Microsoft just bought Sega!

[Prince]

Not really :p

(translated from german)
Microsoft plans to buy a larger package Sega shares. That writes the Yomiuri Shimbun in their current expenditure of Monday mornings.

The size of the package and closer details are not well-known. Microsoft promises itself to be able to exert thereby stronger influence on the software development: If it would come to a larger share purchase, bespielsweise more title for the Xbox could appear less and for the competition systems Gamecube and PS2 von Sega.

Reuters (http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=aXlTf5I6GxP4&refer=home)

[TyBO]

That was clearly gonna be fake, but its funny how crappy online translaters can be...

lol

[Michael Bluth]

Microsoft's just acquiring more Sega stock so that Sega makes more XBox-exclusive games, ala what Sony did with Square.

Babelfish translation of original Japanese article:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yomiuri.co.jp%2Fmain%2Fnews%2 F20030421i201.htm


........ and translation done by a forum user at TXB:

Game software major Sega on the 20th, from American Microsoft partial assignment of stock made that you examine informally clear. Microsoft which aims toward the sale increase of game machine "Xbox" for home, in order to oppose the SONY computer entertainment and with Nintendo Co., is seen that you have paid attention to Sega which has powerful software development power. You announced that the American wall street journal paper first, Microsoft examines the Sega purchase.

As for Sega, other than management integration plan of game equipment major , game software worldwide most major American electronic arts (EA) with of making correspondence prefer to cooperation and it is the policy such as the merger offer with game software major. Simply, with whereabouts circumstance in of the negotiation with EA and the like, there is also a possibility of advancing the conference of Microsoft.

[Kliq]

... well that sucks ... I don't want to see anymore SEGA-XBOX exclusive shiznit.

[{R}Ev0lut!on]

Meh too bad for sega there games sell like shit on Xbox

[Viper]

Nice try Prince, but No.

[Prince]

It's true. They did buy *partially* Sega! :D

[Michael Bluth]

Originally posted by {R}Ev0lut!on
Meh too bad for sega there games sell like shit on Xbox

Better than all the GCN games, with the exception of Sonic Adventure 2 and Super Monkey Ball. When Sega decided to drop Sega Sports from the GCN, NBA 2K3 had sold 5,000 copies.

[Kliq]

I was one of those 5,000 who bought it .... come on SEGA!

[dncardman]

Yeah sega so was I, come on BRING UM BACK!!!

[Viper]

Perhaps if Sega had advertised its sports for GC like they did for PS2 and X-box, they would have sold better.

[Michael Bluth]

How did they advertise the sports for XBox and PS2 and not GCN? :confused:

[Viper]

I've seen ads from Sega that did not include the GC versions.

[Michael Bluth]

Like what? The only ads that don't include the GCN logo are games that aren't on the GCN - such as World Series Baseball 2K3. I'd like you to find an ad for a game that is on the GCN but does not advertise it, from Sega.

[Viper]

Sorry, but I forgot to hit the record button on the VCR when they ran the commercials. I'd have to do some digging for ads in periodicals, though, which I'm not going to do just to humor you.
Look, it sucks they pulled sports from the GC, but I'll meet you in the middle, Nintendo doesn't advertise as well as the other two co's do and that contributed to the lack of sales of Segas' sports titles as well as many other titles from other co's.

[Tommy]

Damnit,my heart skipped a beat when I seen the thread name :|

[Viper]

It came from Prince. That should ease your troubled heart a little.

[MCKingKongMushi]

I wish it was true. Damnit.

If Sega can't make another console, then this is the best thing that could happen to them. Complete financial security. :D I would still like to see them in the hardware market, though :(

[Prince]

Originally posted by Viper
Perhaps if Sega had advertised its sports for GC like they did for PS2 and X-box, they would have sold better.

excuses excuses.

[Hylian-Advocate]

Prince... your avatar depresses me. :(

and angers me at the same time :realmad

[Dark_Cloud]

I like it

[Glenn2K4]

Originally posted by Dark_Cloud
I like it

[Viper]

I think Prince should be 'only on x-box' (forums).

[Prince]

I think Viper has a crush on me.

[Viper]

I think Prince has a crush on X-box.

[{R}Ev0lut!on]

I think i have a crush on my PC.

[Viper]

I think I'll just crush Microsoft.

Leave Sega alone you big bully.

[{R}Ev0lut!on]

^Who you talking to boy? and you cant crush Microsoft Man you gotta think smaller man Bill Gates man....man.

[Viper]

^OK, man. I'll crush Ken Lobb, the traitor.

[Michael Bluth]

Ken Lobb and Peter Moore r0x0r.

[Viper]

^Bed mates!