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It has been reported from IGN,that Sega was originally gonna implement touchscreen to the ill-fated Sega Nomad.This was year back before Nintendo finally brought touch screen on the Nintendo DS.


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Also,not many people know about this but Sega was the second(after Nintendo) to be in negotiation with Sony to make a new Sega Console only to have been denied by Sega of Japan.It was also confirmed by Kalinske(an employee of Sega) that Specs brought up by Sega were used for The Playstation

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"We got together with [Sony] and defined what we'd like to see in our next hardware. We had this great idea that it should be a joint SEGA-Sony hardware system. If we had to take a loss on the hardware (which was the norm then), we'd split the loss on the hardware, but we wouldn't split software, so any software they did, they'd get 100% of the profits, and any software we did, we'd get 100% of the profits. It seemed like a fair deal since we were eons ahead of them in terms of software development.

So we go to Japan, and Sony management liked the idea. Then we went to SEGA, and Nakayama hated the idea. [laughs] So that was the end of that, and the rest is history once again. Those were the specs that became the PlayStation." -- Tom Kalinske


http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/21/i...ega?page=7

Pretty mind blowing if ya ask me. While both these appear to be true I cant help but wonder if your implying that Sega created the specs for PSX because that can definitely not be the case.

(11-15-2012 03:49 PM)Chiappini92 Wrote: [ -> ]Pretty mind blowing if ya ask me. While both these appear to be true I cant help but wonder if your implying that Sega created the specs for PSX because that can definitely not be the case.

I didn't say they created the specs,they help make it. Remember,Sega was the second greatest company back then, obviously they use some of their knowledge to make some part of their console.Also,Sony worked with Sega before,so it wouldn't surprise me if they did use thier specs had they done it.(The Sega CD)

I recommend ,to read the article.It is very interesting.

"Sega was the second(after Nintendo) to be in negotiation with Sony to make a new Sega Console only to have been denied by Sega of Japan."

I'm not sure what you mean

(11-15-2012 10:46 PM)SERIOUSLY THOUGH Wrote: [ -> ]"Sega was the second(after Nintendo) to be in negotiation with Sony* to make a new Sega Console** only to have been denied by Sega of Japan."

I'm not sure what you mean

*Sega was the second to negotiate with Sony after Nintendo.

**Sega tried to make a deal to Sony so they can help them out make the New Sega Console(the Sega Saturn),But then Sega Of Japan Denied it.

You see,Sega tried to convince Sony to help them make a new Sega Console, The same thing happen to Nintendo except that Nintendo-Sony deal was a add-on to the SNES.

Do you understand?

Sony really backstabbed and stole just to get their Playstation to be a successful console.

I'm sort of happy they've made continuous losses with the Playstation 3, and the Vita is failing.

I think that part of the post should be a DYK, it's actually very interesting.

I updated the the post so anyone that are confuse about the whole Sega-Sony deal can get a better understanding.