Ben-DutkaYou know, when Sega dropped the hardware idea and became a third-party developer for other consoles, I thought it was a darn good idea.
I really wasn't the biggest fan of the Dreamcast, anyway, and I had no real hope that Sega's glory days in the hardware business would return. Besides, we could enjoy their games on multiple consoles now; what could possibly be the downside to that? That's win-freakin'-win.
After all, this is a company that had quite the impact on my life, as it did for just about any gamer who grew up in the 80s and 90s. Not enough people gave credit to the Sega CD and Sega Saturn in my estimation, and the Genesis is just a historical icon. I still remember the recesses in school where fights would almost break out over which system was better: SNES vs. Genesis. For my part, I thought it was the SNES, but only by a very slim margin (and mostly because of Final Fantasy , Mario , and Zelda ). No, I could never really get into Phantasy Star .
Still, their classics were memorable. Now, though, I really can't remember the last time Sega made something that could be considered top-notch in this highly competitive market. I mean, Sonic Generations was a great homage to the past and reminded me of the company Sega once was , but that only made the current situation all the more depressing. And now, Sega's financial outlook isn't good, and there's really nothing on the horizon that anybody seems to care much about. That's sad on a number of different levels, isn't it?
We can all take solace in the fact that Nintendo continues to thrive, but it would've been nice to keep the Big Two around forever. I'm not saying Sega will go out of business; I'm just saying I wish Sega could've stayed at Nintendo's level in terms of software. But Sega…my Sega…something bad has happened to you. And it hurts to talk about.
Aren't they doing the new alien's? that game looks pretty good.
perhaps Sega should give the fans what they want?
I loved the dreamcast. It seemed to have so much potential.
And if you ask me Sega's quality has been downhill ever since they went multi platform
The only thing that held it back was a lack of third party support and the GD-Rom
Anyone think Valkyria Chronicles II would have sold better if it was on the ps3?
I thought it was ironic that the move to psp actually backfired, despite the psp having strong support in japan
I would have got the second and third on PS3. Don't play enough PSP to be interested in every title.
Just get Shenmue 3 out and your pots will be filled with gold.
I had a Master System. I spent hours with Out Run, Space Harrier, Safari Hunt (remember the gun?), Formula One, and of course After Burner ("a four-mega game!"). Good times…
@ ben i feel your pain. i look at the sega logo and wonder what happened to them. they went from producing AAA titles like Shenmue and Sonic and virtua fighter virtua racing fighting vipers streets of rage phantasy star…to being what i would term a japanese niche company. where i once looked to sega for quality, i now look to them for a uniqueness…rather then looking for modern warfare or battlefield 3 i went looking for binary domain the other night. i was disappointed by its price and cheesy voice acting. sega still provides a breath of fresh air when they do action games right in the same vein that MGS4 scratches that itch for other gamers…but i do not equate there games with best sellers or elite. sadly, now i associate them with bargain bins and marked down niche games.
is it really that hard to make an amazing sonic game after all this time?
I hear every now and then that they made a good sonic game, but it seems drowned out by other games.
Down she goes baby…
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