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All speculation seems wide open on this folks. And even if it turns out to be new arcade hardware it's still a good sign that Sega's not out of the Hardware business.

My own thoughts about this right now are that based on the broadrange description for the names usage it could be a new hybrid gaming platform for Sega. Invision if you will an arcade cabainet, a home console, and a handheld system all with equal hardware specs each utilizing the same base OS. The posibilites would be incredible.

Let's now picture, for an example, Virtua Fighter 6 running on all of these devices. The player at the arcade can access the "Ringwide" and play against any available player whether they be playing VF6 on thier hand held, home console, or another arcade cabinet.

So to clarify my theory on this. "Ringedge" I suspect will be the name of the hardware platform itself; Ringedge Home (console), RIngedge Arcade (cabinet), and Ringedge Go (hand held). All those name are made up, but you get the idea. Then, "Ringwide" would be the name of the Sega operated online network that ties these incredibly-awesomeness-incarnate pieces of mind blowing hardware together, very similar to Xbox Live only better.

That's my highly optimistic take on this news at least. ;D

well, I just had a discussion with a friend about this last week, he said sega's been out of the hardwarebusiness for years now, but technically this isn't true, as they have yet to skip a generation of consoles. IMO they just haven't released their console of this gen yet.

Don't mean to be a downer here but I heard that those hardware boards are for new arcade games. not consoles

yes, and we all know what a new sega arcade board led too in the past

come on, we can still keep up hope, can't we

I like your outlook, game_players. It makes the mind wander. Well, we can only hope Sega is feeling restless int he soft biz. Time to come back to us Sega!

Impulse wrote:I like your outlook, game_players. It makes the mind wander. Well, we can only hope Sega is feeling restless int he soft biz. Time to come back to us Sega!

(Opens arms.......Stands ready)

Everyone needs a hug Sega......

Sorry, bad economic times and downsizing of companies means that everyone is running "lean and mean". I do not believe Sega will go back to the console unless Sony is out (not happening yet). Xbox is not going away and neither is Nintendo; so four is a crowd, although I hope I am wrong.

Sony has laid-off over 16,000 people in December, NEC sliced over 20,000 and Panasonic diced over 15,000 this year. Sega is trying to chop about 560 people (they have under 4,000 people). Sega US slashed 30 humans last month. Not good! This coincides with the digital move delayed in the US. Do not believe what they might tell you on the tv news or in the newspaper - I work on the inside of the A/V industry.

SEGA aren't coming back guys... not this decade at least...

I like to Dream... and this decade is almost over

It's a shame the odds are against Sega now. It probably would be stupid of them to release a console now. I wouldn't want to see them fail again. It could mean their demise.

Then again, like most companies, they may be thinking of taking advantage of the tough times somehow. So, we'll see what they're up to.

Impulse wrote:I like to Dream... and this decade is almost over

It's a shame the odds are against Sega now. It probably would be stupid of them to release a console now. I wouldn't want to see them fail again. It could mean their demise.

Then again, like most companies, they may be thinking of taking advantage of the tough times somehow. So, we'll see what they're up to.

I heard they may get help from former Sega employee Yuji Naka from his company Prope. So I will definitely be keeping an eye on them because even though they are cutting jobs like everyone else they seem to be continuing a steady stream of software and hardware it seems.