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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: THE EYE on June 06, 2001, 12:50:38 AM
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Sounds like good news for future online games !!!
From ign:
Sega Japan announces joint partnership with Sony for future cross-platform online games.
June 5, 2001
Sega Japan announced today that it\'s working
with game maker Sony Computer
Entertainment to promote a cross-platform
online strategy that enables gamers of both the
PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast to play games
online together.
While Sega announced similar news a few
months ago, a Sega Japan spokesman
explained today in Japan to Reuters News
Service that Sega and Sony are working together to expand the online game
market, a deed that has never been done prior to this. The partnership
includes connecting the two systems, as well as collaboration on game
applications and services. Sega America expressed excitement about this
statement, and said that it follows up on Sega\'s former statements, but
strangely, could "neither confirm nor deny" the information that came from
Sega Japan.
Sega Japan plans to finish development with all of the online games currently
in the works for Dreamcast, then bring connectivity to PlayStation 2 users
with the same series of games. Sega America would not specify which
games these would be, and the company has said that its first two US PS2
titles, NFL 2K2 and NBA 2K2, will not be online compatible. Next year\'s
sports series, however, have a much stronger probability of going online.
Sega\'s online games have attracted about 800,000 online members to
http://www.sega.net to date, which is about 30% of the total Dreamcast users in
Japan.
In slightly similar news today, Sega unveiled several PlayStation 2 titles for
Japan that include Roommania #203, Guru-guru Onsen 2, Saka-tsuku 2002
(working title), Yakyu-tsuku 2002 (working title), and the already announced
K-Project (working title). Guru-guru Onsen 2 enables players to vie in
multiplayer games online via PlayStation 2, the Dreamcast, and PC
platforms.
Hopefully these and other Sega online games will come to the US. Sony\'s
officially announced online games for PS2 include Tony Hawk\'s Pro Skater
3, SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals, Twisted Metal Online, Frequency, and Tribes
(the PC port of Tribes 2). Three more SCEA online games are expected to
be announced in the near future.
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cool news, sniff sniff is that PSO2 that I am smelling!
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That would be great. If they could keep extending the deal to different consoles it could finally make online console gaming viable for everyone.
BTW, PSO isn\'t the only online game Sega is working on. They mentioned at E3 that they might port a Japanese, online horse racing game to other markets. I wouldn\'t hold my breath, though...
-Eik
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Horse racing....very cool!!!!!!!! ;) (irony)
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What would really be cool, is if someone is playing NFL 2K2 on XBOX, and another on GC, and another on PS2 and another on DC, can all connect and play against each other!!!
-Ramon