Xbox One...Dead on Arrival/DRM every 24HRS/Privacy Outrage. Wii U...Dismal sales/No steady game releases/weak hardware. PlayStation 4...Looking to recapture the core gamer audience/Still needs more clarification requiring online DRM/used games, etc. (*And please don't give me links to Feb. 21 articles about what Yoshida said*). Sega...QUESTION MARK?
Microsoft have literally 'shot themselves in the foot' with their recent Xbox One reveal and their Online/Game Management/Privacy rules and restrictions ( http://n4g.com/news/1273594... And unless Microsoft, at the last minute before launch, change their minds and get rid of everything from restricting games purchased to 1 console and 1 account, to the every 1hr or 24hr DRM, then they might be able to salvage the Xbox One (But knowing Microsoft like I do, that will never happen). Yes, Microsoft have said they have put up to $1 Billion into internal and third party exclusivity games and gaming development, but that has yet to be seen or heard and we'll have to wait till E3 to truly find out where that money has gone towards. Essentially, at this point in time, Xbox One will be dead before it even gets out of the gate, and don't be surprised if consumers/gamers start protesting the sales of Xbox One.
Nintendo does not have any of these restrictions that are being imposed by Microsoft, however, there are still multiple issues with the Wii U. For starters, sales of Wii U are getting lower on a per month (even per week) basis since the Wii U launched last November. That can attest to the fact that Nintendo have not been steady with the releasing of new games for the platform, or even releasing games through their eShop/Virtual store. And, to add insult to injury, Third-Party support is getting consistently weaker. With EA essentially dropping out of Wii U Development, Epic's Unreal Engine 4 cannot run on Wii U and some developers (Insomniac) not even considering Wii U a next-gen platform to develop for ( http://blogs.leaderpost.com... Needless to say, Nintendo has it's issues as well.
Then there's Sony PlayStation 4. As of typing this blog, Sony have set up the PlayStation 4 as the only consumer/gamer-focused, true next-generation gaming platform ( http://tech2.in.com/news/co... With exceptional hardware, an excellent array of First party titles currently in development, tremendous Third party support and an amazing focus on Indie development/games. While currently the only console getting positive attention and positive news right now before E3 2013, gamers (myself included) seem pretty confident that Sony will be doing the right things and actually 'listen' to their fans, continue to provide amazing games and gaming services first and will do the right things for the consumers of the PlayStation 4.
So all of this leaves out the only other company to have released a major console device before these 3 company's became the Big 3...Sega! I know it's probably a long-shot and probably in Sega's mind it is an enormous NO! due to their financial situation (don't forget it was the Saturn and ultimately the Dreamcast that caused them those financial losses and forced them out of the hardware business). However, I believe if Sega had ever dreamed of getting back into the hardware business again and had some extra money stored away in a Phantasy Star bunker somewhere (or could get a sizable investment/loan from someone), then now would be the perfect time to get back into the game. All Sega would have to do is grow out it's internal development teams more, acquire or get exclusivity with indie devs and have a good focus on indie gaming and put all money towards gaming and a solid online infrastructure and forget all these apps and entertainment features that are turning these new "gaming consoles" into media devices.
So what do you guys think. Would you like to see Sega return to the console hardware market again and do you feel now is the time to do so? Or do you believe Sega should just stick to what they are doing now, and leave it to the Big 3 to change what a gaming console should be?
-HyperBear
XBA says: Cinematic immersion that sets the bar for what 'next-gen' really means.
Oh wow 100/100 the perfect game i can't wait, I do love me some intricate enjoyable and challenging combat, I hope its a decent length too, if it is its my game of the year for sure
Publisher Spike Chunsoft and developer MAGES. will release romance visual novels The Quintessential Quintuplets: Memories of a Quintessential Summer and Five Memories Spent with You to launch for PS4, Switch and PC on May 23 in the west.
Smooth controls and an improved inventory system would make Madison VR a definite contender for the title of the scariest horror game ever.
Unfortunately Sega does no longer have the capital to cause any major competition. Unless of course they joined forces with a company like Google or Samsung but otherwise Sega does not have enough cash to cause a stir. The industry needs a new fresh and exciting player, Valve if they can somehow get SteamBox in powerful but low-price box they could positively shake up the industry.
SEGA is definitely on the upswing but what is more likely (actually, what is already happening) is SEGA will partner more and more with Nintendo and begin aligning themselves with Nintendo via exclusive deals. If you pay close attention to SEGA over the last few years, their best-selling and most-profitable games have been on Nintendo hardware. SEGA recently got burned by Gearbox (Aliens Colonial Marines) and so I anticipate them stepping away from heavy 3rd party publishing across all platforms.
It is no coincidence that the next three Sonic games are exclusive to Nintendo hardware. I expect the same may happen for a lot of SEGA franchises if this partnership goes well.
SEGA is in the perfect spot playing the publisher role
I am sick of hearing this "PS4 Still needs more clarification requiring online DRM/used games"...
They clarified that several times now Mark Cerny and Shuhei Yoshida. DRM will be left up to publishers to decide on for PS4 games and used games will be the same as they were before just like on PS3 or any other previous system.
http://gethidden.org/browse...
1.) The PlayStation 4 can play games offline without having to be online. This was clarified the day of the PS4's reveal back on February 20th.
2.) Sony will not have any mandatory DRM for used games. You can buy, play, trade used games on the PlayStation 4 just as usual. No additional registration fees, pay-walls or internet registration required.
3.) If you so choose, you can play games from disc, download them from the digital store or remote load them. Sony doesn't mandate any method over the other for multi-format titles.
4.) Just for extra clarification the PlayStation 4 does not and will not require a constant always-on internet connection.
How many times do they have to answer this for people to stop asking for more clarification?
Anyway yea sure Dreamcast 2 would be awesome but that is beyond wishful thinking, Sega I can almost bet will never return to making consoles.
If people like Nintendo and Sony are struggling... I highly doubt Sega wants any part of this hideous industry anymore, they already got a good taste early on. The gaming industry now is almost as bad as the movie industry.
Dreamcast was and is still one of the most amazing consoles in my eyes, it pushed innovation in many ways. All the things we see today were all used in the Dreamcast long ago but of course at that time the majority thought it was stupid and that no one would ever want to use any of those features.. Now look how the tables turned.
As I always say the Dreamcast was one of those devices that was too far ahead of its time for people to actually understand. Just bad timing for that thing.
as my icon says i would love it dreamcast 2 i know for a fact i will not be buying a xboxone ESPECIALLY after recent leaks plus an always on webcam imagine the people with tiny rooms trying to play a 500 dollar console that we dont own and when the next generation if there is a next one what happens to the xboxone? would i even be able to access the console ?