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| Here we will supply you with the most up to date essential news on the Dreamcast. Past News Archives *More dates set for Dreamcast games coming out in Japan Click Here to check it out. In other news KOF 2001 was delayed to the 26th on Dec. instead of the 12th for what reason was not told but it is clear they are goin to mis the sales rush for Chrismas.10/10/02* *Sega president Hideki Sato recently revealed that the company plans to expand its software lineup to new Southeast Asia markets. Specifically, during a recent shareholders meeting Sato-san said, "We want to develop the Southeast Asian market, including China, in addition to our current domestic, U.S. and European markets." Sega believes the Chinese market has huge potential given its massive population. Sega hopes the recent release of the PlayStation 2 in Taiwan and Korean, and Microsoft's plans to release the Xbox in several Southeast Asian countries in the coming months will build support for software developers.10/8/02* *Sega subsidiary Spherion reportedly faces a legal battle in Florida over allegations that the company fired 12 game testers because they were Filipino. According to the court filing, Spherion provided the workers to test games for Sega in San Francisco and was also named in the lawsuit citing violations by U.S. Labor Regulators. The decision to take legal action was reportedly initiated after several attempts to settle the dispute privately, according to lead attorney Cindy O'Hara. After an employee complained to Sega that Filipino testers were getting preferential treatment, Sega fired him, four of his friends, and 12 testers, O'Hara said. The suit seeks punitive and compensatory damages, lost wages for the fired employees and injunctions against Sega and Spherion preventing similar behavior in the future.10/5/02* *Review for the game Floigan Brothers released and the new article of the month out The Dumdies guild to the Dreamcasts Death.10/3/02* *Today shares for Sega fell approximately 6.5 percent. Fears regarding the company's current market price and recent purchase volume reportedly influenced UBS Warburg's decision to downgrade the company to 'Reduce' status. Shares of the company closed at 2,290 yen yesterday, which is still higher than USB Warburg's suggested 2,100 yen target price on the stock. In a similar move earlier this week, Morgan Stanley cut its rating on Sega reportedly due to sluggish sales of NFL2K3.10/1/02* *The NPD Group released its platform lists of the top selling games for the month of August today. We will now be bring you the top ten selling Dreamcast games every month so check back every 25th for the top ten list. Check out the Top 10 best selling USA Dreamcast games from last month(August): 1. World Series Baseball 2K2 2. Grand Theft Auto 2 3. NFL 2K1 4. Tennis 2K2 5. Plasma Sword 6. Crazy Taxi 2 7. Sega Bass Fishing 8. Crazy Taxi 9. Virtua Tennis 10. Jet Grind Radio 9/25/02* *Playmore announced they will release the Dreamcast version of The King of Fighters 2001 in Japan on December 21, for 6800 yen.9/17/02* *Ooga Booga's review now has pictures from the game! Ikaruga review added and check out the biggest Dreamcast hit of 2002!9/15/02* *Happy Birthday Dreamcast it is now 4 years old in Japan and 3 in the Usa! All updates finshed! Click Here to go to are new reviews section or Here to see are all new article of the month. Plue the new games list has been updated with all new games! Next weeks game review will be on Ikaruga so get ready! Side note:Did you know there are more games coming out for the Dreamcast in Japan than the Xbox the 4th quarter of 2002.9/9/02* *Ikaruga, Treasure's highly anticipated shooter, has begun shipping. This NAOMI-based shooting-fest is the follow-up to Treasure's Sega Saturn shooter Radiant Silvergun. Pick it up its a must have Dreamcast game.9/4/02* *Get ready this months article is coming soon and it will talk about the top ten games for the Dreamcast and each one will have a review on are new section reviewing Dreamcast games.8/28/02* *Today CSI announced that they are now accepting pre-order of the Dreamcast broadband adapters after stoping production in May of the more highly demanded accessories such as vmus and braodband adapters. However due to the high demand they will begin the production again but only if they receive at least 1,000 customer preorders by the end of September. If the production takes place the broadband adapters will be shipping around December in Japan.8/26/02* |
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