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Sega Tried Kinect Once, And It Didn't Go So Well

Microsoft's Kinect is currently the talk of the town. With its full-body, no-controller input, people are finding that for the first time they can play a video game without needing a controller. Those people obviously weren't around in 1993.

If they had been, they'd know that Kinect is actually the second attempt from a major video game manufacturer at selling a full-body, motion-sensing peripheral. The first came from Sega, and was released in 1993.

CrzyFooL5264d ago

Too soon executus!! You have tried motion control too soon!

gypsygib5264d ago (Edited 5264d ago )

Whatever gaming hardware idea people can think of, Sega probably made it first. They put minigames in a controller!

danielle0075264d ago

was to just take Sega's awesome ideas that failed because it was simply too soon, and perfect them. Dreamcast started online gaming for the consoles, then the Xbox took that idea and ran and started a new era of console gaming. And now they apparently took Sega's original idea for the full body controller nonsense, as well, and made Kinect, and also perfected that and sold a bajillion.

Poor Sega.

KingPin5264d ago

A perfect example of microsoft: "we dont innovate, we duplicate."

danielle0075264d ago

"and perfect."

So it works. I wouldn't say it's a flaw.

yewles15264d ago

"So it works."

ROFLMFAO!!! XD

Wenis5264d ago

^Does Kinect not work?

Forbidden_Darkness5264d ago

So true. I bet there are other examples of this too.

gamingdroid5264d ago (Edited 5264d ago )

I'm almost certain any idea you can throw out about any console release, I kind find a prior version in some form pre-dating the console introducing the feature.

Innovation is useless if it isn't usable. It's not about being the first, it is about the first to deliver a usable product.

Remember the PowerGlove? What about Sega MegaCD?

Legion5264d ago

Exactly... kind of like saying that the 3DS is basically just an updated Virtual Boy.

Otheros005264d ago (Edited 5264d ago )

You mean kinect is forth. Why do they act like pseye and eyetoy never existed?
Oh right it's from kotaku.

Vaud-Villian5264d ago

Body tracking and sillouette tracking are completely different things.

mac_attack5263d ago

The eyetoy didnt sell 8 mill either, whys that? Oh yea... "It was a disaster" lol

PSjesus5264d ago

Kinect the fastest gaming peripheral in history
for one reason a lot of Sheep,who believe what M$ says

Legion5264d ago

The saviour of Playstation (assuming by your name) is calling other people sheep. Classic...

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SEGA has accidentally revealed 6 years of sales data for some games

SEGA has made a mistake on one of their PDF forms which has inadvertently disclosed full sales numbers of some of the company’s key software releases.

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Phoenix0298d ago

Don't forget they've put a lot of these on gamepass and ps plus so you can add that money to it. Good to see Sega going strong

shinXseijuro8d ago

Happy for sega ! I was expecting some kind of showing of their newer games at game fest but maybe they’re keeling it for TGS? Crazy taxi and jet set needs a trailer or something soon !!!

Runechaz7d ago

Release Phantasy Star 5, Shining force 4 or Skies of Arcadia 2 and look at the number after.

jjb19817d ago

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaay-ga. Good times.

The Wood7d ago

whoops....there's actually a SEGA m2 now.........;)

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Sega Announces Financial Results With Significant Growth in Gaming Profits, Discusses Strategy

Today, Sega announced its financial results for the full fiscal year that started in April 2024 and ended in March 2025.

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TheColbertinator48d ago

Atlus coming in strong for Sega thankfully

CrimsonWing6948d ago

What about the Yakuza series and Sonic?

_Decadent_Descent48d ago

I like what's on their legacy IP list, but there are still many more franchises they could revive. Shining Force and Chakan come to mind.

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30 Years Ago, Sega Took Its Biggest Gamble With Saturn And Failed

"That’s not how you launch a system".

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thorstein49d ago

The Dreamcast was the biggest gamble and way ahead of its time.

OtterX49d ago

I wish we lived in the Alternate Timeline where Sega was still a dominant force in the console space and it hadn't been Microsoft.

Deeeeznuuuts48d ago

I've always said this, would much prefer SEGA, such a shame.

blacktiger48d ago

this was all part of the plan to give Microsoft the spot

chicken_in_the_corn48d ago

Would be interesting to see what they would do for a modern console.

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darthv7249d ago

Saturn was a fantastic piece of kit... they just went a little too ambitious with its dual CPU setup. which turned a lot of developers off (at the time). The homebrew community have done some amazing work many years later, thanks to multichip experience. It is still the best platform for arcade fighters and shmups of all time. Dreamcast is a close 2nd though.

Profchaos49d ago

Yeah it was a interesting decision especially when looking at how dual CPU is considered a root cause of why the Jaguar was a failure.

Also the hardware rendered four sided polygons where the standard was three if they kept with triangle polygons I feel the systems development would have been easier to work with and we would have seen more third party ports in the west.

I think it was a victim of its time more than anything it saw huge success in Japan but the leadership and internal turmoil in the west meant games were not getting localised along with a focus on arcade like games were the PlayStation and later the N64 were pushing more in depth experiences over coin munching high score driven games.

Knightofelemia49d ago

I still enjoy my Saturn it was the first console I mowed lawns for and saved up for to purchase. I went so far as to purchase a used Saturn to run off an SD card. I even have a second Dreamcast modded to run off an SD card as well.

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