At 04:32 PM 6/2/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Okay, I really hate it when people get off topic at the megami mailing
 list,
>but I couldn't resist replying to this message...

Well,.. I suppose I can't reject the temptaion also. =3D=DE

>Andi wrote:
>I'm sorry, but that's not true. Sega has been developing the dreamcast for
>over 2 years and the machine has already been for 9 months on the market.
>Sony hurried developing a new Playstation when they heard about the specs
 of
>the dreamcast. One month after the dreamcast hit the Japanese market Sony
>gave their specs of the PSX2 (and already altered their specs). So in fact
>the dreamcast is allmost 3 years old while the PSX2 is only one year old.
>What Sega did consider was the compatibility between the dreamcast and
 their
>Naomi arcade machines and now even with the Neo Geo Pocket.
>
OK, if you want to put it that way. But looking back into the past when
Saturn came out. It's also a terrible console isn't it?? I'm not comparing
Dreamcast to PSX2 alone y'know. Don't forget Project Dolphin.

Now,. if you want to argue who's the first and who's the one that feared to
be lost,... well maybe PSX2 were only a counterattack from Sony to
Dreamcast. But if we look waay o the past,.. Saturn itself was a
counterattack to Nintendo new console N64. Nintendo have announced the
console waaay back then. Now who's the first and who's the last?? That only
leave us the quality of the machine itself. So maybe Sega take a quick
start. But look what happened?? The machine was a major failure. Anyway,..
in my opinion, Sega always overdo something that shouldn't be done. Fast
launched doesn't always meant success launch or good quality.

>
>Ishida wrote:
>>I really disagree with you on the dreamcast...it may be inferior to the
>>new systems that will launch in the future but only because it is the
>>first 128-bit system out there right now...i have a dreamcast and it
>>really kills the playstation in every way possible....except for lack of
>>games....the new playstation can have around 8 million pol/sec and
>>dreamcast can have about 5 mil....3 mil more polygons more doesn't really
>>seem to be a great advantage because our television screens can only view
>>about 6 million....it's like the Saturn can view 1.6 million colours but
>>we can even distinguish from one colour with the other colour because
>>they look soo similar, even though both are different....it's the games
>>that make or break a system...and dreamcast right now is doing great in
>>terms of profit.....and now i heard that Sakura Taisen might be on the
>>Gameboy because Sega teamed up with Nintendo.....sorry for me rambling on
>>and on...
>Well, try to find this months issue of Edge. A gaming magazine from the UK.
>There will be at least 26 new games released till October 1999 which
>include: Evolution, Mortal Kombat 5, Star Wars Trilogy, GTA2 and South
 Park.
>Even Namco's Ridge Racer Plus is announced for next year. I agree that the
>PSX2 has amazing specs and will surely beat the crap out of the dreamcast,
>but Sony is the one who is currently behind.
>
>Sorry for this spam... ^_-
>
>Art
>
Maybe it looks like Sony running behind Sega,... but it doesn't matter
who's on the back and who's on the front. Once again, It's all about
quality. Okay,.. okay,.. I'm too infuenced with that Nintendo mantra:
"quality not quantity" (the effect of overexposed to Nintendo).

Given the polygon capability, now that's funny. If you think 3 Million
Polygon doesn't meant much,.. well obviously you don't really know what
that 3 million meant. I suppose somebody outthere that is working in SGI
kan explain this (who's his name?? Sorry forgot that one). By the Polygon
capability itself, we can found out that PSX2 is much superior than
Dreamcast. I think Sony is a great company. Sony can outmached Sega on it's
first console: the Playstation. Great isn't it?? Given that Sony is very
early in developing Video Games. Well, of course sony has a big budget and
yes, maybe Sony have more qulified Research team. But in experience, Sony
has - zip. In profit maybe now Dreamcast is doing great (not to mention the
high prices also) but I think it will soon come to an end. Very soon, I
suppose, noticing PSX2 will came out not too long.

Oh,.. one more Sega failure, Sega didn't use a DVD! But instead using a
non-standard CD-ROM. That can really made the prices go high up above.

Edge,... yes that's a good magazine. Can anyone give me the URL. Oh,..one
more, is MAXIMUM still out there?? Anyone know the URL??
>
Andrew Adhi
NB: No offense, but it really the facts
>