Comments on: Peter Moore: I pulled Sega out of the hardware market http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/ VG247.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:13:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: No_PUDding http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27555 No_PUDding Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:59:33 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27555 I swear it was EA.... I swear it was EA….

]]> By: ecu http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27553 ecu Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:56:49 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27553 Right guys, we know who to blame. It wasn't Sony after all, it was Peter Moore! Get your pitchforks ready. Right guys, we know who to blame. It wasn’t Sony after all, it was Peter Moore! Get your pitchforks ready.

]]> By: VRB BOO http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27548 VRB BOO Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:08:25 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27548 As pointed out, it wasnt software or hardware which led to the demise of the dreamcast it was the fact sega just didnt have the know how to compete marketing wise with sony. Lets be fair sony are the marketing whores of the industry but they are being given a run for their money this time with microsoft and nintendo. I have very fond memories of the Dreamcast and truth be told I played it lot more back then than I do now with the 360 and ps3. And I dont regret shelling out over 600 notes for it on import, but I do regret spending 300 on my ps3 lol As pointed out, it wasnt software or hardware which led to the demise of the dreamcast it was the fact sega just didnt have the know how to compete marketing wise with sony.

Lets be fair sony are the marketing whores of the industry
but they are being given a run for their money this time with microsoft and nintendo.

I have very fond memories of the Dreamcast and truth be told I played it lot more back then than I do now with the 360 and ps3.

And I dont regret shelling out over 600 notes for it on import, but I do regret spending 300 on my ps3 lol

]]> By: OrphanageExplosion http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27481 OrphanageExplosion Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:00:49 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27481 Yes, £10m spunked on Arsenal shirts and Sean Pertwee voiceovers. The fact that Sega veteran Mark Maslowicz is a staunch Arsenal fan leads me to believe that once again, the games industry's very own TEMPORAL COMMANDO may have been up to his old tricks again... Yes, £10m spunked on Arsenal shirts and Sean Pertwee voiceovers. The fact that Sega veteran Mark Maslowicz is a staunch Arsenal fan leads me to believe that once again, the games industry’s very own TEMPORAL COMMANDO may have been up to his old tricks again…

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27465 patlike Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:23:59 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27465 There was nothing wrong with the machine at all. OE's right: it was how it was sold. The world was waiting for PS2 and Sega just didn't step up to the mark, in all reality. There was nothing wrong with the machine at all. OE’s right: it was how it was sold. The world was waiting for PS2 and Sega just didn’t step up to the mark, in all reality.

]]> By: mortiferus http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27462 mortiferus Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:20:02 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27462 SEGA could have gone toe to toe with Sony, the dreamcast after all was a well engineered machine. But once the hype started to roll for Sony it appeared as everyone just abandoned ship for no reason. I still have my DC, and play it every onece in a while. Good times, good times. SEGA could have gone toe to toe with Sony, the dreamcast after all was a well engineered machine. But once the hype started to roll for Sony it appeared as everyone just abandoned ship for no reason.

I still have my DC, and play it every onece in a while. Good times, good times.

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27456 patlike Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:01:16 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27456 It was a bit hopeless, there's no doubt. Some of the stories flying around at the time about how things were being run were really mental. It was a bit hopeless, there’s no doubt. Some of the stories flying around at the time about how things were being run were really mental.

]]> By: OrphanageExplosion http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27435 OrphanageExplosion Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:39:04 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27435 In Europe at least, Dreamcast's demise was a foregone conclusion. Despite a handful of great staff, the bottom line is that Sega Europe was being run by people who just didn't understand the big brand mentality required to compete against PlayStation. For those of us who'd been working with Sega since the Megadrive days it was sickening on an almost physical level to see the company making so many gaffes, especially in marketing. The Saturn era was bad enough, Dreamcast was even worse. In Europe at least, Dreamcast’s demise was a foregone conclusion. Despite a handful of great staff, the bottom line is that Sega Europe was being run by people who just didn’t understand the big brand mentality required to compete against PlayStation.

For those of us who’d been working with Sega since the Megadrive days it was sickening on an almost physical level to see the company making so many gaffes, especially in marketing. The Saturn era was bad enough, Dreamcast was even worse.

]]> By: No_PUDding http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27434 No_PUDding Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:36:11 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27434 Be fine if they could make their shittiest IP, their best. Sonic could easily be made awesome again. I could do it. Infact I would make it Burnout-esque, and it would work. Be fine if they could make their shittiest IP, their best.

Sonic could easily be made awesome again. I could do it. Infact I would make it Burnout-esque, and it would work.

]]> By: pjmaybe http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27422 pjmaybe Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:16:01 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27422 Pah. Twas not Moore that kilt the beast, twas EA. As soon as they said they weren't going to support the DC, that was it. A lot of high profile games in development were canned (Stuff like Colin McCrae Rally 3 etc) and the writing was on the wall. A pity, because the machine was bloody awesome. Still, Sega are laughing up their sleeves about it now I should imagine. Rumour has it they've got more than enough cash floating about as a result of not having to worry about hardware platforms. Good for them. Pity they keep reviving their shittiest IPs though. Pah. Twas not Moore that kilt the beast, twas EA. As soon as they said they weren’t going to support the DC, that was it. A lot of high profile games in development were canned (Stuff like Colin McCrae Rally 3 etc) and the writing was on the wall. A pity, because the machine was bloody awesome.

Still, Sega are laughing up their sleeves about it now I should imagine. Rumour has it they’ve got more than enough cash floating about as a result of not having to worry about hardware platforms. Good for them.

Pity they keep reviving their shittiest IPs though.

]]> By: No_PUDding http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27418 No_PUDding Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:07:54 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27418 Well every console has a difficult start. I hadn't really even considered a Dreamcast. Well every console has a difficult start.

I hadn’t really even considered a Dreamcast.

]]> By: trav http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27416 trav Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:00:54 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27416 At the end of the day, business-wise SEGA did do the smart thing. Better to save the business, then try to pump more money to something that isn't working. At the end of the day, business-wise SEGA did do the smart thing. Better to save the business, then try to pump more money to something that isn’t working.

]]> By: Shatner http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27414 Shatner Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:50:31 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27414 <a href="http://uk.dreamcast.ign.com/articles/087/087035p1.html" rel="nofollow">Hindsight's a bitch</a> Hindsight’s a bitch

]]> By: Robo_1 http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/comment-page-1/#comment-27409 Robo_1 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:30:48 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/15/peter-moore-i-pulled-sega-out-of-the-hardware-market/#comment-27409 As you say, a very frank interview. I maintain that if EA had supported them from the start, then they had a good chance of keeping the PS2 off balance, long enough for Dreamcast to get a strong enough foot hold. People complain about PS3's first year being poor for games, but against PS2's, it's been an embarrassment of riches. Dreamcast could have really shone through had it received stronger third party support. As you say, a very frank interview. I maintain that if EA had supported them from the start, then they had a good chance of keeping the PS2 off balance, long enough for Dreamcast to get a strong enough foot hold.

People complain about PS3′s first year being poor for games, but against PS2′s, it’s been an embarrassment of riches.
Dreamcast could have really shone through had it received stronger third party support.

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