sales on 14 September 2009
Sega is preparing new hardware! But it's not for the home!
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=54962&page=7
Posted By Sonic (Former SEGA of America Employee)
Time to stir up the rumor mill. Sega might be working on new hardware that should cost between $900 - 1200. This isn't for the home.
Time to stir up the rumor mill. Sega might be working on new hardware that should cost between $900 - 1200. This isn't for the home.
Posted By TEXAN*
Sonic, can you elaborate?
New hardware? Not for the home?
Even their high end RINGEDGE arcade board costs sub 300USD.
Sonic, can you elaborate?
New hardware? Not for the home?
Even their high end RINGEDGE arcade board costs sub 300USD.
Posted By Function
I hope it's something 3D (and that the ghost of Megadrive VR lives on)!
Arcade machines are one of the few devices that could make comfortable use of goggle-less 3D displays.
I hope it's something 3D (and that the ghost of Megadrive VR lives on)!
Arcade machines are one of the few devices that could make comfortable use of goggle-less 3D displays.
Posted By TEXAN*
Goggle free 3D display technology.
That would give arcades such an edge that the home won't catch up for atleast a decade.
Imagine a HotD5 where the zombies are literally coming out of the screen.
Frightening stuff.
Goggle free 3D display technology.
That would give arcades such an edge that the home won't catch up for atleast a decade.
Imagine a HotD5 where the zombies are literally coming out of the screen.
Frightening stuff.
The Poster "Sonic" is a former employee of SEGA of America who still has contacts within the company, he is claiming that SEGA have hardware prepared that shall cost between $900-$1200 and shall not be for the home. Veterans of Beyond3D, "Function" and "TEXAN*" who have been posting there for many years under various usernames give their opinion and say it may be Goggle-Free 3D Stereoscopic Technology for the arcades.
If this is true, then SEGA shall no doubt single handedly resurrect the world's arcade industry because as "TEXAN*" quite rightly points out the home won't be able to catch up for decades.