Sega releases details on Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 plans…

There have been so many rumours floating about concerning Sega‘s plans for next generation consoles, its been hard to keep our head screwed on. It seems now, we understand much better what the plans are thanks to Sega’s marketing person, Scott Steinberg. GameDaily BIZ interviewed Mr Steinberg, and below we have the findings from the short but informative discussion.

 To start with, Sega have made clear that with the release of the PS3 console both Sonic the Hedgehog and Full Auto 2: Battlelines will be available. After some time, in March ’07, Virtua Fighter 5 will be released. Sonic and Full Auto will be PS3 exclusives, but after a certain time they will be spread to the Xbox 360.

With the Wii, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz will be available from launch, and Sonic Wild Fire will follow also in March. Together with this information, Sega announced some intriguing nit-bits. They said that true to common knowledge, Wii titles were cheaper to develop than Xbox and Ps3 titles, however the situation wasn’t as bad as many have said it is. Sega also believe that the Wii will be a solid success, putting full confidence behind it, and even thinking about developing second generation titles for it.

When talking about PS3 pricing, they think $499 and $599, is expensive, however, firstly this isn’t past what predictions put it at, and secondly it not only caters to gamers, but being a much cheaper Blu-Ray device, it caters for those in the market for home appliances. Also the PS3 is a much powerful device, meaning that price is a match for this performance.

Sega have backed up the argument concerning online capabilities of systems. They say that much isn’t known about the PS3 online platform, so therefore they cant cater as well for it, however if they wish to develop for systems such as the Xbox 360, they can do so, because all corners have been revealed and dug into.

Via GameDaily BIZ

There have been so many rumours floating about concerning Sega‘s plans for next generation consoles, its been hard to keep our head screwed on. It seems now, we understand much better what the plans are thanks to Sega’s marketing person, Scott Steinberg. GameDaily BIZ interviewed Mr Steinberg, and below we have the findings from the short but informative discussion.

 To start with, Sega have made clear that with the release of the PS3 console both Sonic the Hedgehog and Full Auto 2: Battlelines will be available. After some time, in March ’07, Virtua Fighter 5 will be released. Sonic and Full Auto will be PS3 exclusives, but after a certain time they will be spread to the Xbox 360.

With the Wii, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz will be available from launch, and Sonic Wild Fire will follow also in March. Together with this information, Sega announced some intriguing nit-bits. They said that true to common knowledge, Wii titles were cheaper to develop than Xbox and Ps3 titles, however the situation wasn’t as bad as many have said it is. Sega also believe that the Wii will be a solid success, putting full confidence behind it, and even thinking about developing second generation titles for it.

When talking about PS3 pricing, they think $499 and $599, is expensive, however, firstly this isn’t past what predictions put it at, and secondly it not only caters to gamers, but being a much cheaper Blu-Ray device, it caters for those in the market for home appliances. Also the PS3 is a much powerful device, meaning that price is a match for this performance.

Sega have backed up the argument concerning online capabilities of systems. They say that much isn’t known about the PS3 online platform, so therefore they cant cater as well for it, however if they wish to develop for systems such as the Xbox 360, they can do so, because all corners have been revealed and dug into.

Via GameDaily BIZ