MaxwellGT2000
Hmm, I believe that when Sony bought out the Dreamcast they signed a deal with SEGA that SEGA would not compete with them for so many years on the console market,

I would be very interested to know where you got that information from,and YES they should put out a new console. Since they are but a shell of what they were when they launched the Dreamcast I feel they should team up with Apple and show the world,as Nintendo has done,that gaming is all about having fun.

The Dreamcast was the only console last generation capable of playing and browsing on-line right out of the box. It was also the only one with a native 480p signal(vga)output,but most Dreamcast owners never did connect it to a computer moniter,so alas they never did see what it really could do.

When the PS2 launched(with according to a Sony Exc."a dearth of quality games")the Dreamcast had over 100,with many of those good to great titles.

By the time the GCN & X-BOX launched the Dreamcast was sitting with over 200 fine games,and would have had many more if Sega had not pulled the plug 8 months earlier.

Sega poured their heart and soul into the Dreamcast and released many great games for it,the only problem was they did not have the money to tell the world about them.The console was fine,but Sega was broke,so they sold the NA rights of some DC games to Sony(REZ and Headhunter)Microsoft(ShenmueII) and a Gamecube launch title(Super Monkeyball) to try and stay afloat.

Sega has a ton of IP's that they did not use on the Dreamcast,and a ton more that were only released in Japan. 248 NA Dreamcast games and over 500 in Japan,most of which should have been released in all regions. As a matter of fact 3 new games (2 official) were released last year for the Dreamcast,with the possibility of more this year.

Sega just renewed the Dreamcast trademark a couple of months ago so who knows what is going on in their minds. As a Nintendo fan who's first Sega console was the Dreamcast,and was blown away by it,I can only wish that they do put out another one as they are sorely missed.

It think it's possible--Sega have made some decent to very good games lately. All of their Sonic games on Nintendo systems lately have been very fine games, Nights is apparently not bad, Virtua Fighter and Tennis are very highly regarded, and Condemned was amazing. They would have to come up with a new 'edge' though.

most likely not

Unless they make a great sonic game and earn heaps of money, doubt it. Nintendo's got it's hands wrapped too tightly around sega's funds for them to make another console (that's why sonic is being whored out like mario).

They've got to learn how to make consistant good games first.

A foray back into the console buisness won't work unless you've got a good backbone of exclusives.

Sega would almost definitly need those to be first party.

Shame too.  Dreamcast probably would of been the best system last generation had Sega not gone bankrupt.

The real question: Will Sega ever release another GOOD GAME?! I loved the Dreamcast. It was very innovative (Motion Controls like in Samba De Amigo, and Bass Fishing. The Memory Cards that you could play games on -albeit crappy games. A built in modem. Analog Triggers. Windows CE compatibility. PC vs. console play in Quake III. A voice controlled fish/man game. etc*). That's what made me a Sega fan. Now, the company seems content with making mediocre, profitable games. If Sega did make another console, it'd probably be as innovative as the Wii! It would also fall harder than that lady in the "Grape Fall" video.




*by "etc", I really mean "I can't think of anything else.

Yeah, aside from pure hardware power the Dreamcast was really more in this generation then the last.

Online play, Web browser, lots of other stuff i just blanked on.