E3 (but not really) 2022

[Dark Edea]

 

[verissimus]

Are mini consoles even big in Japan?

Yes, if we're talking handhelds. Otherwise, no.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Yes, if we're talking handhelds. Otherwise, no.

Even handhelds are not that big compared to their mobile market, Japan spends 1/3rd of the total global spending on Mobile games and it grows every year.

I mean it took a few million years but whales are walking on land again.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Good Morning

SEGA's stream is live now

They just announced a Genesis Mini 2, now with Sega CD games

>another fucking Genesis/Mega Drive collection
>US set list not even revealed yet
>Sega CD games are the good ones BUT they will never make the leap over here

This is why you failed as a console manufacturer, SEGA: a complete inability or unwillingness to read the fucking room.

Was the Mega Drive even that big in Japan?

Mega Drive in general, was more sucessful in the US than Japan, which is why SEGA dedicated the US branch to keep the damn thing alive, especially with the addons. The idea was that the Mega Drive would be the "family" gaming system while the upcoming Saturn would be the "HARDCORE EPIC GAMERZ" machine.

Regarding the mini, I can't find exact sales numbers (not even on wikipedia) but the general consensus is that it sold like crack cocaine in japan.

To further elucidate on @SSF2T Old User's post above: the original Mega Drive was actually dead last in Japan, behind the Super Famicom (SNES) and the PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16). Why they keep milking it so much, beyond pandering to 'Murican and Europoor millennials, is beyond me.

 

[KEKMUHLORD]

Well, both Sony and Sega sucked. Which developer is up next to disappoint?

 

[OJ Simpson]

Has Ubisoft done their little song and dance at this dead event yet? If not, what day is it that they won't be announcing another Splinter Cell, so I know what day will mark my 7th consecutive year of disappointment?

7 because I gave them a couple of years of cushion after Blacklist because I didn't want the franchise to turn into another annual release.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Well, both Sony and Sega sucked. Which developer is up next to disappoint?

Limited Run games on June 6th

Has Ubisoft done their little song and dance at this dead event yet? If not, what day is it that they won't be announcing another Splinter Cell, so I know what day will mark my 7th consecutive year of disappointment?

Haven't seen their name brough up, even in the summer games linup.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Well, both Sony and Sega sucked. Which developer is up next to disappoint?

All of Them®

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Has Ubisoft done their little song and dance at this dead event yet? If not, what day is it that they won't be announcing another Splinter Cell, so I know what day will mark my 7th consecutive year of disappointment?

7 because I gave them a couple of years of cushion after Blacklist because I didn't want the franchise to turn into another annual release.

Ubisoft's not doing a presentation this year.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Ubisoft's not doing a presentation this year.

Thank fuck they joined Walmart in solidarity for Juneteenth and decided to axe their shit out of respect for African Americans.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

Does anyone actually remember an "E3" that wasn't disappointing in the past 12-15 years?

I thought that's why we watched this shit now, to just be catty little bitches.

 

[Cubanodun]

To further elucidate on @SSF2T Old User's post above: the original Mega Drive was actually dead last in Japan, behind the Super Famicom (SNES) and the PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16). Why they keep milking it so much, beyond pandering to 'Murican and Europoor millennials, is beyond me.

add that it got released after the PC Engine and before the SNES and even then could not even make a dent in Japan, in the west it managed to get a niche because NOA was very stubborn about bringing the Super famicom to the west so Sega just dabbed on them with Sonic to boot, but that lasted until the SNES was released

Snatcher

Konami is busy right now killing Bomberman because no one cares about it anymore (and because ironically they killed it sideway by making the coomer bait version much better)

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Konami is busy right now killing Bomberman because no one cares about it anymore (and because ironically they killed it sideway by making the coomer bait version much better)

>coomer bait Bomber Man
Excuse me, what?

 

[Cubanodun]

>coomer bait Bomber Man
Excuse me, what?

You were warned

Reading the interview to Okunari on Famitsu apparently the Saturn and the Dreamcast mini were considered but Sega said it was to expensive to produce, the mega drive mini 2 will come with waaaaaay more games than the 1 to justify the lame run its going to have because they dont have parts available, it will also come with a switch to the audio to be like the MD1 or the MD2, Sega also has been working in their own MCD emulation (even when you can even do it on FPGA)

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Reading the interview to Okunari on Famitsu apparently the Saturn and the Dreamcast mini were considered but Sega said it was to expensive to produce,

If you can throw God knows how much money on a billion Sonic and Yakuza games, you can spend a few bucks getting good Saturn and Dreamcast emulators and slapping ROMs on them. READ. THE. GODDAMN. ROOM.

 

[Cubanodun]

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If you can throw God knows how much money on a billion Sonic and Yakuza games, you can spend a few bucks getting good Saturn and Dreamcast emulators and slapping ROMs on them. READ. THE. GODDAMN. ROOM.

Is more lazyness that anything else, but i would admit, i would not want to the programmer of the Saturn mini considering how fucking awful and obtuse the hardware was that even after all this years the emulation is very iffy

 

[Pissmaster]

I can't wait until Sega makes mini versions of their urinal games

 

[Celebrate Nite]

even after all this years the emulation is very iffy

Can confirm. Tested out Saturn Emulation on Mednafen, it has spotty runtimes on certain games (mostly 3D ones, but even 2D ones like Rayman has issues), but that's mostly due to the fact that it needs a QUAD core processor to have it run perfectly. (e.g. quad-core Intel Haswell CPU with a base frequency of >= 3.3GHz and a turbo frequency of >= 3.7GHz (such as a Xeon E3-1226 v3 or i5-4590))

For a greater detail on Saturn specs, go here

Sega Saturn Architecture | A Practical Analysis

An in-depth analysis that explains how this console works internally

www.copetti.org

Outside of Mednafen, Kronos seems to be the other "recommended" emulator.

GitHub - FCare/Kronos: Kronos is a Sega Saturn emulator.

Kronos is a Sega Saturn emulator. Contribute to FCare/Kronos development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

I can't wait until Sega makes mini versions of their urinal games

Two nukes weren't enough.

 

[Basic Blonde Boy]

Does anyone actually remember an "E3" that wasn't disappointing in the past 12-15 years?

Define disappointing. Does this include all companies or the majority as Nintendo has easily carried most E3s. I guess 2016 was probably the last fully disappointing one.

Good Morning

SEGA's stream is live now

They just announced a Genesis Mini 2, now with Sega CD games

Alright, but where is my SEGA racing title? I need Transformed 2 dammit!