Huinehtar: But I can dream. Maybe I should have stopped dreaming since 2001, though.
snowkatt: you should
that sega is dead
has been dead since 2001 this is sega in name only
everything that once made sega truely great is spent and gone
all that are left are fumes and rehashing old 16 bit glory
I had mixed feelings since 2005 actually. When Sega bought Creative Assembly and the Total War brand, I was excited because I had high hopes to see Sega coming to PC and reconsidering the "Western" market again.
But the same year when Rome: Total War came, I had heard of Working Designs struggling after the Growlanser translation and US release after a bad deal with Sony, not be able to have the right to port the 2500 series' Dragon Force on western PS2 with the hope to convince Sega to make a remake of the sequel; and then going bankrupt. It reminded things I heard about Camelot Software which stopped thinking about the Shining series at all after Shining Force III. I have perhaps heard of wrong stories and lies, those gave a bad taste because they concerned my all time favorite series and while I was happy to see Sega releasing DRM-free old Mega Drive games on DotEmu, how other releases were plagued by SecuROM and then Steam made me doubtful.
I still have hopes but I am waiting, and for now bitterness.