Sega To Take X-Box To Arcades

kikta writes "Well, after our previous speculation about what Sega would do after they got out of the hardware biz, it appears we have our answer. CNN is reporting that they will be producing motherboards to port the Xbox to the arcade. GamePro also weighed in on the announcement."

Comments

Not too surprising

[ackthpt]

For years arcade games were built around custom computers and very costly. Lately I've seen a string of machines which have a certain 'vanilla' look to them. Different (large) adhesive panels affixed and of course the requisite controls for the particular game, but arcades don't appear to be the gold mines they once were, either.

Heck, there's a couple games at the laundry I often use and only once in over a year have I seen anyone play them.

Putting the xbox guts into these machines might be a cost effective solution, but I dunno. If the whole thing is supposed to sell for $499, even at cost I think they could do better. I wonder if there'll be any marketing through stenographic or subliminal messages...

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