dreamcast is dood

[aftermath]

sega stopt met games maken voor de DC(ze gaan verder met games maken voor de Ps2 cube enz) wat vinden jullie hiervan?


Sega To Stop Making Dreamcast; Supply Games To Rivals

Sega Corp. has decided to cease production of the Dreamcast game console by the end of March, and concentrate its resources on the development and marketing of home game software, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun learned Tuesday.

In fiscal 2000, Sega is expected to bleed red ink on a consolidated net basis for a fourth straight year. The company aims to reverse its fortunes by halting production of the Dreamcast console, its main source of losses. Since its debut, the Dreamcast's cumulative global shipments have totaled around 6 million units -- far below Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation2, whose shipments reached more than 6.3 million units within 10 months.

Beginning in fiscal 2001, the company will no longer accept new orders for the Dreamcast, instead only assembling units from parts in inventory. In fiscal 2001, Sega will continue to market the console, but expects to halt sales once its inventory is exhausted. Sega will continue to develop and market software for the Dreamcast, and anticipates selling about 100 titles for the unit in fiscal 2001.

Sega's home game business, which encompasses both consoles and software, generates some 40% of its consolidated revenue. The company will now step up its efforts in the highly profitable field of game software, intending to have its home game business specialize in that area.

Sega aims to supply titles to rival game console manufacturers Nintendo Co. and Sony Computer Entertainment as well as through such media as mobile phones and the Internet.

Sega is already working on developing games for the PlayStation2, for which it will likely supply at least five titles. The company is also slated to produce about two titles for Nintendo's portable Game Boy Advance console, due out at the end of March

[WasBak]

Mooi. Heb ik hem net op tijd verkocht. Toch leek er meer belangstelling voor te komen de laatste tijd.

[Bokkie]

zonde, dan ga ik nog ff snel een DC kopen met een zooi coole games

[Tim]

Lekker zeg, zitten er toch 6 millioen mensen met een din gwaar straks geen spel meer op uit komt ..

[aftermath]

hhhmmm... volgens tweakers.net

Eerder deze maand waren er al geruchten dat Sega zich terug zou trekken uit de markt voor gameconsoles, vandaag is er in een bericht (afkomstig van een Japanse krant) bij onder andere GameSpot en The Register te lezen dat Sega de productie van de Dreamcast stop zou zetten:

Following on the reports yesterday regarding Sega's multi-platform development, further speculation regarding the fate of the Dreamcast console itself has emerged in a report in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The Japanese publication reports that Sega plans to stop all production of the Dreamcast hardware by March of this year and that the company will focus its resources toward software development alone. However, according to the news agency, Sega will continue to maintain its marketing plans in support of the console through the end of this year. The report further states that Sega has five PlayStation 2 games and two Game Boy Advance titles currently in development.


Volgens Sega of America gaan zij echter gewoon door met de Dreamcast en staan de releases van nog zo'n 100 games op de agenda.

In response to the report, SOA released an official statement today. "Sega of America stated today that the company globally reaffirms its commitment to Dreamcast," the company said. "In fact, Sega has more than 100 games worldwide coming out for the platform in the next year. It is not Sega's policy to comment on rumors and the company has not made any statement regarding ceasing manufacturing of Dreamcast or development for other videogame platforms."

[edward2]

Mooi, nou die andere twee nog, de Playstation en de X-box.
Sinds dat Halo (en nog meer games) eerst voor deconsoles wordt gefinnished voel ik die dingen als bedreiging (misschien de X-box in mindere mate) voor de pc games

[aftermath]

volgens sega

An email sent to Sega Europe employees this morning by President Kazutoshi Miyake reads as follows:

"Dear colleagues, "As you might have seen rumours about Sega have been spread on the some websites and papers. But Sega globally reaffirms its commitment to Dreamcast. In fact Sega has more than 100 games worldwide coming out for Dreamcast in the next year, out of which more than 20 titles are due to be released in Europe. It is just a rumour and Sega has not made any statement regarding ceasing manufacturing of Dreamcast or development of games for other platforms.

"Have a good day."

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Irritant zeg =\
Neemt iedereen dan die berichtjes serieus?
Elke keer is hetzelfde gezeur met sega dit en dat.
Wacht de volgende keer is joh met meteen denken dat het ook zo is. Zijn altijd van die irritante rumors.

[aftermath]

Op woensdag 24 januari 2001 18:39 schreef Alekz het volgende:
Irritant zeg =\
Neemt iedereen dan die berichtjes serieus?
Elke keer is hetzelfde gezeur met sega dit en dat.
Wacht de volgende keer is joh met meteen denken dat het ook zo is. Zijn altijd van die irritante rumors.

dus jij gaat mij vertellen wat ik moet doen?

:r:r:r:r