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"SEGA BACK IN THE HARDWARE BUSINESS! NOT JOKE!"

As I've been saying in the last few weeks, DCs are now selling far more than PS2s in Japan. DCs used to sell 400/month, bt have rocketed to 43,000/month, just above the PS2. This was mainly due to the price cut. At the same time, there has been a 50% sales increase in america!

But now Sega, rather than wait for DCs to dry up, have decided to launch a major manufacturing deal. Unlike the old deal whereby PACE would make set op boxes that could play DC games, this deal will be much bigger. Sega are looking for partners to make, produce and market the DC in return for some royalties! They have already sigened a deal with Panasonic, who are making the GC, and will be using GC players in their own DVD players. So maybe we could see a console that played both Sega and Nintendo games in the future! Check it all out on the Japanese web site!

Sonic

Although we have all fashioned a very unbiased state on consoles here, do you have a personal favourite in the coming console wars Mazza?

Woh! This is huge news. Just got off loads of Japanese sites like Famitsu (they all write topics on Sundays). Luckily I speak Japanese, and it does seem that they have started to remarket the DC!!!

PS. I'm new here... so be gentle with me:)

Mazza!

I doubt they'll make a new console. The fact that they're letting other make the DC shows that they don't want to get involved in that side of business again- instead concentrating on the games. But still... the DC lives! (In Japan at least!)

or the start of Console Wars IV...

bwa haaa haaaaaaa

This is good yes, but if Sega decide to make a new console, they are REALLY shooting themselves in the foot.

This is risky as it is... and I'm a bit worried, actually. If they started making the Dreamcasts again, they would be selling them at a loss. This could be the final nail...

I'm gonna wait til tomorrow to check just in case :)

And I was soooo sure that everyone would think it was an april fools! Cheers for finding the info about the other companies Koala- just checking them out now!

Sonic

There are even some rumours that Sony will be making a deal. Aparantly Sony's DVD department, who are separate from the game making bit, want to cut into the game business too! But that probably IS an April fools!

er-no

I've just been to Panasonic's Japanese site, and it's all true. To be honest, I thought it might all be an April fools, so I've been all over the web looking for info on it, and several sites support it.

But what really suprised me was how many seem to have already done deals with Sega.... even Toshiba are in there!

Atomic Koala

As I've been saying in the last few weeks, DCs are now selling far more than PS2s in Japan. DCs used to sell 400/month, bt have rocketed to 43,000/month, just above the PS2. This was mainly due to the price cut. At the same time, there has been a 50% sales increase in america!

But now Sega, rather than wait for DCs to dry up, have decided to launch a major manufacturing deal. Unlike the old deal whereby PACE would make set op boxes that could play DC games, this deal will be much bigger. Sega are looking for partners to make, produce and market the DC in return for some royalties! They have already sigened a deal with Panasonic, who are making the GC, and will be using GC players in their own DVD players. So maybe we could see a console that played both Sega and Nintendo games in the future! Check it all out on the Japanese web site!

Sonic