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2 ODM,
I was just thinking how similar the PS2 is to the Saturn. And how similar the DC will be to the original Playstation. Just think – everyone hyped the Saturn when it was released and the same with PS2. This is because everyone thought that the Saturn would be a great console - the MD was so why wouldn’t this be? And at the beginning all the Publishers released games for the Saturn. But in time all the developers were fed up with how hard it was to program for and so managed to jump across to Sony’s new offering – the Playstation of course. They were all pleased with how easy it was to program for compared to Sega’s machine. And so managed to convince the publishers that the Playstation was the better console and so the Saturn died. Now it seems its Sony’s turn for defeat. Already developers are complaining about how hard it is to develop for PS2 compared to Dreamcast – They can get much more out of Dreamcast even though ‘technically’ the PS2 is about a third more powerful – just look at Dead or Alive 2 (I’m sure you have already!) and you’ll see how great the DC version is – how much better it is than the PS2 version. But, because the publishers – the greedy 3rd /4th party people like EIDOS and INFOGRAMES and especially Electronic Arts are backing the PS2 to win – just how they backed the Saturn when it first came out – they are forcing developers to develop for the PS2 against their will - perhaps saying that they won’t publish their games unless they make them for PS2 because they are SO greedy. But soon the tables WILL turn – developers love the Dreamcast – WE ALL know this and they will not take any more of this Sony console rubbish and they will come back to Dreamcast. Just wait. In fact Sega have made the better console – who cares about the DVD in Playstation2? Well most people because it seems that the games for the PS2 aren’t selling too well – hmmm $930million loss from Sony? Now the tables are really turning. Only an average of 2 games are being bought per PS2 customer – only 50% of the predicted amount!
So you MUST see that Sega’s console is a True games console – it’d be better with a faster modem of course, but the public will soon realise that theidf they want to play games then they’ll get a Dreamcast – Playstation games are still going strong in Japan because the Japanese still play games on them. But here the Playstation is retiring gracefully but it’ll soon stumble and have a heart attack and die.
Sega SHOULD advertise – just advertising gaming footage of top DC games – or even average DC games – but the ads NEED to be GOOD not like the Sega Bas ad or the Tomb raider rubbish. Sega need to employ someone with a DECENT voice – like those people at the cinema with the deep voices. Then the public will see how amazing DC really is. Even if they don’t advertise, I still think that the Dreamcast will succeed.
I mean, I think DC has great games – I own far too many, but that’s because there’s too many top titles! Just look at this little list:
· I own 2 Dreamcast consoles
· 3 controllers
· 3vmus
· 1 rumble pack
· 1 steering wheel – yes someone has got one! (go 2 tempo – only £29.84)
· 1 keyboard and fishing rod
· 2 magazine subscriptions (yours and DC-UK)
20 games: 4 Wheel thunder, ChuChu Rocket X 2, Crazy Taxi, Dead or Alive 2 (PAL version as of tomorrow), Ecco, NBA 2K, Soul Reaver, Ready2Rumble, Resident Evil CV X 2, Power Stone, Toy Commander, Sega Rally 2, Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur X 2, Uefa Striker, Virtua Striker 2, Sega Bass Fishing.
I have duplicate items because I recently purchased another DC – (I’m selling it on).
Anyway
Thanks for reading!
Oh yeah, And I’m pretty good at Crazy Taxi – see issue 13 of DC-UK.
Cheers
Dan
I was just thinking how similar the PS2 is to the Saturn. And how similar the DC will be to the original Playstation. Just think – everyone hyped the Saturn when it was released and the same with PS2. This is because everyone thought that the Saturn would be a great console - the MD was so why wouldn’t this be? And at the beginning all the Publishers released games for the Saturn. But in time all the developers were fed up with how hard it was to program for and so managed to jump across to Sony’s new offering – the Playstation of course. They were all pleased with how easy it was to program for compared to Sega’s machine. And so managed to convince the publishers that the Playstation was the better console and so the Saturn died. Now it seems its Sony’s turn for defeat. Already developers are complaining about how hard it is to develop for PS2 compared to Dreamcast – They can get much more out of Dreamcast even though ‘technically’ the PS2 is about a third more powerful – just look at Dead or Alive 2 (I’m sure you have already!) and you’ll see how great the DC version is – how much better it is than the PS2 version. But, because the publishers – the greedy 3rd /4th party people like EIDOS and INFOGRAMES and especially Electronic Arts are backing the PS2 to win – just how they backed the Saturn when it first came out – they are forcing developers to develop for the PS2 against their will - perhaps saying that they won’t publish their games unless they make them for PS2 because they are SO greedy. But soon the tables WILL turn – developers love the Dreamcast – WE ALL know this and they will not take any more of this Sony console rubbish and they will come back to Dreamcast. Just wait. In fact Sega have made the better console – who cares about the DVD in Playstation2? Well most people because it seems that the games for the PS2 aren’t selling too well – hmmm $930million loss from Sony? Now the tables are really turning. Only an average of 2 games are being bought per PS2 customer – only 50% of the predicted amount!
So you MUST see that Sega’s console is a True games console – it’d be better with a faster modem of course, but the public will soon realise that theidf they want to play games then they’ll get a Dreamcast – Playstation games are still going strong in Japan because the Japanese still play games on them. But here the Playstation is retiring gracefully but it’ll soon stumble and have a heart attack and die.
Sega SHOULD advertise – just advertising gaming footage of top DC games – or even average DC games – but the ads NEED to be GOOD not like the Sega Bas ad or the Tomb raider rubbish. Sega need to employ someone with a DECENT voice – like those people at the cinema with the deep voices. Then the public will see how amazing DC really is. Even if they don’t advertise, I still think that the Dreamcast will succeed.
I mean, I think DC has great games – I own far too many, but that’s because there’s too many top titles! Just look at this little list:
· I own 2 Dreamcast consoles
· 3 controllers
· 3vmus
· 1 rumble pack
· 1 steering wheel – yes someone has got one! (go 2 tempo – only £29.84)
· 1 keyboard and fishing rod
· 2 magazine subscriptions (yours and DC-UK)
20 games: 4 Wheel thunder, ChuChu Rocket X 2, Crazy Taxi, Dead or Alive 2 (PAL version as of tomorrow), Ecco, NBA 2K, Soul Reaver, Ready2Rumble, Resident Evil CV X 2, Power Stone, Toy Commander, Sega Rally 2, Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur X 2, Uefa Striker, Virtua Striker 2, Sega Bass Fishing.
I have duplicate items because I recently purchased another DC – (I’m selling it on).
Anyway
Thanks for reading!
Oh yeah, And I’m pretty good at Crazy Taxi – see issue 13 of DC-UK.
Cheers
Dan
The chances of that letter being published = 0. It's too long! Anyway, I agree with all your points, but the PS2 will not die like the Saturn (unfortunately). The only 2 reasons people didn't buy the Saturn are its high price and few games (casual gamers didn't know about developmnet issues- all they want is good games). The PS2 is certainly pricey, but any casual PSX fan will simply say, "But it has a DVD player". They like the PSX, and think the PS2 is the be all, end all of console games.
As for the few games, the PS2 will not suffer this problem. Developers have put so much money into the PS2 that they can't stop or change now. This means the PS2 has great names like Square and EA, and this means that it will not die like the Saturn. (Although it may benifit the industry).
Rav
As for the few games, the PS2 will not suffer this problem. Developers have put so much money into the PS2 that they can't stop or change now. This means the PS2 has great names like Square and EA, and this means that it will not die like the Saturn. (Although it may benifit the industry).
Rav
The problem is developers aren't coming to sega, they are leaving them. Apparently many companies have been approaching nintendo about the dolphin because it is allegedly easier to write for than the PS2 but the Dreamcast has already been released and sold poorly. Rather than attempting the messy buisness of salvaging the console developers are looking to upcoming consoles.
I still remember the old arguments about which was better, SNES or Mega Drive, quite frankly I don't care, I just wish the dreamcast were doing better (£200 that cost me)
The good news is that Sega may actually be developing FOR nintendo, this would be a good move as it would offer Sony more centralised competition and would save sega the risk of producing new consoles (games and arcade systems run lower risks of losing them money).
I'm afraid there hasn't really been a console which has significantly increased in popularity, although hopefully the DC will do an n64, hanging in there for years to come (although never on top, until now ofcourse)
I still remember the old arguments about which was better, SNES or Mega Drive, quite frankly I don't care, I just wish the dreamcast were doing better (£200 that cost me)
The good news is that Sega may actually be developing FOR nintendo, this would be a good move as it would offer Sony more centralised competition and would save sega the risk of producing new consoles (games and arcade systems run lower risks of losing them money).
I'm afraid there hasn't really been a console which has significantly increased in popularity, although hopefully the DC will do an n64, hanging in there for years to come (although never on top, until now ofcourse)
2 ODM,
I was just thinking how similar the PS2 is to the Saturn. And how similar the DC will be to the original Playstation. Just think – everyone hyped the Saturn when it was released and the same with PS2. This is because everyone thought that the Saturn would be a great console - the MD was so why wouldn’t this be? And at the beginning all the Publishers released games for the Saturn. But in time all the developers were fed up with how hard it was to program for and so managed to jump across to Sony’s new offering – the Playstation of course. They were all pleased with how easy it was to program for compared to Sega’s machine. And so managed to convince the publishers that the Playstation was the better console and so the Saturn died. Now it seems its Sony’s turn for defeat. Already developers are complaining about how hard it is to develop for PS2 compared to Dreamcast – They can get much more out of Dreamcast even though ‘technically’ the PS2 is about a third more powerful – just look at Dead or Alive 2 (I’m sure you have already!) and you’ll see how great the DC version is – how much better it is than the PS2 version. But, because the publishers – the greedy 3rd /4th party people like EIDOS and INFOGRAMES and especially Electronic Arts are backing the PS2 to win – just how they backed the Saturn when it first came out – they are forcing developers to develop for the PS2 against their will - perhaps saying that they won’t publish their games unless they make them for PS2 because they are SO greedy. But soon the tables WILL turn – developers love the Dreamcast – WE ALL know this and they will not take any more of this Sony console rubbish and they will come back to Dreamcast. Just wait. In fact Sega have made the better console – who cares about the DVD in Playstation2? Well most people because it seems that the games for the PS2 aren’t selling too well – hmmm $930million loss from Sony? Now the tables are really turning. Only an average of 2 games are being bought per PS2 customer – only 50% of the predicted amount!
So you MUST see that Sega’s console is a True games console – it’d be better with a faster modem of course, but the public will soon realise that theidf they want to play games then they’ll get a Dreamcast – Playstation games are still going strong in Japan because the Japanese still play games on them. But here the Playstation is retiring gracefully but it’ll soon stumble and have a heart attack and die.
Sega SHOULD advertise – just advertising gaming footage of top DC games – or even average DC games – but the ads NEED to be GOOD not like the Sega Bas ad or the Tomb raider rubbish. Sega need to employ someone with a DECENT voice – like those people at the cinema with the deep voices. Then the public will see how amazing DC really is. Even if they don’t advertise, I still think that the Dreamcast will succeed.
I mean, I think DC has great games – I own far too many, but that’s because there’s too many top titles! Just look at this little list:
· I own 2 Dreamcast consoles
· 3 controllers
· 3vmus
· 1 rumble pack
· 1 steering wheel – yes someone has got one! (go 2 tempo – only £29.84)
· 1 keyboard and fishing rod
· 2 magazine subscriptions (yours and DC-UK)
20 games: 4 Wheel thunder, ChuChu Rocket X 2, Crazy Taxi, Dead or Alive 2 (PAL version as of tomorrow), Ecco, NBA 2K, Soul Reaver, Ready2Rumble, Resident Evil CV X 2, Power Stone, Toy Commander, Sega Rally 2, Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur X 2, Uefa Striker, Virtua Striker 2, Sega Bass Fishing.
I have duplicate items because I recently purchased another DC – (I’m selling it on).
Anyway
Thanks for reading!
Oh yeah, And I’m pretty good at Crazy Taxi – see issue 13 of DC-UK.
Cheers
Dan
I was just thinking how similar the PS2 is to the Saturn. And how similar the DC will be to the original Playstation. Just think – everyone hyped the Saturn when it was released and the same with PS2. This is because everyone thought that the Saturn would be a great console - the MD was so why wouldn’t this be? And at the beginning all the Publishers released games for the Saturn. But in time all the developers were fed up with how hard it was to program for and so managed to jump across to Sony’s new offering – the Playstation of course. They were all pleased with how easy it was to program for compared to Sega’s machine. And so managed to convince the publishers that the Playstation was the better console and so the Saturn died. Now it seems its Sony’s turn for defeat. Already developers are complaining about how hard it is to develop for PS2 compared to Dreamcast – They can get much more out of Dreamcast even though ‘technically’ the PS2 is about a third more powerful – just look at Dead or Alive 2 (I’m sure you have already!) and you’ll see how great the DC version is – how much better it is than the PS2 version. But, because the publishers – the greedy 3rd /4th party people like EIDOS and INFOGRAMES and especially Electronic Arts are backing the PS2 to win – just how they backed the Saturn when it first came out – they are forcing developers to develop for the PS2 against their will - perhaps saying that they won’t publish their games unless they make them for PS2 because they are SO greedy. But soon the tables WILL turn – developers love the Dreamcast – WE ALL know this and they will not take any more of this Sony console rubbish and they will come back to Dreamcast. Just wait. In fact Sega have made the better console – who cares about the DVD in Playstation2? Well most people because it seems that the games for the PS2 aren’t selling too well – hmmm $930million loss from Sony? Now the tables are really turning. Only an average of 2 games are being bought per PS2 customer – only 50% of the predicted amount!
So you MUST see that Sega’s console is a True games console – it’d be better with a faster modem of course, but the public will soon realise that theidf they want to play games then they’ll get a Dreamcast – Playstation games are still going strong in Japan because the Japanese still play games on them. But here the Playstation is retiring gracefully but it’ll soon stumble and have a heart attack and die.
Sega SHOULD advertise – just advertising gaming footage of top DC games – or even average DC games – but the ads NEED to be GOOD not like the Sega Bas ad or the Tomb raider rubbish. Sega need to employ someone with a DECENT voice – like those people at the cinema with the deep voices. Then the public will see how amazing DC really is. Even if they don’t advertise, I still think that the Dreamcast will succeed.
I mean, I think DC has great games – I own far too many, but that’s because there’s too many top titles! Just look at this little list:
· I own 2 Dreamcast consoles
· 3 controllers
· 3vmus
· 1 rumble pack
· 1 steering wheel – yes someone has got one! (go 2 tempo – only £29.84)
· 1 keyboard and fishing rod
· 2 magazine subscriptions (yours and DC-UK)
20 games: 4 Wheel thunder, ChuChu Rocket X 2, Crazy Taxi, Dead or Alive 2 (PAL version as of tomorrow), Ecco, NBA 2K, Soul Reaver, Ready2Rumble, Resident Evil CV X 2, Power Stone, Toy Commander, Sega Rally 2, Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur X 2, Uefa Striker, Virtua Striker 2, Sega Bass Fishing.
I have duplicate items because I recently purchased another DC – (I’m selling it on).
Anyway
Thanks for reading!
Oh yeah, And I’m pretty good at Crazy Taxi – see issue 13 of DC-UK.
Cheers
Dan