If SEGA is indeed making a dreamcast on a chip, then incorporation into the Xbox would be entirely possible.
-Dreamcast on a chip would mean just that. The chip would include everything including the VR2. Remember, SEGA is targeting the chip at set TV top boxes. That means it would have to be cheap. Secondly, for those of you who may say that the Dreamcast simply has too much hardware to use consider the following:
-Power VR2 is a budget chip. It is no longer
the latest chip in the VR family. Price is not
an issue for it.
-Sound is cheap. Go to CompUSA and price cards.
Sound technology is cheap.
-Programming is not an issue. The DC chip IS the DC hardware. The chip need only to be able to access RAM and the DVDROM.
-As pointed out, a change in firmware would probably let the DVDROM drive read GDROMS. Consider the fact that several groups of people already have GDROM readers and have been able to pirate dozens of DC games as a result.
-Both SEGA and Microsoft can afford to lose a
little money on the chip. Sega can sell it at cost to Microsoft. Sega will still rake in cash in licensing fees. If that strategy works for sony and the ps2, it can work for sega. Microsoft doesn't even need to make money on the chip. They can lose money on it and still win. Microsoft intends to go after Sony with the Xbox. That much is clear. Having two consoles in one would really help that effort. This wouldn't be the first time that Microsoft has gone into a market embracing competing technology only to smash it later. java, d3d, etc.
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If SEGA is indeed making a dreamcast on a chip, then incorporation into the Xbox would be entirely possible.
-Dreamcast on a chip would mean just that. The chip would include everything including the VR2. Remember, SEGA is targeting the chip at set TV top boxes. That means it would have to be cheap. Secondly, for those of you who may say that the Dreamcast simply has too much hardware to use consider the following:
-Power VR2 is a budget chip. It is no longer
the latest chip in the VR family. Price is not
an issue for it.
-Sound is cheap. Go to CompUSA and price cards.
Sound technology is cheap.
-Programming is not an issue. The DC chip IS the DC hardware. The chip need only to be able to access RAM and the DVDROM.
-As pointed out, a change in firmware would probably let the DVDROM drive read GDROMS. Consider the fact that several groups of people already have GDROM readers and have been able to pirate dozens of DC games as a result.
-Both SEGA and Microsoft can afford to lose a
little money on the chip. Sega can sell it at cost to Microsoft. Sega will still rake in cash in licensing fees. If that strategy works for sony and the ps2, it can work for sega. Microsoft doesn't even need to make money on the chip. They can lose money on it and still win. Microsoft intends to go after Sony with the Xbox. That much is clear. Having two consoles in one would really help that effort. This wouldn't be the first time that Microsoft has gone into a market embracing competing technology only to smash it later. java, d3d, etc.