that sega has been dead since 2001

So Valkyria Chronicles is a zombie. ;-)

brains !

but yes
the sega of the arcade days of virtua fighter altered beast virtua racing panzer dragoon shining the holy ark shining force 1 2 and 3 good sonci games
the sega of the megadrive master system dreamcast and saturn

that sega is dead

what we got in its place is something else

inferior in some reagrds superior in others

A several year old game from the previous generation, with half-hearted PSP sequels, suddenly ported to PC? Yeah, zombie applies pretty well.

As much as I enjoy the franchise, you've gotta admit it does apply well.

Yeah, I think it was around then that they were going down in flames and were 'saved' by getting bought out by Sammy who are a Japanese Pachinko machine giant because Pachinko is huge in Japan, for some reason...

Apparently, Sega actually started off as an American company that imported Japanese arcade games and regionalised them for the American market - translations and the like, not sure what happened directly after then...

Ah they went Japanese in 1984 after the videogame crash, apparently - Thanks Sixtoe!

http://www.system16.com/sega_history.php

nah sega was japanese long long before that
david rosen set sega up in 1948 or 58 ( im a bit fuzzy on the date ) as service and games and a pinabll machine and juekbox importer in hawaii
he moved the company to japan in the 60's

sega disintegrated around 2001 and was only saved because f a 700 million cash influx by one of its board members left to them on his death bed

sega and sammy merged in 2004

but the exit from the hardware market signalled the end of the sega we all known and love

Wow Rosen is 84 and still alive, according to Wikipedia!
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rosen_(business]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rosen_(business[/url])

sometimes i wonder what he thinks how his company was handled
and mis handled

I'd say Sega was going down way before 2001.

I like this interview as it points out everything that went wrong with Sega: http://www.gamestm.co.uk/uncategorised/behind-the-scenes-shining-force/

Ask to SEGA drm-free games here:
http://sgiz.mobi/s3/b30628954756

In addition to their older catalog of games, I think it would be a major victory if GOG could release some of SEGA's more recent titles. It might even attract other Japanese publishers like Square-Enix!

I don't think gog is concerned with getting new publishers right now. They're currently busy turning themselves into the cartoon network.

WUUT

Bold comment: if SEGA comes, better bring some SATURN and DREAMCAST games with them. Emulated to perfection ;P
Gimme my Saturn fighting games, 2d sidescrollers, gimme my Sega GT, my Shenmue, by Skies of Arcadia ;)

Been following the new releases lately? Gog front page looks like a giant advertisement for Toys R Us.