New submitter clubalien writes: Sega has sold off its arcade business due to coronavirus. In a press release, parent company Sega Sammy Holdings Inc said it has sold the vast majority (85.1 per cent) of Sega Entertainment, its Japanese amusement business, to amusement machine company Genda. Sega put the sale down to Covid-19, which has devastated its arcade business. Sega expects…
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Next-gen Games May Cost $70. It’s Overdue, But Also Worrisome.
For years, it was long believed that $60 is the only price that the U.S. games market could bear (and they’re often more expensive in international markets). But industry leaders and journalists have questioned the stubborn stickiness of the sticker price in recent years. And the last three years saw an explosion of varying price tiers, anywhere from free (like “Fortnite”)…
Sega Announces Mysterious “Fog Gaming” Program, Will Use Arcade Machines Somehow
An anonymous reader shares a report: Thanks to some Japanese-language news sources, we now know the nature of the big Sega reveal that was teased for this week’s Famitsu. The publisher is working on some kind of initiative that it’s dubbed “fog gaming.” While it’s not exactly clear what that is — or if it’s comparable to cloud gaming services like…
The New Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Trailer is a Giant Relief
You can almost hear the sigh of relief from the global Sega fan community. The new Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer, which Paramount released this morning, is a giant improvement. From a report: Our spiky hero no longer looks like a nightmarish experiment in avant garde taxidermy. The human teeth have been extracted. He has big doe eyes, not the sinister…
Analogue Announces Game Boy Clone Dubbed ‘Analogue Pocket’
Analogue is set to announce a new Game Boy clone. From a report: Analogue, known for their FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)-based hardware clones of the NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis/Megadrive, will be launching a handheld addition to their lineup called the “Analogue Pocket.” The unit will be compatible with the entire library of Game Boy and Game Boy Color games,…
Latest Lakka Release On Raspberry Pi 4 Showcases Great Retro Gaming
MojoKid writes: Lakka with RetroArch is one of the most comprehensive open-source retro-gaming console front ends available, with support for a wide array of single-board computers and multiple operating systems. Although the more powerful Raspberry Pi 4 was released months ago, the developers of Lakka had a number of bugs to contend with that prevented an official stable release, until yesterday….
New Eco-Friendly Game Packaging Could Save Tons of Plastic Each Year
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Sega and Sports Interactive have announced that Football Manager 2020 will be sold in new eco-friendly package that uses much less plastic, and they’re pushing for the rest of the entertainment industry to follow suit. The new packaging replaces the now-standard plastic DVD case used for most game discs with a folded,…
It’s Not ‘X’, It’s ‘Cross’ — the PlayStation Joypad Revelation That’s Caused an Outrage
An anonymous reader shares a report: A fortnight ago, Twitter user @drip133 asked a seemingly innocent question above a photo of the joypad: “Do you say ‘x’ or ‘cross’ button?” There were hundreds of contradictory responses, which became increasingly furious as the week wore on. Some insisted that because the other buttons are named after shapes — Triangle, Square and Circle…
Konami Announces the Turbografx-16 Mini
An anonymous reader shares a report: Hey, if Nintendo and Sega can do it, then Konami can too. In a surprise E3 announcement, the company is releasing a miniature version of the classic 90s Turbografx-16 console, called the Turbografx-16 mini. If you’re wondering why Konami is handling this, the original console was a joint effort between NEC and Hudson. Konami became…