SEGA Corporation has filed a new application to protect the trademark Dreamcast - sparking rumours that the Japanese publisher is planning on making a shock return to the console manufacturing market with the Dreamcast 2.
The application, sent to the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) dated August 13 2007, relates to:
"Home video game machines; player-operated electronic controllers for electronic video game machines; video game interactive controller, namely, hand held pads, and floor pads or mats; joysticks for video games; computer cursor control devices, namely, computer mouse; flash memory cards; video game software, computer game programs".
http://www.videogamer.com/news/06-12-2007-7049.html
As much as I am a huge fan of the original Dreamcast (it might be my favorite console of all time), the release of a "Dreamcast 2" seems highly unlikely to me. Sega's been out of the console scheme of things for too many years now and would have a difficult time releasing a fresh console. As if the market is not saturated enough - imagine needing to choose between four different consoles, or having to purchase them all.
That said, I'd still be stoked to see a new console release from the Sega camps, but it would be incredibly difficult for them to pull off. At least they would have the financial backing to proceed with such a move. If anything became of this, I have a feeling that the "Dreamcast 2" would be a console put more in line with the Wii, and not a higher-end console like the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
Thoughts?
The application, sent to the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) dated August 13 2007, relates to:
"Home video game machines; player-operated electronic controllers for electronic video game machines; video game interactive controller, namely, hand held pads, and floor pads or mats; joysticks for video games; computer cursor control devices, namely, computer mouse; flash memory cards; video game software, computer game programs".
http://www.videogamer.com/news/06-12-2007-7049.html
As much as I am a huge fan of the original Dreamcast (it might be my favorite console of all time), the release of a "Dreamcast 2" seems highly unlikely to me. Sega's been out of the console scheme of things for too many years now and would have a difficult time releasing a fresh console. As if the market is not saturated enough - imagine needing to choose between four different consoles, or having to purchase them all.
That said, I'd still be stoked to see a new console release from the Sega camps, but it would be incredibly difficult for them to pull off. At least they would have the financial backing to proceed with such a move. If anything became of this, I have a feeling that the "Dreamcast 2" would be a console put more in line with the Wii, and not a higher-end console like the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
Thoughts?
