Dreamcast discontinued?

I heard a rumor that DC was being discontinued. I noticed that at EB they were being sold for $99.00. Is the rumor true? I thought Bleem! was making software for DC to be able to play PS games.

Sleeping under a rock are we


Yes the DC will be phased out, and Sega is making games for both the PS2 and GC, and XBox eventually but no firm announcement on that yet

Sega will however continue to support the DC with quality titles for the next year or 2  but will eventually become a developer and publisher for multiple platforms

where the heck have you been man, in a comatose state?? yes the dc will no longer be with us, i think they will stop production in march, sega has officially confirmed that dc is dead, and they are going third party, they aree already makein virtual fighter for the ps2! yes you heard right, sega and sony are now working with each other to make games, they will also be porting crazy taxi and we should get in maybe in march, im not sure

Originally posted by rpger4ever
I heard a rumor that DC was being discontinued. I noticed that at EB they were being sold for $99.00. Is the rumor true? I thought Bleem! was making software for DC to be able to play PS games.  

where you in CRYO sleep or something ?

yes it has been DISCONTINUED , and all the consoles are being sold at a realy good rate.

For you don\'t have a DC yet and want one NOW is the best time to get one.

i might get a hold of my mates when he decided to trade it in at the end of the year .

that why i have
a PC
1 PSX
1 PS2
1 DC
Ah yes .

After March, the DC will eb discontinued and probably cleared out by next year.

[GmanJoe]

You see his name? "RPG4Ever" You all realize that RPG is a virtual rock. I know a couple of geeks who were gone for 2 weeks playing Diablo II. Talk about stinky zombies!

But yeah, it\'s still surprising he didn\'t know about the biggest news in video games since Square left Nintendo.

Sega did announace it will develop software and abandon the hardware industry due to its weak Dreamcast sales. That doesn\'t X off Sega off the list ladies and gentlemen, it will still continue to develop some kick ass games as well as I must add, own the arcade scene, something Sony wished they could do.

jm

I heard that Sony, Sega, and Namco were working together to bring the PS2 architecture to the arcades.

Sega DID not say The DC Is DEAd u idiot !  There pulling march next yr so they can sell contract to cheaper company to cut costs ! sega is already working on a new consle

Originally posted by Draka
Sega DID not say The DC Is DEAd u idiot !  There pulling march next yr so they can sell contract to cheaper company to cut costs ! sega is already working on a new consle

Don\'t suppose you have anything to substantiate this claim of a new Sega console? Link, press release, etc.?

Just Curious.

I have a question for you Draka, if Sega looses money on every Dreamcast sold.. why would any company want to build the DC\'s for Sega? What would they get out of it? Sega could pay them.. but it would have to be enough to cover the manufacture\'s costs and that would end up costing Sega the same high prices they\'re paying now. Sega makes it\'s money on games.. all the companies making consoles in this generation are basing their profit on the amount of software sold since hardware is too expencive to make a decent profit on.

These "contracted" manufactures would be getting nothing from creating DCs.. and if they did then Sega would be footing the bill.. which they can\'t afford right now.

There has been reports that certain Settop boxes and PC videocards will contain DC chipsets that enable DC games to be played on them.. that\'s a whole nother ball of wax.

Sega\'s hardware days are finished for now. Just be glad they\'re still planning to support the DC instead of letting it fall by the wayside.