past concerning set-top
boxes and digital convergence devices."
"There is a big, bold future for Dreamcast, for the
technology, the platform, the content, and for the great
games that are developers are all creating, and for our
consumers."
"Sega is adamant that once again the press community is
trying to sensationalize a story that has no foundation in
the truth," Bellfield said. "For Reuters to have placed a
story from a very small Japanese news service without any
sort of response or correction or even fact checking with
Sega is highly irresponsible," said Bellfield, sounding more
than a little frustrated. "And for the Shimbun to actually
put up a front page lead story based on that is a highly
irresponsible [act] by journalists who are trying to
sensationalize an issue which has no factual basis
whatsoever."
"We have been talking about other handheld products,"
Bellfield said. "There will be another announcement next
week that will talk about alternative handheld products as
well... "We have many plans for set-top boxes and other
systems, NOT COMPETITIVE to Dreamcast. There are many,
many opportunities there."
Well upon waking up this morning many a Sega fan was
slapped in the face with headlines like "Sega Kills
Dreamcast", and "Sega pulls out of the hardware market:
Confirmed".
Now with all the rumors over the past months, from Sega
going bankrupt, to Sega being bought out for $2 billion by
Nintendo, Sega going multi-platform, Sega letting Acclaim
develop Dreamcast titles for the Playstation 2, Sega
killing off the Dreamcast, and the Dreamcast being Sega's
final console, surely people would think twice before
believing the next rumor. But no, across the internet bad
rumors about Sega spread faster than the latest nude
pictures of some supermodel.
To those who always wonder why Nintendo still does well yet
Sega struggle so much, this is the reason. Now thankfully
SoA's VP of communications, Charles Belfield, has stepped
in today and denied the rumors, as quoted below thanks to
NBC. Their full story is online at:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/
Sega is in fact halting Dreamcast develop, although it's
not for the reasons you've heard. As Bellfield said, they
will shut down productions by April this year, but only
temporarily, because Sega has plenty of stock already in
their warehouse.
Thanks to MSNBC.com, mr Bellfield said the following,
giving light to the dark rumors about Sega.
"I want to be very, very clear that Sega is categorically
stating our continued support to the Dreamcast platform,"
Charles Bellfield, Sega of America's vice president for
marketing and corporate communications, told MSNBC.com.
Sega officials also told them that Sega will announce a
new partnership with another company on Monday.
A "Dreamcast-enabled product will be continued to be
manufactured well beyond April of this year," he said.
"There will be an announcement on Monday of next week about
a new form factor that includes Dreamcast technology inside
it. A new product which is very much in line with
announcements we've made in the past concerning set-top
boxes and digital convergence devices."
"There is a big, bold future for Dreamcast, for the
technology, the platform, the content, and for the great
games that are developers are all creating, and for our
consumers."
"Sega is adamant that once again the press community is
trying to sensationalize a story that has no foundation in
the truth," Bellfield said. "For Reuters to have placed a
story from a very small Japanese news service without any
sort of response or correction or even fact checking with
Sega is highly irresponsible," said Bellfield, sounding more
than a little frustrated. "And for the Shimbun to actually
put up a front page lead story based on that is a highly
irresponsible [act] by journalists who are trying to
sensationalize an issue which has no factual basis
whatsoever."
"We have been talking about other handheld products,"
Bellfield said. "There will be another announcement next
week that will talk about alternative handheld products as
well... "We have many plans for set-top boxes and other
systems, NOT COMPETITIVE to Dreamcast. There are many,
many opportunities there."