The History of SEGA
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:00 pm
The Grassy knoll wrote:I wonder at what the future holds for SEGA.
MCN wrote:The Grassy knoll wrote:I wonder at what the future holds for SEGA.
Further destruction of Sonic's legacy, and no Shenmue 3, I expect.
suzzopher wrote:As long as they continue to make games like Virtua Fighter, Yakuza and Valkyria Chronicles I will be happy with SEGA.
There will never be another SEGA. While their reign as a first-party has long ended, and the name hardly carries the cachet it once had, the industry owes deep debt to the former giant. An innovator and an unrivaled creative powerhouse, they were perhaps the greatest single developer in gaming history.
TheTurnipKing wrote:There will never be another SEGA. While their reign as a first-party has long ended, and the name hardly carries the cachet it once had, the industry owes deep debt to the former giant. An innovator and an unrivaled creative powerhouse, they were perhaps the greatest single developer in gaming history.
strawberry float off. A good 70% of their "glorious history" is fondly looked back on, but objectively uttery tripe.
"Wise fwom your gwave", indeed.
glowy69 wrote:TheTurnipKing wrote:There will never be another SEGA. While their reign as a first-party has long ended, and the name hardly carries the cachet it once had, the industry owes deep debt to the former giant. An innovator and an unrivaled creative powerhouse, they were perhaps the greatest single developer in gaming history.
**** off. A good 70% of their "glorious history" is fondly looked back on, but objectively uttery tripe.
"Wise fwom your gwave", indeed.
So very wrong, didnt Sega pioneer both 3d racers and fighters? As well as numerous hardware accessories (VMU, analogue pad) FFS if SEGA hadnt have been here the world would have been a much duller and darker place.
TheTurnipKing wrote:There will never be another SEGA. While their reign as a first-party has long ended, and the name hardly carries the cachet it once had, the industry owes deep debt to the former giant. An innovator and an unrivaled creative powerhouse, they were perhaps the greatest single developer in gaming history.
strawberry float off. A good 70% of their "glorious history" is fondly looked back on, but objectively uttery tripe.
"Wise fwom your gwave", indeed.
consolegaming wrote:glowy69 wrote:TheTurnipKing wrote:There will never be another SEGA. While their reign as a first-party has long ended, and the name hardly carries the cachet it once had, the industry owes deep debt to the former giant. An innovator and an unrivaled creative powerhouse, they were perhaps the greatest single developer in gaming history.
**** off. A good 70% of their "glorious history" is fondly looked back on, but objectively uttery tripe.
"Wise fwom your gwave", indeed.
So very wrong, didnt Sega pioneer both 3d racers and fighters? As well as numerous hardware accessories (VMU, analogue pad) FFS if SEGA hadnt have been here the world would have been a much duller and darker place.
Sega brought a lot of joy to the games industry through the arcade and on the home consoles. I wish they were bought out or pumped full of money and could give us the games we really crave rather than having to bring out crappy games plus crappy sonic games every few years. Shenmue 3 is not feasible anymore, but surely they could bring out a limited run of comics or anything detailing how the story finishes. Its far too late to resurrect it now, they would have to rebrand the whole franchise and try to make it appeal to the mass market.
TheTurnipKing wrote:consolegaming wrote:glowy69 wrote:TheTurnipKing wrote:There will never be another SEGA. While their reign as a first-party has long ended, and the name hardly carries the cachet it once had, the industry owes deep debt to the former giant. An innovator and an unrivaled creative powerhouse, they were perhaps the greatest single developer in gaming history.
**** off. A good 70% of their "glorious history" is fondly looked back on, but objectively uttery tripe.
"Wise fwom your gwave", indeed.
So very wrong, didnt Sega pioneer both 3d racers and fighters? As well as numerous hardware accessories (VMU, analogue pad) FFS if SEGA hadnt have been here the world would have been a much duller and darker place.
Sega brought a lot of joy to the games industry through the arcade and on the home consoles. I wish they were bought out or pumped full of money and could give us the games we really crave rather than having to bring out crappy games plus crappy sonic games every few years. Shenmue 3 is not feasible anymore, but surely they could bring out a limited run of comics or anything detailing how the story finishes. Its far too late to resurrect it now, they would have to rebrand the whole franchise and try to make it appeal to the mass market.
Indeed? The invention of a memory card with a screen is an absolutely pivotal invention which is still in use today.
Oh, wait. No it's not. Because it was ******* stupid :/
And most of your other comments are plain wrong. (Off the top of my head, Hard Drivin' by Atari significantly predates any of Sega's 3D racing games. Analogue controls were actually pretty common in the arcade market too, not to mention analogue joysticks being widely common for PC sim games, too
I'm not sure about the 3D fighting game claim, but it's seriously arguably whether "being 3D" actually offers any significant advantage in the one on one fighter genre.
In conclusion: SEGA - you suck.
TheTurnipKing wrote:consolegaming wrote:glowy69 wrote:TheTurnipKing wrote:There will never be another SEGA. While their reign as a first-party has long ended, and the name hardly carries the cachet it once had, the industry owes deep debt to the former giant. An innovator and an unrivaled creative powerhouse, they were perhaps the greatest single developer in gaming history.
**** off. A good 70% of their "glorious history" is fondly looked back on, but objectively uttery tripe.
"Wise fwom your gwave", indeed.
So very wrong, didnt Sega pioneer both 3d racers and fighters? As well as numerous hardware accessories (VMU, analogue pad) FFS if SEGA hadnt have been here the world would have been a much duller and darker place.
Sega brought a lot of joy to the games industry through the arcade and on the home consoles. I wish they were bought out or pumped full of money and could give us the games we really crave rather than having to bring out crappy games plus crappy sonic games every few years. Shenmue 3 is not feasible anymore, but surely they could bring out a limited run of comics or anything detailing how the story finishes. Its far too late to resurrect it now, they would have to rebrand the whole franchise and try to make it appeal to the mass market.
Indeed? The invention of a memory card with a screen is an absolutely pivotal invention which is still in use today.
Oh, wait. No it's not. Because it was strawberry floating stupid :/
And most of your other comments are plain wrong. (Off the top of my head, Hard Drivin' by Atari significantly predates any of Sega's 3D racing games. Analogue controls were actually pretty common in the arcade market too, not to mention analogue joysticks being widely common for PC sim games, too
I'm not sure about the 3D fighting game claim, but it's seriously arguably whether "being 3D" actually offers any significant advantage in the one on one fighter genre.
In conclusion: SEGA - you suck.
consolegaming wrote:TheTurnipKing wrote:consolegaming wrote:glowy69 wrote:TheTurnipKing wrote:There will never be another SEGA. While their reign as a first-party has long ended, and the name hardly carries the cachet it once had, the industry owes deep debt to the former giant. An innovator and an unrivaled creative powerhouse, they were perhaps the greatest single developer in gaming history.
**** off. A good 70% of their "glorious history" is fondly looked back on, but objectively uttery tripe.
"Wise fwom your gwave", indeed.
So very wrong, didnt Sega pioneer both 3d racers and fighters? As well as numerous hardware accessories (VMU, analogue pad) FFS if SEGA hadnt have been here the world would have been a much duller and darker place.
Sega brought a lot of joy to the games industry through the arcade and on the home consoles. I wish they were bought out or pumped full of money and could give us the games we really crave rather than having to bring out crappy games plus crappy sonic games every few years. Shenmue 3 is not feasible anymore, but surely they could bring out a limited run of comics or anything detailing how the story finishes. Its far too late to resurrect it now, they would have to rebrand the whole franchise and try to make it appeal to the mass market.
Indeed? The invention of a memory card with a screen is an absolutely pivotal invention which is still in use today.
Oh, wait. No it's not. Because it was ******* stupid :/
And most of your other comments are plain wrong. (Off the top of my head, Hard Drivin' by Atari significantly predates any of Sega's 3D racing games. Analogue controls were actually pretty common in the arcade market too, not to mention analogue joysticks being widely common for PC sim games, too
I'm not sure about the 3D fighting game claim, but it's seriously arguably whether "being 3D" actually offers any significant advantage in the one on one fighter genre.
In conclusion: SEGA - you suck.
Sega brought magic to the games industry and the Dreamcast was like having an arcade machine in your home plus loads of bright, brilliant games like Jet Set Radio and Space Channel 5.
How dare you say they suck, I, like many others miss what they brought to gamers, theres that little something that is lacking nowadays and its Sega at their best. With Nintendo also going off and making less hardcore titles I wonder what is left for us gamers who experienced the PS1 to Dreamcast era.
TheTurnipKing wrote:consolegaming wrote:TheTurnipKing wrote:consolegaming wrote:glowy69 wrote:TheTurnipKing wrote:There will never be another SEGA. While their reign as a first-party has long ended, and the name hardly carries the cachet it once had, the industry owes deep debt to the former giant. An innovator and an unrivaled creative powerhouse, they were perhaps the greatest single developer in gaming history.
**** off. A good 70% of their "glorious history" is fondly looked back on, but objectively uttery tripe.
"Wise fwom your gwave", indeed.
So very wrong, didnt Sega pioneer both 3d racers and fighters? As well as numerous hardware accessories (VMU, analogue pad) FFS if SEGA hadnt have been here the world would have been a much duller and darker place.
Sega brought a lot of joy to the games industry through the arcade and on the home consoles. I wish they were bought out or pumped full of money and could give us the games we really crave rather than having to bring out crappy games plus crappy sonic games every few years. Shenmue 3 is not feasible anymore, but surely they could bring out a limited run of comics or anything detailing how the story finishes. Its far too late to resurrect it now, they would have to rebrand the whole franchise and try to make it appeal to the mass market.
Indeed? The invention of a memory card with a screen is an absolutely pivotal invention which is still in use today.
Oh, wait. No it's not. Because it was ******* stupid :/
And most of your other comments are plain wrong. (Off the top of my head, Hard Drivin' by Atari significantly predates any of Sega's 3D racing games. Analogue controls were actually pretty common in the arcade market too, not to mention analogue joysticks being widely common for PC sim games, too
I'm not sure about the 3D fighting game claim, but it's seriously arguably whether "being 3D" actually offers any significant advantage in the one on one fighter genre.
In conclusion: SEGA - you suck.
Sega brought magic to the games industry and the Dreamcast was like having an arcade machine in your home plus loads of bright, brilliant games like Jet Set Radio and Space Channel 5.
How dare you say they suck, I, like many others miss what they brought to gamers, theres that little something that is lacking nowadays and its Sega at their best. With Nintendo also going off and making less hardcore titles I wonder what is left for us gamers who experienced the PS1 to Dreamcast era.
It was like having an arcade machine in your home AFTER the arcades had reached such a woeful state that everyone stopped going to them.