Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Bonknuts on December 06, 2007, 03:36:50 PM
Saw this topic over at the DP forums. Back in 2002-2003 I thought it would have been kick ass for Sega to come out with another console, but now... I'd be scare to buy it. Sega has had the crappiest track record with botched/poorly produced games, that I don't have faith in them anymore. I really regret not buying the Dreamcast when it first came out. I was holding out until the price of the unit dropped and then they go and cancel the system when I do buy it. Argh.
But yeah, the old Sega with a new system would kick ass.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Turbo D on December 06, 2007, 03:40:52 PM
I love the dreamcast and would probably buy a dreamcast2. I don't know if it would be any good though. The sega of today kinda sux. Sonic the Hedgehog on ps3 was a joke.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Kitsunexus on December 06, 2007, 03:50:00 PM
As much as I love the Dreamcast and SEGA, I could not stand behind another one of their consoles. I'm a SEGA fan, not an idiot.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: guyjin on December 06, 2007, 04:16:43 PM
maybe someday, but not today. The Dreamcast software was awesome; their software lately has been sucky.
maybe they'll make a portable someday.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Joe Redifer on December 06, 2007, 05:17:44 PM
I would think it's too soon for Sega to jump back in. People wouldn't trust them as you can see by the posts here. I'd buy it without hesitation, of course.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Hobo Xiphas on December 06, 2007, 05:26:39 PM
This is the second time in two years I have seen stupid "Sega is making a new console!" reports.
The Sega of your childhood is dead, deal with it. Only AM2 is worth talking about anymore.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: nat on December 06, 2007, 05:38:12 PM
Yeah, I don't think there is anything to it, really. But I had to post it.
And I agree with Joe-- it's too soon.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Joe Redifer on December 06, 2007, 07:41:37 PM
Sega likely plans on releasing Dreamcast games for the Virtual Console. Whoops, VC cannnot handle that. I meant Xbox Live Arcade and PS3 Home Nonsense.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Kitsunexus on December 06, 2007, 07:44:04 PM
Sega likely plans on releasing Dreamcast games for the Virtual Console. Whoops, VC cannnot handle that. I meant Xbox Live Arcade and PS3 Home Nonsense.
VC can handle Dreamcast, I mean, hell, Gamecube was able to handle Dreamcast and isn't the Wii just a Gamecube with a sleeker look, rip-off emulator and gimmicky controller?
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Turbo D on December 06, 2007, 07:52:58 PM
Gamecube ripped off dreamcasts disk format. High rpm compression. The only difference was that the gamecube used a pussy sized disk so that you couldn't play music on the console. I think that the dreamcast had better grafx than the gamecube aswell.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: WoodyXP on December 06, 2007, 07:59:05 PM
Word.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Joe Redifer on December 06, 2007, 08:24:49 PM
Quote from: Kitsunexus
VC can handle Dreamcast
No it can't. There is only 512 MB of storage on the internal memory, and the Wii can only (slowly) copy to and from a connected SD card, not read and run things directly from it.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: SignOfZeta on December 06, 2007, 11:20:09 PM
Oh WTF. This is such a stupid, poorly produced article based on the flimsiest of logic.
"While most of the devices listed could easily relate to the original Dreamcast, flash memory cards and floor mats were never a part of the company's machine. Could Sega be quietly getting ready to re-enter the console business?"
Yes. Yes they were, dumb-ass. Leave it to Kotaku to paraphrase the same idiotic theory in the original idiotic article.
VMUs most definitely were flash memory cards. I don't know what kind of a tool you have to be to think otherwise. Also, the controller that came packed with DDR 2nd Mix was certainly a floor mat.
Anyway, nobody has the money to launch a new system these days exact maybe General Motors or Phizer or something. Its so expensive and the initial losses won't turn into profits for a decade or more. Instead of developing the Xbox MS could have just developed a new cutting edge cruise missile technology, bought a small fleet of B2s and bombed every Sony and Nintendo building on the world because it would have been *cheaper* that the plan they actually chose. Only European courts would have had the balls to prosecute, and who cares about them?
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Kitsunexus on December 07, 2007, 12:13:51 AM
Well of course it's stupid, Zeta. It's Kotaku, one of the dumbest blogs on the Internet. (The dumbest is BoingBoing.)
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Necromancer on December 07, 2007, 02:59:12 AM
The dude's an idiot, but he does say that it ain't happening. My favorite qoute: "...with Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games they've managed to release the worst Mario game ever." He must've never heard of Hotel Mario.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: nat on December 07, 2007, 03:35:37 AM
Gamecube ripped off dreamcasts disk format. High rpm compression. The only difference was that the gamecube used a pussy sized disk so that you couldn't play music on the console. I think that the dreamcast had better grafx than the gamecube aswell.
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Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: TR0N on December 07, 2007, 02:36:35 PM
I haven't played the game, but I think it looks like it could be fun. I certainly doubt it would be the worst Mario game, I think a game like Mario is Missing or something would deserve that title.
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Turbo D on December 08, 2007, 10:04:25 AM
I like mario is missing :)
Title: Re: Dreamcast 2?
Post by: Kitsunexus on December 08, 2007, 12:22:35 PM