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Sega Kills Off The Dreamcast
Rurik writes: "Over at MCV, a UK based site, they have a front page article about the death of the DreamCast. It seems Sega is losing too much money off the DreamCast, and are halting all production." An unnamed reader also points out this feature on cex.co.uk on same. Patrick Lewis writes of the move: "... and this time they mean it. Yahoo/Reuters says so." And of course, there's also coverage at Daily Radar, too. Update: 01/23 10:21 PM by T : Note that many of these stories prominently feature the denial by Sega representatives of the quitting-hardware reports; according to both the Nikkei news service and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, though, sales will halt once the current inventory is gone. Sure sounds like quitting to me.
Sega denies it.
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...then this marks another dead platform that NetBSD supports.
A shame -- I would've loved seeing sendmail running on a DreamCast.
Thus sprach DrQu+xum.
DrQu+xum: Proof that the lameness filter doesn't work.
Even if Sega *were* to halt Dreamcast production - which they've denied, the Dreamcast is getting a position as *the* console for hackers, so isn't about to die completely just yet. I just got my serial cable and have been playing about, and there's a lot of scope for doing some really kool stuff. The fact that GCC can compile SH-4 well is a big help. If you want to get into it, check out sites like boob.
Anyway, remember that it's all just a rumour at the moment, although we all know Sega's been having serious problems.
It would seem rather odd for this to come on a day when Sega's share price has increased by 200 Yen a share though.. dirty tactics perhaps?
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As the subject says, it's Sega of America that denied the report, which is really interesting, considering that it is no secret that while the dreamcast has done fairly well over here, it did pretty badly in Japan.
I wonder if the story should be read as 'Sega of Japan is going to stop producing Dreamcasts, Sega of America instead will keep producing consoles and software'.
OT: personally I bought a dreamcast for basically three games: House of the dead, Crazy taxi and Dance dance revolution. At work instead we mostly played Virtua Tennis (*awesome* game) and Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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This is tragic, considering the fact that the Dreamcast is at least as good, if not a better system than the Playstation 2. I hope Slashdot readers will take a serious look at what's happened here: Sony has effectively killed the Dreamcast through FUD. At every point of production with the Dreamcast, Sega has executed perfectly, providing a well-stocked system with lots of innovative, great games (even good launch ones).
If you've never spent a fair amount of time with this system, ignore these so-called game magazines FUD for a moment, and spend a weekend with one playing Shenmue, Soul Calibur, Jet Grind Radio or Samba De Amigo (friends & maracas are a necessity). These are easily some of the most fun, innovative games I've ever played, and marginally better than anything Sony or Nintendo or anyone else is offering at the moment.
Now try to contrast your Dreamcast experiences with the PS2: even if you can get your hands on a PS2 (months after the ps2 "launch", most people still can't buy them through regular retail channels due to Sony's "parts shortages"), you'll find that the PS2 is nothing more than a upgraded PS1 with a crappy dvd player. Sony has beaten Sega not through producing a solid product, but through press releases and media control (something with which Slashdot readers are familiar).
If Sega really is leaving the console business, I would strongly recommend buying one of these Dreamcast systems while they're still in stores. It is an extremely quality product with some of the greatest games on the planet.
Did I mention it boots linux?
Brandon