thanks mm, this shall be my last post in this thread unless someone has anything interesting or consructive against what I say.
Ironfist:
"Wouldn\'t you agree with me when I say only the hardcore gamers (for the most part) buy Bleemcast games? If so, than wouldn\'t it be likely that if the gamer bought a PSX instead of a Dreamcast and the Bleemcast games, they would buy a lot of games for the system? That seems logical to me... "
I would agree that only hardcore would buy bleemcast disks. But hardcore people would\'ve already owned a PSX years before bleem! was even thought of, and would\'ve bought DC, purely on it\'s own stellar titles, much before bleem! was announced for it. Nobody bought a DC to play a couple PSX games in high Rez, nobody. that is flawed logic. Reread what you wrote, I think you will agree.
"Sure, a lot of gamers owned a PSX before the Dreamcast came out. But there were still a lot who didn\'t (those who were still bitter about the Saturns demise and were blinded by their loyalty to Sega). I would say that about 40% of Bleemcasters already owned a PSX. "
Everybody had a PSX. The only people I know who never had a PSX, yet are still hardcore are the ones who grew out of gaming, then decided it was time to return with the great console DC. In that case, it isn\'t like they were gonna say "gaming is good again, now let me buy an older console that is almost done" no, they would say "bleem! eh? I heard about a few good games on PSX, maybe now I will go buy them" This would cause games sales increase, while not affecting PSX hardware, as people weren\'t interested in the system.
"They couldn\'t stop Bleem, but they could stop bleem from being on the Dreamcast. Correct me if I\'m wrong, but don\'t you have to have a lisence to make anything for a console? (games, memory cars, controllers, and yes, even Bleem) Sega could have put an end to it, but like I said, I don\'t blame them for not. They were going through some tough times and needed all the help they could get. "
Ever seen a Nuby PSX memory card? that is unlicensed. You don\'t have to have a license, but unlicensed products aren\'t given any help, therefore may not work as well as a licensed accessory or game. Best Buy carries many unlicensed PSX, PS2, and DC accessories. Think Gameshark, not licensed, Codebreaker, not licensed. If it doesn\'t say, licensed by \'x\' company, it isn\'t. This is the same for bleem!, Sega couldn\'t do anything about it, and why would they try and waste their money and end up losing like with Gameshark, etc.? They are niche items and people usually only buy first party stuff anyway.
"Of course most of us support Sony. If something bad happens to them, we care. If someone is making money off of Sony\'s products, which in turn hurts Sony, we care. Why, you may ask? Because the more money Sony gets, the more money they have to spend on developing future systems and games. At least that\'s my reason for being happy Bleem is dead. I don\'t want to speak for everyone else because they might have their own reasons. "
an independent studio making low-rez, pixelated, jaggy games, work on DC will not affect Sony in any way, shape, or form. Sony probably lost more money hiring lawyers to repeatedly sue bleem! than they would\'ve if they let bleem! run it\'s small course. Now that is Poetic Justice! for every game that people bought to play on DC, Sony made money. Your reasons for njoying bleem!\'s death is jaded and skewed by lack of info. All I am suggesting is that they weren\'t doing anything wrong. Probably in a way helped Sony. I sure as hell wasn\'t going to buy a 4th PSX, but I got Gran Turismo 2 for bleem! And I will probably get MGS for bleem! since everyone raves about the game, I think it deserves another go at it, I didn\'t really enjoy it the first time, but I have to gear up for Headhunter when it arrives at my front door.
"Don\'t generalize me into the Sony fanboy category (with that last sentence, you did). I support the Xbox, NGC, and yes, even the Dreamcast as well as my PS2. If I wasn\'t going on a "2 year vacation" next year (), I probably would have got an Xbox at launch. But as of right now, it just isn\'t worth it to me."
I actually wasn\'t talking to anyone else but you and GmanJoe. You are a sony fanboy. it isn\'t really hard to admit it. It isn\'t even necessarily a bad thing, but you gotta be able to make reasonable opinions and argue on them without letting the bias thing get you. It is there, you may not notice it, but it is there. I catch myself praising stuff I don\'t like because it is Sega, only to realize sometimes the products are empty.
"Do you want to know what I think of that picture? Well too bad, I\'m telling you anyways! I think Bleem made that picture with Sonic crying for one reason -- to spark the hatred towards Sony in Sega lovers. And IMO, it worked VERY well. They could have used a Sony mascot, but it wouldn\'t have had the same effect. Bleem was doing one last thing to hurt Sony. It was like a kamikaze mission."
I interpret it a different way. I see that kind of like, with bleem! dying and Sega going third party, a piece of videogames is dying. Or maybe Sonic realized the genuine talent these guys had and it sucks to see them go, hopefully they find work at another place, or maybe work on getting a decent Saturn emu for my PC dangit! It\'s gotta be able to be done! I wanna play PDS in hi-rez!!
Eric Jacob
