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Sega working on a new console???
Topic Started: Saturday Jun 26 2010, 10:19 AM (579 Views)
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Now, I'm not one to believe all these kinds of rumours normally, because finding them to be untrue would absolutely shatter me. However, I've been nursing this goss for a few weeks and it seems to be entirely true.

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WORLD EXCLUSIVE : SEGA's Next Generation Arcade/Console Plans Unveiled
Posted by Zach Morris at 08:11 AM on March 07, 2010 comments (0)

Recap

As we have previously reported, SEGA SAMMY plans on moving on from LINDBERGH/RINGEDGE development to the next generation of technology in 2011. We exclusively reported that both Hiroshi Yagi and Yu Suzuki are heading the research and development team tasked with the creation of the new platform. We were also the first to break the news that the new board shall have a console counterpart that shall see a consumer release in 2012 aproximately one year after the debut of it's arcade cousin, designed to compete with the next generation of XBox and PlayStation. Like we previously reported SEGA plans a one year lead on both MS and Sony as due to the introduction of Natal and Arc neither have any hardware refresh plans prior to 2013.

Further developments

Today we can exclusively reveal that SEGA has signed with Imagination Technologies of the United Kingdom to provide, to quote our source "a very high end next generation graphics chipset" for exclusive arcade and console use.

If we were to take an educated guess we would have to say that this emplies the in development PowerVR Series 6, the successor to the PowerVR SGX5XX Series.

Regarding other technicalities nothing is yet known. Thus information such as Ram Configuration, Ram type, CPU, CPU provider etc... currently remain a mystery.

In an earlier article we stated that Sony had chosen PowerVR for next generation, however, according to our source Sony decided against the design in favor of a cheaper solution from AMD or nVidia. Apparently after the loses made with PS3, Howard Stringer the CEO of the company wants a sub $300 price/performance system for the next round.

Stay tuned for further details on SEGA's next generation plans as and when we get them.
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Although not a secret that SEGA has long working on their LINDBERGH / RINGEDGE project today revealed that they have officially signed an agreement with Imagination Technologies of the United Kingdom, which will begin work on "very high-tech image of the console Next Generation.

Still no technical information on the project because it is in a very early stage. SEGA shared, however, that their plans are the new console is a direct competitor to the next generation of products from Sony and Microsoft. The company believe that with more development over the mover will be able to defeat the two giant and take a larger share of the market.

From Sony did say they did not intend to repeat the mistake made with the PS3 console and next to them does not work with PowerVR, but with a cheaper version of nVidia or AMD. Goal is to go that route with the system, which costs under $ 300 in their first days on the market.


It seems this bit of info is indeed common knowledge. I'm not sure what the arcade situation in Japan is these days, but they attempted this type of arcade/console combo before with the Dreamcast and NAOMI board, which brought us extremely fast arcade conversions of games like Crazy Taxi. Throw in Yu Suzuki's involvement, and this reeks of typical Sega.

There is also speculation that the newly announced Dreamcast games to be hitting Live and PSN are for more than just nostalgia. If Sega are to re-enter the hardware scene, they need the IP's to back them up. They certainly have plenty of them, people just need a reminder of what they are.

I'm not getting over excited yet, and I think Sammy's whoring out of characters like Sonic over the last few years are going to make it extremely difficult, but it seems Sega are definitely up to something.
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i heard a rumour about this about a year ago, please sega, DO IT!
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Lots of rumours for a long while, but mostly wishful thinking. Now there's proof they're up to *something*, just a matter of what. Fingers crossed...
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OMG!!!!

I now officially have my hopes up. Can you imagine how awesome it would be?

Just to get my hopes up even more i have now decided to believe that we havent heard anything about Shenmue 3 Because they're planing on releasing the entire Shenmue Trilogy as a launch title for the new console!!!

Im so happy..... for now.
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