Current Events > Sega has now been out of the console business for longer than they were in it

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Sega entered the console business with the release of the SG-1000 on July 15, 1983. They exited it on March 31, 2001 when they discontinued the Dreamcast. That's 6469 days.

March 31, 2001 to December 19, 2018 is 6472 days.

Sega has never really been the same since. Crazy to think about.

I guess this means Microsoft is about to be in the console business longer then Sega too.
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Damn i feel old
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GregShmedley posted...

Some stoner type thinking here.

more like Shower Thoughts
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...And look what's happened to the industry.
Sega at it's best was an art studio.

Too much money in the industry nowadays.
It's kinda sucked some of the fun and innovation out of it.
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CloneTheHero posted...

xbox and nintendo are slacking.

yeah, let's just ignore that the Switch is selling like crazy
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CloneTheHero posted...

they could prob get back in the game... xbox and nintendo are slacking. ps4 dominates the market now.

sega has a lot of really good IPs. all they'd have to do is bring back phantasy star, sonic, shenmue, and all of their heavy hitters and WHAM! back in the game.

They would need to prove that they can make new entries for those franchises first before they start making a console for them.

Also all of the consoles are selling really well right now.
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frozenshock posted...

Damn i feel old

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CloneTheHero posted...

HylianFox posted...

CloneTheHero posted...

xbox and nintendo are slacking.

yeah, let's just ignore that the Switch is selling like crazy

you sure about that lol? still way behind sony and xbox. yes those consoles had a headstart but switch isnt setting any kind of records and they lag way behind.

In the US it's the fastest selling console of this generation.
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Darmik posted...

Sega entered the console business with the release of the SG-1000 on July 15, 1983

I didn't even know that.

I just know them for the Genesis and the Dreamcast.

We didn't deserve the Dreamcast when we got it.
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Most people this Sega means, The Genesis.
That is what, at least in the states, Sega means to most.

Most don't realize they are even a gaming company.
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CloneTheHero posted...

they have the IPs to pull it off but i dont know their financial situation or how the logistics would work. prob would take an act of god but its fun to think about.

There other IP's don't bring in the numbers like Sonic games though, which was why Sega All Star Racers was forced to add in Sonics name to the title so it can get sales.
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Prestoff posted...

CloneTheHero posted...

they have the IPs to pull it off but i dont know their financial situation or how the logistics would work. prob would take an act of god but its fun to think about.

There other IP's don't bring in the numbers like Sonic games though, which was why Sega All Star Racers was forced to add in Sonics name to the title so it can get sales.

To be fair we don't know what numbers they'd bring in because Sega don't make them anymore!

Although I totally know a new Jet Set Radio game won't sell that much :(
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CloneTheHero posted...

they could prob get back in the game... xbox and nintendo are slacking. ps4 dominates the market now.

sega has a lot of really good IPs. all they'd have to do is bring back phantasy star, sonic, shenmue, consolidate all of their heavy hitters and WHAM! back in the game.

1. Nintendo is definitely not slacking.

2. SEGA doesn't have the money to make consoles anymore. That's why they left in the first place, because their long string of failures almost bankrupted them.
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damn...... I used to love Sega. they fell so hard

I was a total Sega kid. I loved the Mega Drive and I remember obsessing and wanting a Dreamcast real bad. Somehow the Saturn skipped past me.

But the classic Sega from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's is long dead. I don't think they have any internal developers who can develop anything like their classic stuff. They're good for buying out developers and publishing their games these days.
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Darmik posted...

I was a total Sega kid. I loved the Mega Drive and I remember obsessing and wanting a Dreamcast real bad. Somehow the Saturn skipped past me.

But the classic Sega from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's is long dead. I don't think they have any internal developers who can develop anything like their classic stuff. They're good for buying out developers and publishing their games these days.

Pretty much this. Frankly, they were always a victim of their own success. The Genesis brought arcades home. That help to kill their arcade business, where they ruled. And the Dreamcast showed the greater potential of the console, which they couldn't keep up with. Due to the fact that the Genesis really was what drew in so much attention to the console marker. ((Remember the PS1 was Nintendos failed attempt at a CD system.)) Too bad the PS1 was an underpowered 3D gaming spam machine that brought in the masses...and the money.
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I miss those unique cool arcade games Sega used to come out with. We probably won't ever see something like Crazi Taxi ever again. Even their console games like Jet Set and Streets of Rage (at least SoR4 is coming) often had that arcade feel to them.

Funnily enough the most Sega-life game from the last decade is probably Bayonetta.
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Makes me feel so fucking old.

Let me update my will real quick.
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Darmik posted...

I miss those unique cool arcade games Sega used to come out with. We probably won't ever see something like Crazi Taxi ever again. Even their console games like Jet Set and Streets of Rage (at least SoR4 is coming) often had that arcade feel to them.

Funnily enough the most Sega-life game from the last decade is probably Bayonetta.

Valkyria Chronicles has that old school feel.
The Total War games are solid.
Sega and Atlus is a good thing as well.

It's just at the industry has changed so much...just as it has in film and music...Generally for the worse.
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SiO4 posted...

Darmik posted...

I miss those unique cool arcade games Sega used to come out with. We probably won't ever see something like Crazi Taxi ever again. Even their console games like Jet Set and Streets of Rage (at least SoR4 is coming) often had that arcade feel to them.

Funnily enough the most Sega-life game from the last decade is probably Bayonetta.

Valkyria Chronicles has that old school feel.
The Total War games are solid.
Sega and Atlus is a good thing as well.

It's just at the industry has changed so much...just as it has in film and music...Generally for the worse.

JRPG's aren't really what I mean and the rest are just companies Sega bought out.

Sega just don't really make the games that they used to. They make a lot less in general.
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Dreamcast 2 when?
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Darmik posted...

SiO4 posted...

Darmik posted...

I miss those unique cool arcade games Sega used to come out with. We probably won't ever see something like Crazi Taxi ever again. Even their console games like Jet Set and Streets of Rage (at least SoR4 is coming) often had that arcade feel to them.

Funnily enough the most Sega-life game from the last decade is probably Bayonetta.

Valkyria Chronicles has that old school feel.
The Total War games are solid.
Sega and Atlus is a good thing as well.

It's just at the industry has changed so much...just as it has in film and music...Generally for the worse.

JRPG's aren't really what I mean and the rest are just companies Sega bought out.

Sega just don't really make the games that they used to. They make a lot less in general.

Believe me, I'm aware. I'm just saying, that's just one of the few SEGA games that still have the old spirit.
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Well....at least Sega aint dead
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SiO4 posted...

The Genesis brought arcades home. That help to kill their arcade business, where they ruled.

I never realized this irony.
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Ya, Sega pushed the market, straight to the point where they couldn't keep up.
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