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if you vote 'no' sonic will come to your house and give you a fast kick to the crotch.

just kidding.

but he might..........

I voted no and this is coming from some one trying to get all thr games for the US Sgea systems.

Sonic came to my house and I killed him. He was only like an inch tall. Tasted like a blueberry.

They should bring back Kalinski and rule the world again.  ;)

Sega doesn't have the resources to do both hardware and software, like Atari they are a shadow of their former selves except Atari is a name bought and Sega still has a bit of it's magic left even after the Sammy merger, but only enough to make a few good games a year and run Sonic's name into the ground a little more  ::)

i should of clicked "id rather see atari do it" just because we all know atari PWNs sega

Although Sega does run, or even pummel the sonic name into the ground, they do release good games here and there.  The recent chromehounds game is just amazing.

I voted no.

There are enough systems on the market at the current time. Maybe once PS3 fecks everything up for Sony there maybe an opening but until then they should stick to games, and try and develop more branching franchises other than just bloody Sonic games.

I voted no.

From the stand point of.... I would rather they put more effort into making great games.

Really? You're the first one that I've heard say so. What do you like about it?

I can see chromehounds not being a fun game for anybody without xbox live, because that is where all the fun takes place.  In single player mode, there are 6-8, can't remember, different modes of gameplay, such as soldier, sniper, etc.  Within each one of these modes is 7-8 missions, and you get rated on these missions on a level scale, with S being the greatest.  You are rated on accuracy, time, and then each mission there are special things to accomplish it tells you once you complete it such as beat it in a certain time, kill this enemy first, etc. 

But when you go on live, it will take your stats from single player and put them on live, so when you try to join a squad, they look at your stats, see that you've completed the training, and know your a good candidate on that.  You can still go on live without complete all the missions.  I haven't done a ton of live stuff, but apparently you take the side of 1 of the 3 nations, and its basically a 24 hour brawl to have global domination.  So say overnight all the people of your nation sign off, another nation can easily wipe them out.  At least thats what I think happens. Like said, haven't done a whole lot of the live experience, but from what I'm told, its done real well.

One other things thats great about live, you can create clans (squads), such as the website digitalpress has one, maybe this site could start one if enough were interested?

All I care about is shenmue 3. If sega decides to make their own system and put shenmue 3 on it, I'm happy. If they decide to release shenmue 3 for the xbox 360, I'm also happy. I really don't care on what system I play my sega games, as long as they're good.

IMO I think they had a great system on there hands with the Dreamcast.   We really only seen the first gen games come out on the system before it was dying out.  I think the PS2 and Xbox would have beat it, but I do believe that the Dreamcast could have put up a little competition against them if they would have let the 2nd and 3rd gen games come out.

Hell yes they should. Dreamcast was the greatest system of all-time.

I voted indecisive.  If they can make strong hardware and release something really great on it, then yes.  If they're going to have the same problems they had with the Saturn (and later the Dreamcast) with third party support, then I think not.

But honestly, I would love to see a new HANDHELD by Sega.  Say, take what you've learned about the Game Gear, and the Game Boy's success, and make some more great 2D stuff on it.  The older hardware (Genny most specifically) was where some of their best games (and some of the best of all time) were released, so with slightly lower-spec hardware maybe they can pick up where they left off there.

And they SHOULD, if that's done, update the classic that is Rocket Knight Adventures.  Don't care if it was made by Sega or not... that game should come back to power.  ;D

I voted "Indecisive". At this time it would be foolhardy for Sega to jump back into the console market.

I think that the best time for Sega to make an attempt would be after the fallout dies down from Sony's next-gen PS3 disaster. There may be enough room for them then to take a shot at it.

I voted yes. I would love another Sega unit. Sega did very well against the NES & SNES. I enjoyed more games for the Genny then I did for the SNES. Who knows what would happen if they did, but I think it would be a success. Though, I'd much rather see another Atari console, I just didn't vote that way.

I voted yes

I think Sega could do it but only if they made some games just for their console, and found some developers to support them. A good idea for a new title would be a Shining Force like those we saw on the Sega Genesis, not the crap they have out now!

So if SEGA didn't suck it could make a come back?

I voted yes.  It would be awesome to have another Sega console but only if they market the damn thing right!   The Dreamcast was downright awesome!!  I love it!

Indecisive. And this is coming from a Sega fanboy. I'm not going to get caught in the fanwank of the possiablity of a new console.

It would be cool, but seeing that sega can't even market or sell decent numbers of 99% of their games, I really doubt reentering the market would be a good idea. As much as I love Sega, I'll be the first to admit, they have made some great games since becoming third party, but their advertising sucks, and to a lesser extent distribution. Some of their Xbox/PS2/GC games are pretty uncommon, and no wonder when you have crappy advertising, no one is buying.

i am really suprised that most people voted yes.

i await the sega scream, its been gone too long.

sega!

I was very tempted to say yes, but something Arrr said in the i miss sega (Sega shouldn't make a new system until they make good games again, or something like that) thread really made sense.  Right now they are a barely competent software developer.  If they tried to fire up another console, they would get eaten alive.

Of course, what Phoenix said about filling a hole after the PS3 flops makes sense.  That should be when they come back, if they come back at all.

I only got into the Dreamcast when I was picking them up at carboot sales for peanuts.

It seemed remarkably good with a lot of potential.

There is a company, you've probably heard of, called Philips, has this knack of coming up with awseome ideas, and then they fizzle out, or it sells them to other people.  They kinda invented CD players and stuff, but can be very frustrating, as they drop support for good reliable products, like the cassette which would house 10 cd's. then recgonise it from a library pre-programmed, and then play your fave tracks etc etc

kinda remind me of SEGA a bit. They've dabbled with video games a bit, I think, DVD's that played games aside, the last time they really did anything, was with a contemporary of the 3D0, CD-i was it? My memory fades with time.

Even if the PS3 flops do you think Sony is leaving the VG market or something?

i dont see how you get that from what he said.

Well... Sega is coming back as a game developing company. The were my first handheld game company! Now they are putting some good work into AC 4, which will beat chrome hounds to a pulp. lol. I don't think they should be making hardware, but they should keep pushing the software. I will be sorely disappointed if they still don't make that series get back on its feet.

Phoenix said "I think that the best time for Sega to make an attempt would be after the fallout dies down from Sony's next-gen PS3 disaster. There may be enough room for them then to take a shot at it."

I fail to see how it would leave an opening for Sega if teh PS3 fails. If the PS3 fails Sony won't stop making video game hardware and software.

with there being no "NEW" system out sega could make a comeback system with little to no at-time competition. it would be something different, a sega for the new generation of gamers.

in no way was he implying that playstation would stop production. just that the ps3 would flop and peoples attention could be drawn to the new sega system.

and the first new game for the new sega would have to be 'sonic adventure 3'....... that was a joke.

No because I believe Sega lost their good delvelopment studios during the Sammy-Sega merger.  The guys like UGA are gone (but they are now Q Enteriment), and all the good creative sprit that Sega had during the Dreamcast days are gone.  Now they do rehashes and buying out developers.  It was great that Sega did really good with the games on the Dreamcast, but don't forget Capcom releasing not one, but FOUR SHMUPS!

the other day i was talking to a buddy of mine that works at game crazy in milford and he said that sega signed over all their rights to making any more systems. does anyone know of any truth to this?

That makes no sense. Who would they sign that over to? Stock holders?

Well it's possible he meant they downsized the company so much that they can't make any more systems, which is probably true.

True but thats not signing over

I think the Gamecrazy associate was screwing with him. In the amusement industry, the information you got dreamcaster would be the equivalent of getting the latest news from the "lemon chill" guy.

this guy is a very good friend of mine as well as abig collecor. however it was said it was ment like The Maligned Noir Leon took its context a few posts above.