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Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: rastalant on December 13, 2001, 07:50:30 AM
In der neuesten Famitsu befindet sich eine News Meldung, nach der im Frühjahr 2002 in Japan eine wichtige Hardware-Ankündigung stattfinden soll. Um welchen Hersteller es sich handelt ist ebenso unklar wie die Hardware, um die es geht."


http://www.gamefront.de/


Quick translation by me:

In the newest issue of Famitsu, the magazine reports about a big hardware announcement in Spring 2002. It\'s not known what company is behind this announcement, nor is there any indication of what hardware it\'s all about.

Hmmmmmmmm...............any idea on what this could be?  Perhaps Dreamcast 2 maybe?  Give me your thoughts on this.........

:cool::thepimp:
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: Ace on December 13, 2001, 07:54:52 AM
I wish Sega would jump back into the game, but I doubt it\'s them.

Maybe 3DO is ready for a comeback. ;)

Ace
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: Metal_Gear_Ray on December 13, 2001, 08:53:37 AM
I highy doubt this

If so, they are doomed. They will come too late to compete with xbox, GC and ps2 simultanously.
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: rastalant on December 13, 2001, 10:09:15 AM
Perhaps that rumored portable sony handheld system.
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: Ashford on December 13, 2001, 10:35:02 AM
The Segway "IT" Scooter is about to be unleashed in Japan.

:nut:
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: mm on December 13, 2001, 12:55:13 PM
this may be a shot in the dark, but atari has been slient for too long

if they are even still a company, perhaps hasbro bought them out, i dunno
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: macabre on December 13, 2001, 02:48:27 PM
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Originally posted by rastalant
Perhaps that rumored portable sony handheld system.


That came to my mind too . There was an article in some magazine about a handheld with the PSone chip.

Or Microsoft heard the Japanese are handheld maniacs and announce their " Xboy " ;)

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Originally posted by mm
this may be a shot in the dark, but atari has been slient for too long[

if they are even still a company, perhaps hasbro bought them out, i dunno


There not a real company anymore I think, but the name was bought by Infogrames. They start to sell software with the Atari name.
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: ddaryl on December 13, 2001, 04:05:26 PM
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Originally posted by mm
this may be a shot in the dark, but atari has been slient for too long

if they are even still a company, perhaps hasbro bought them out, i dunno


infrogames bought the Atari name and has already applied it to a few PS2 games. Splashdown being one of them


There are really only a few options here

The bundled PS2 withharddrive included

the PS3

or

the Sony handheld unit

who knows
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: fastson on December 13, 2001, 05:57:56 PM
God I hope it\'s a Sony handhelled..
GBA really needs some competition..
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: SonyFan on December 13, 2001, 06:12:29 PM
I doubt it\'s another contender in the console race. They\'d be DOA to try an release another console next year. With so many people absorbing the price shock of setting up their new Nintnedo, Sony, or Microsoft system (or any combination of the 3).. I doubt the market would be a very welcoming place for a newcomer.

Sega has made an announcement that they are going to be producing Dreamcasts units again. Although at a very limited number.. around 100,000 or so, and AFAIK only in Japan. If Sega ~HAS~ found a way to make a profit by selling the Dreamcast at $50 dollars, then they may very well continue to produce and support the console as a side effort with 3rd party development being first priority. Though as unlikely as this is.. it would be nice for Sega to support the Dreamcast long after it\'s "death" unlike a few of their other consoles as a way of saying "I\'m sorry, were gonna do things right this time" to their many fans.
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: KillaX on December 13, 2001, 07:10:46 PM
OH MY GOD! it is the Atari Jaguar 2!






:hat:ScottyJ:hat:
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: SwifDi on December 13, 2001, 08:05:23 PM
THE VIRTUAL BOY IS RETURNING!??!?!
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: Dajona on December 13, 2001, 08:19:37 PM
PS3?
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: Metal_Gear_Ray on December 13, 2001, 11:13:05 PM
No, not the ps3 Its too early for that

Yes, I think it will be a handhel, since they are the only ones who have still some change competing with GBA, Maybe a new wonderswan, a sega handheld!(I hope so :) ) or a sony handheld
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Post by: Ethan_Hunt on December 14, 2001, 02:34:15 AM
Everyone is saying that it could be sony hand held, just imagine if it was Microsoft bring a handheld out, i think that would be a shock, i think nintendo has had enough time on it\'s own in the handheld market.
I think if it is another console then that company is in for a shock, because i think the market can just about take 3 consoles let alone 4, it just won\'t work, and if it is then they are going up agianst some big guns, i think the only way that the xbox will lasts is because MS has alot of cash to play with, they can really push the xbox in the marketing department, i mean we all saw what happaned to Sega, and i do think the Xbox will still be here in 5 years time, i think it might do another ps1 as soon as the price drops people will go mad for it, and hope that it is still here because so far what i have played it is a very good console and i am having alot of fun, and it is good for sony to have some compotition, because they have to make sure everything is just that bit better, which is good news for us gamers.:)
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: QuDDus on December 14, 2001, 04:27:28 AM
The only way this could be a big announcement if it is dreamcast 2 or ps3. So if they say big hardware announcement it has to be those two what else could be big?
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: Toxical on December 14, 2001, 06:55:29 AM
Well after the IT unveiling the only thing that could measure up to that is .... "Cheese on a stick" yup, you heard it here first, cheese-stick.... the new console accessory, wave it at any game you think is cheesy.
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on December 15, 2001, 11:45:31 AM
I believe can be unveiled a new sony system, a handheld one... could be nice.
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: Dajona on December 15, 2001, 12:14:44 PM
If it\'s the PS3 they won\'t show it or anything.  They\'ll just announce it officially, say who\'s working on it and give some early specs.

My bet goes to PS3.
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: Paul on December 24, 2001, 01:35:58 AM
There\'s no way it\'s gonna PS3. If it is, SONY will just kill themselves and as we all know SONY ain\'t stoopid.

Most likely will be a handheld...or maybe that Linux based console(indrema or something) finally got off the ground or Jeff Minter\'s Project X??

But it sure isn\'t gonna be PS3.
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: Living-In-Clip on December 24, 2001, 01:58:14 AM
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Originally posted by Paul
There\'s no way it\'s gonna PS3. If it is, SONY will just kill themselves and as we all know SONY ain\'t stoopid.

Most likely will be a handheld...or maybe that Linux based console(indrema or something) finally got off the ground or Jeff Minter\'s Project X??

But it sure isn\'t gonna be PS3.


The Indreama project was canceled quite awhile ago.. So, you can gurantee it won\'t be coming back.
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: GmanJoe on December 24, 2001, 05:36:02 PM
A bread slicer. Da best gad-dern invention since.....oh.....too late.
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: Black Samurai on December 24, 2001, 09:30:42 PM
If it is another handheld they will have a hell of a time trying to grab market share. There are almost 15 million more GBA\'s out there than PS2\'s and we all know that is a hell of a lot(about 20 million).
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: Kane on December 25, 2001, 02:47:32 PM
Guys, they said a big announcement was coming in 2002, not the actual hardware itself would come out in 2002. Maybe somebody else is thinking about jumping into the next next-generation race, maybe around 2005. Apple, perhaps?
Title: Interesting.......Famitsu: big hardware announcement in spring 2002......
Post by: ooseven on December 25, 2001, 04:03:03 PM
It\'s the Lunix  L BoL cos they don\'t want microsoft to have their own way with everything ;)