Sega bringeth and Sega taketh away

It took only one day for the rumour about Sega developing a possible Dreamcast 2 to have most of the gaming world grinning from ear to ear. Readers on Digg.com skyrocketed the story's popularity to the top with some leaving ecstatic comments and others believing the rumour to be a misunderstanding. And just as the hopes of having another Sega console filled gamers minds, it was shot down when Sega Corp. denied any involvement in making another gaming console.

Gamedaily.com reports that:

Sega of America PR Director Charlie Scibetta is currently looking into the trademark issue and why it was updated. In the meantime he told us that Sega "has no plans to get back into the console business," adding, "We're very happy being a platform agnostic company and have moved up the ranks the past three years from #11, to #9, and now stand at #6 in terms of our market share by units among third-party publishers. We like our current strategy and have no plans to change in the middle of this outstanding growth."

Disappointing. Anyways, follow the jump as we reminisce on the Dreamcast's success ...

For those who have never had the chance to play the original Dreamcast, the console was released in 1999 to compete against Sony's PlayStation and the Nintendo 64. Unfortunately, the Dreamcast came out too late and was grossly overshadowed by the release of the ever-popular PlayStation 2. But mistakes aside, what made the Dreamcast one of the most "successful failures" was it's popular line-up of both original and arcade port video games. With titles such as Soul Caliber, Crazy Taxi, Sonic Adventures, Shenmue and Power Stone, the system was a multi-player powerhouse. I remember spending hours of my life with my brother playing Marvel vs. Capcom over and over until our thumbs grew blisters ... ha, good memories.

It would have been kind of cool to have a Dreamcast 2. Then again, seeing as I still need to buy a PS3, I probably would've ended up having to consider selling some organs to actually afford another gaming console and I can't really condone that.

Rest in peace, Dreamcast, you really did have a good run old friend.

- R

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