Won't happen, there's no way in hell PS3/Sony will leave the consoles and Sega won't return.

theres noway sony would give up they have ther money but i would see 4 consoles unless m$ goes back into making pc software again and apple comes out with there consoles i would prefer sony apple sega not sure about nintendo

the left hand patent is a megadrive controller with handles more likely another system on chip deal or something, no one would just have a d-pad in this day and age

the right hand controller is a sega saturn analogue controller

doesnt look like new stuff to me...

I don't know if Sega has the $$ it takes to do this. In fact, I'm sure they don't. They barely make good games anymore. They do have good partnerships with studios that do though.

uhh if piracy becomes overkill Sony will kill ps3 themselves and release ps4. coming from 360 site im not surprised, no one knows if sony has a trick ace up their sleeves to fight pirates

Due seriously. Lay off the weeds.

i hope sega comes back fuck these shitty companys now.

casual sells outs

The writer must be on some damn strong drugs.
Sony leaving after just announcing sequels to many of their high profile games? get real.

Keep dreaming.

I see Sony just doing with the ps3 as they did with the psp to prevent piracy and by that i basically mean eventually the ps3's that are released will have some sort of measure taken so they can't be jailbroken. I also don't believe Sony would dip out of the console game it use to be THE major money maker for them and will most likely again do the same now that blu-ray drive costs are down which will allow them to sell the Ps4 at a much cheaper price and cut on losses.

i bought dreamcast on 9/9/99.

Sega could easily return, they have a loyal fanbase. However they would need to start the next generation of console cycles. Also they'd need to have their 2K NFL game back. Imagine if every Sega made game was exclusive to the Sega console? I mean that'd be the sickest Exclusive lineup ever. Not to mention Sega Sports already has the best Sports game out right now.

Who wouldn't want new Toe Jam and Earl, Panzer Dragoon, Jet Grind Radio, Bayonetta, Space Channel ect... It would be amazing.

To those saying 4 consoles is too much, back in the 1980's there were much, much more then 3 consoles or even 4. Even the Genesis, Super NES had competition from Turbo GRFX 16 and Neo Geo ect...

If they came out with a console that didn't require us to get 2nd jobs and they had solid launch titles games and with their Sports titles already being amazing. They could take a nice chunk of the pie.

while this guy is way off his rocker. I'm not hoping but I wouldn't be surprised if sega made an attempt to get back in hardware.

I personally don't think they'd do it alone though. If anything they'd try and partner with someone (Apple)

and the only reason I say that is because they really bent over backwards to make the iphone4 version of sonic episode 1 the definitive version. From an exclusive standpoint they have enough IP's to really go toe to toe with sony or nintendo. I just think they don't have enough confidence in themselves anymore to try and get back into the console race.

Personally I'd love it to happen though.

If they can produce a console that was ahead of there years like the dreamcast. im buying one.

virtual memory cards 128bit graphics.
(utopia boot disc) SSsshhh

Lets be honest now. Sega just can't seem to keep decent enough games now, they don't make them and don't publish them most of the time. A Sega console now would be a console with no games, they've changed too much.

Xbox fansite saying PS3 is doomed because of piracy. Aren't all the other consoles hacked too? What a stupid author. I guess Mic and Nin should have withdrawn too 4 years ago.

If they release a new console,day one purchase for me!Pre-ordering right now.

yet again another gloom article Microsoft should know its going to be very difficult to overthrow Sony just like they tried to do in 2006,
also I wont be surprised, if those hackers were hired by microsoft to distablize Sony online experience, quite predictable.

Where in the world do you guys make this stuff up from, lets take a look at SEGA

- Software sales are DOWN
- Overall company revenue, shocker, DOWN
- Stock - DOWN

Now they are going to pour Millions into 50 50 again like they did once when they had more money?

- SEGA is gone from the hardware market, get over it and move on

I love how most people are thinking the author SAID Sony would drop out of the race, when in reality, he was PROPOSING by saying "conspiracy theory time!"

Man, I love the internet.

Microsoft should just buy, partner up with Sega. Sega would have the money for a console and great online, and Microsoft will finally have a first party company that actually makes games and finally a foot int he door with eastern centric console loving Japan.

saying sony possibly withdrawing from the current console competition are strong words coming from a nobody.

They won't. I wish they did... I really do. But they won't

They wont. And PS3's security issues arent going to cause Sony to just forget about the PS3, there is still money to be made with DLC, console sales, and accessories. It could ultimately boost sales to be honest.

SEGA doesn't have the funding, or the resources, to create a new console.

The chance of Apple entering the console market, is much, much higher than the chance of SEGA coming back to hardware.

Even though they won't ever make another console, its still entertaining to at least speculate.

There is room for Sega IMO, I have PS3 and 360, I had the Wii for a second but it wasn't cool so I gave it to my little nephew. BUT if there was another Hardcore console with some cool exclusives like the 360 and PS3 then I would consider purchasing it for sure! as far a Nintendo, I really don't think I'll be purchasing another kids toy again, I think I will waite to purchase anything Nintendo related, If their specs are NOT close to Xbox 720 or PS4 there is NO WAY I will purchase Wii 2!

I don't see Sony pulling from the market at all the ps3 is doing well at the moment and they have the psp2 n psp phone out this year so Sega to come back into the console market is not possible.

The only way for them to get back into the market would be to team up with MS Sony or Nintendo. I can't see this happening with Sony or Nintendo but it could happen with MS as they both have history with the Dreamcast and orignal xbox. The only way I could see it happening though is Sega merging with MS. This could be a good move for MS to try and crack Japan with the Xbox but it would still be a long shot. But even saying all this I could not see Sega ever being part of MS or putting there name onto a new console as Sega are doing fine with the way they run things now.

LOL@THIS ARTICLE...

Sony, if anything will benefit from more console sales due to the jailbreak, and all systems throughout the gaming decades have suffered piracy. I remember copying tapes/discs back in the golden era of gaming.

Dreamcast MKII would be great if the support was there. But remember, even in Japan, Sega was always No.3 in the console race throughout all of its console releases in Japan.

Safe to say Sony aren't going anywhere anytime soon....

This made me laugh

"But with the recent break in Sony‘s fortress (the PS3 root key being leaked, which allows unlicensed/pirated software to be run), drastic measures could forever change the industry by causing Sony‘s gaming division to be ruined by piracy and possibly even withdraw from current console competition."

If that would be the case then MS should have already withdrawn, too. Piracy on the 360 is possible for years...

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Can't they just stop with the whole SEGA coming back with hardware thing? Its just not gonna happen and I dont need to be an analyst to figure that out.

Article makes some good points and some really stupid ones.
First, i would not call the dreamcast a failure - commercial failure yes, but for people who actually purchased the console, you could say it was tech wise outstanding and really had some features ahead of its time.

Second, Sony is not going to stop gaming just because of security issues - really, that is a stretch.

One thing that I really did agree with was the fact MS is abandoning the core, that made MS relevant in gaming, with all this focus on Kinect.

I personally believe the only way Sega gets back into the console war would be a partnership with someone - almost how Sony and Nintendo were going to until Nintendo screwed them over and Sony said Fck u, we will beat you at your own game, but in the end, this is all talk and I highly doubt it will happen.

How can you make a good console if you can't make good games?

its too late for them. Especially now that Mario and Sonic are on games together. I have kids in my family, who honestly believe Sonic is a Mario character, and got mad at me because I wouldn't "pick Luigi" for him when he was playing Sonic Adventure 2.

SEGA's best bet is probably to fuse with Nintendo. I mean was not the best 3D perspective sonic games since the fall of the Dreamcast all on Nintendo Consoles. Sonic Colors is even an exclusive. I think Miyamoto would love to get his hands on Sonic or Nights and make his own version of the game.

I was the biggest SEGA fanboy ever (probably still am) I use to eat sonic fruit roll ups and Speghetii o's, watch the cartoons, collect the Comics by the Archie team, and all of that, but I realize that my favorite video game character's best chance of survival is to combine with their once long time rival.

And if you're going to disagree, name me one, just one Sonic game that isn't on a SEGA or Nintendo Console at all, that is worth talking about?
Even sonic 4 got rated higher on the Wii with Metacritic, and Sonic and the Black Knight and Secret Rings have higher scores than any non SEGA console Sonic.

Plus let's not forget he sells better on Nintendo consoles. Want more proof? look at the horrible Golden axe Beast Rider and its score and sales. If that was on the Wii, it would have been made different and actually had multiplayer like the old games, and probably scored and sold better than it did.

This guy forgot to put "/s" at the bottom rofl... Oh wait he's serious :O

I read the description and I didn't even bother...

'Quality titles were never released by them again'

Jet Set Radio Future
Super Monkey Ball
F Zero GX
Outrun 2
House of the dead: overkill
Madworld

All got good reviews of 80 or 90% in many cases.
It's debatable whether the critics are correct (I don't like the clinical feel of F Zero GX or the hardcore difficulty of that game or Super Monkey Ball) but Jet Set Radio Future is one the finest games on the original Xbox, although being partly based on the original Dreamcast game (and I still reckon that the DC game was better in some level design, with superior detail on advertisements and a better example of pure cel shading).

If Apple ever decide to go in to the console business they should make it their only priority to sign up Sega to help make the hardware and to exclusively make games for them. Obviously it would be nice for the console if Irrational Games and Rockstar Games also joined the exclusivity pact. Unfortunately they are more likely to sign Sega up to just do mobile phone / Ipod games than to co-operate in creating a Dreamcast 2.

I don't particularly like the idea of Sega fusing with Nintendo. Nintendo don't believe in pushing the latest tech. Their games are deliberately childish looking whereas Sega's games, whilst sometimes cute, always have a harder arcade feel to them.

"Ever since that date, Sega faded away into a shadow of its former self. Quality titles were never released by them again, and Sonic was milked to kingdom come. "

The Yakuza and Valkyria Chronicles series says hello.

Lots of speculation but it's not gonna happen.

Developers don't wanna make 4 or 5 copies of the same game. Sega's Exclusives would be weak and who would take a chance buying a Sega unit after being burned by Dreamcast, Saturn, 32X, and Sega CD. Only the Sega Master system and the Sega Genesis provide gamers with a full library of supported games.