New Sega Handheld Coming Soon ?

**benn** · January 23rd, 2006, 13:54

yeah the DVD player was a big factor for potential buyers though. actually that was pretty huge.
despite being games machines, people always prefer versatility - i think the gamecube would have sold more if it could play standard CDs or DVDs.
i think it is that leap that Sony are looking to make again with PS3 feat. Blu-Ray. i dont know whether it will pay off this time though.

**MGFox** · January 23rd, 2006, 14:18

And to answer the question...Yes, unfortunately, Sonic Team are responisble for both Sonic Heroes and Shadow, they are also behind the upcoming Sonic Riders (Sonic Snowboarding)!

Cheers,
Fox

**benn** · January 23rd, 2006, 15:31

i cant believe that Yuji lets this stuff go on! is he still head? or is Sonic Team like one of those pop groups that lose the key people but continue using the name to sell their stuff?

**MGFox** · January 23rd, 2006, 15:51

I've never heard any news to the contrary, so I assume that Yuji Naka is still the producer of Sonic Team. However, Naoto Ohshima, original Sonic the Hedgehog designer and Director of SonicCD (one of the greatest Sonic games...in my opinion), left shortly after Sonic Adventure!

Cheers,
Fox

**benn** · January 23rd, 2006, 16:03

a man with morals?

**shadowprophet** · January 23rd, 2006, 20:43

But honestly do we really need our consoles to play dvds?
I mean it would suck if that wasnt an option.
But you can pick up a dvd player now brand new for 40 bucks now a days

***Kaiser*** · January 24th, 2006, 00:28

Originally Posted by shadowprophet

But honestly do we really need our consoles to play dvds?
I mean it would suck if that wasnt an option.
But you can pick up a dvd player now brand new for 40 bucks now a days

You forget how much a DVD player was when the PS2 came out. Trust me people were extremely pleased when Sony announced the PS2 would be able to play DVDs. Hell video game consoles were, for the majority of people in North America, there first DVD player. Video games helped usher in that new format era because the DVD feature was going to come with the next console pretty much 90 percent of the gaming population were going to buy.

**shadowprophet** · January 24th, 2006, 20:45

Originally Posted by Kaiser

You forget how much a DVD player was when the PS2 came out. Trust me people were extremely pleased when Sony announced the PS2 would be able to play DVDs. Hell video game consoles were, for the majority of people in North America, there first DVD player. Video games helped usher in that new format era because the DVD feature was going to come with the next console pretty much 90 percent of the gaming population were going to buy.

I dont know.
I mean dvds.. To me that used to be a lot of space.
4.7 gigs . But now I look at the memstick market . And see 2 gig's of information on those tiny little cards.

Then I look at a dvd. 4.7 gigs. thats it.. it just seems like the format is starting to show its age to me.

I mean dont get me wrong, im not saying its an outdated format.
I mean everyone uses it.
All im saying is that much physical space for just 4.7 gigs.
I dunno maybe blue ray will sweep through and fix everything.

**MGFox** · January 25th, 2006, 00:07

9 gigs for Dual-Layer...although thats still quite poo!

I don't want to start a 'Media War', but I actually think HD-DVD will prevail! DVD is already a household name, and for regular consumers, the natural progression will be the name DVD with bit added on, meaning HD-DVD...I can just picture people across the world saying "What the **** is BlueRay?"

Cheers,
Fox

**shadowprophet** · January 25th, 2006, 02:57

All I know about it is is this media format being developed by sony,
its supposed to hold thirteen gigs on one blueray disk.
its supposed to be the format playstation 3 games will be in

theres probibly more to know about it, but thats all I know anyway