Why' s Sega Hanging on to the Dreamcast?

KOTAKU

Sega of Japan has been sighted nosing around our Dreamcasts, asking all sorts of questions. Questions like, " Do you still own a Dreamcast?" and " What' s its serial number?" They' ve just updated their Dreamcast.com website with the first question, and clicking on it takes you to a page where you can use your console' s serial number to register for a user.dreamcast.com account. After snagging my trusty console from my entertainment center and plugging in the serial and some other pertinent info, I got a simple email confirmation thanking me for registering. What happens next? No clue, but they' re planning something. First they update their Dreamcast trademark to include new terms back in August, and now this. With the tenth anniversary of the console coming up in August, one can' t help but wonder what the hell is going on. Re-releasing old games perhaps? Offering really, really extended warranties? All I know is this thing they' re doing now needs a massive response, to both show our love for the noisy little console and show Sega that we' re ready for whatever Dreamcast lovin' they' re willing to toss our way.

UPDATE - I just got my account approved, and now have a relatively useless (myserialnumber)@dreamcast.com Gmail account! Hooray!

Jumping to the Dreamcast 2 conclusion would be thick, but if not that, what?

Unfortunately the site is kinda down at the moment. When you click on " Do you still own a Dreamcast?" you simply get so see a page with this Engrish message " Due the high volume of account requests, the service will be temporally suspended." ,

I dunno what they' re thinking. Incidentally, I had been thinking of getting a Dreamcast again, with a few particular games... Seaman among them. Did anyone play the PS2 sequel to Seaman?

No, but I loved playing with my Seaman back when I had a working unit...

Dreamcast 2 would be stupid... Dreamcast 3 it is. if they had 2 then it would look a whole generation behind the rest. and one above the Wii. Worked for the 360.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

In that case they would have to go with the Dreamcast 420.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

A green dreamcast would be fracking awesome. Like that new green car paint they have.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

Oook... no.

If it were light green, it' d look like it was produced by Super-Soaker. If it were dark green, it' d look like a Coleman portable camp-grill.

And medium green? Wellsir, you' re lookin at a John Deere product right there.

this kinda green

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

Hm, without getting into any naive fanboy hoping mode, it looks like they might be planning something.

If they start producing new ones I' ll immediately buy one... or two. Sega back in the console business with a backwards compatible new console would be cool too of course. But not realistic I guess since they' re losing a lot of money as of late. On the other hand, they said that things would get better as a third-party developer and that they could focus entirely on the quality of their games. And we all know how that turned out so maybe they' re trying something like George in Seinfeld : doing the opposite of what they think is right to get good results :P

ORIGINAL: locopuyo

this kinda green

The only way that can get gayer is if it where pink.

I can see a pink version of that selling like hotcakes right now...

uragay, and they have a pink hello kitty dreamcast.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

The only way that can get gayer is if it where pink.

Shuchow mouf! Next one I get I' m doing up in matte black with hot-pink accents.

This is fake. The site isn' t hosted by Sega. They no longer own that domain name.

Well, you got me thinking, and I did a little bit of homework on it, and came up with this.

Registrant:
SEGA CORPORATION
Shoji Takamitsu (Shoji_Takamitsu@sega.co.jp)
Haneda 1-2-12, Ohta-ku, Tokyo
Tokyo
null,1448531
JP
Tel. +81.0357367080

Creation Date: 12-Jun-2005
Expiration Date: 12-Jun-2008

Domain servers in listed order:
ns2.dreamcast.com
ns1.dreamcast.com


Administrative Contact:
SEGA CORPORATION
Shoji Takamitsu (Shoji_Takamitsu@sega.co.jp)
Haneda 1-2-12, Ohta-ku, Tokyo
Tokyo
null,1448531
JP
Tel. +81.0357367080

Technical Contact:
Brights Consulting
Domain Administrator (domain.master@brights.jp)
2F Kyodo Bldg, 4-3-11
Nihonbashi-muromachi
Chuo-ku
Tokyo
null,103-0022
JP
Tel. +81.33231507

Billing Contact:
Brights Consulting
Domain Administrator (domain.master@brights.jp)
2F Kyodo Bldg, 4-3-11
Nihonbashi-muromachi
Chuo-ku
Tokyo
null,103-0022
JP
Tel. +81.33231507

Status:ACTIVE

SEGA say it' s fake

F.uck.

Translated from Nitro' s link...

セガが01年に生産を中止した家庭用ゲーム機「ドリームキャスト」の公式サイトを装ったサイトが開設されていることが10日、明らかになった。 Sega has stopped producing in 2001 video game machine " Dreamcast" in the guise of the site' s official Web site launched on March 10 that it is, obviously. セガは「管理運営をしておらず、消費者に誤解を与えかねない」とし、注意を呼び掛けている。 Sega is " no management to the consumer could be misinterpreted," it cautioned.

同サイトは、かつてセガがドリームキャストの公式サイトとして使用していたものと同じアドレスで、ドリームキャストとセガのロゴを無断使用し、「あなたはまだドリームキャストを持っていますか。」と問いかけている。 The site was once a Sega Dreamcast is used as the official site of the same address, Sega Dreamcast and unauthorized use of the logo, " You still have a Dreamcast?" Questions. トップページからは、セガのネット販売サイト「セガダイレクト」などへのリンクもあり、同サイトと似せた作りになっている。 Home from the net sales of Sega' s site " SEGADAIREKUTO" There is also a link to the site and has been making似せた. 同社は既にアドレスを所有しておらず、所有者の照会などを進め、対応を検討するという。 The company already owns no address, the owner' s inquiry and its response to the study. 【河村成浩】 Hiroshi Shigeru Kawamura []

ORIGINAL: locopuyo

uragay, and they have a pink hello kitty dreamcast.

I really only meant the green colored version, but that Hello Kitty DC really, really takes the cake.