Re: UKNM: RE: X Box

[Rich_Bailey]

With Bleemcast you can also play all the playstation 1 games on your

Dreamcast.  Thanks to Bleem (software that lets you play PS games on your

PC) and Sega for using WindowsCE.  The reports are that the Bleemcast PS

games look better than they do on a PS2 (dont hold me to that its a rumer).

And the dreamcasts go for almost the same as a PS/2 (which is a really bad

name for a mini PS 1 that looks like a diskman).  I don't see Sega failing

since Dixsons are giving away DVD video players with Dreamcasts for x-mass,

now may dent Sony.  Its going to be a fight where round one is this x-mass

and Sony have failed to turn up.  The trouble with console sales is

playground sharing, you get one because you can share games with your

friends.  Sony miss x-mass and that may knock on to later sales in the year.


Queston: Does Mr Branson still own the rights to Sega console sales in the

UK or has did it run out?


Richard Bailey

www.godado.com

RBaileyGodado [dot] com

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> From: John Braithwaite <JohnBGBGdirect [dot] com>

> >

> > IMHO the future of the console market looks like this (i.e. more

> clouded

> > than ever!): Dreamcast has failed because it's made by Sega and

> although

> > it's got a lot of great software they never quite got those 6

> billion

> > networked customers (oops - online fiasco alert!).

>

> And was out and out hyped by the Sony and the trade press over the

> promises of PS2, which for the trade press at least have come back

> down to earth. Even Edge acknowledge that there's little in it. DC

> better at some thing than the PS2, PS2 better at some things than the

> DC.

>

> <snip>

>

> > What will you be wanting under/next to your TV in the next 12

> months?

>

> All of them! :)

>

> Also note that *all* of them have internet access capabilities, the

> PS2 & GameCube being particularly interesting as they have provision

> for modem and straight RJ45 connection to a network. Expect to see a

> lot more unusual devices showing up in your user-agent logs :)

>

> On a related note, Sega announced a repostioning away from the console

> hardware market to focus on winning software market share (currently

> their code accounts for 4.2% - they want 25%). See:

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/14397.html

>

> "Sega has confirmed hints that the company intends to recast itself as

> a software and services business and move away from its traditional

> game console focus. "

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