According to a former exec, Microsoft had strongly considered buying Sega before deciding to build the Xbox console by itself.
Joachim Kempin,the former vice president of Windows Sales at Microsoft, had this to say: "There were three companies at that point in time, I think this was [Sony,] Sega and Nintendo. There was always talk maybe we buy Sega or something like that; that never materialized. ... [ read the full article ]
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I think Sega would have been a good move for M$. I thought original Sega and genesis was a good console. Never got into dream cast though. Heck, I still like playing Coleco Vision now and then.
as a kid i borrowed a sega genesis from a m8 for a weekend and it was decent back in the early 90s.the dream cast had the best graphics from all the sega's but it was boring.
custom built gaming pc from early 2010,ps2 with 15 games all original,ps3 500gbs with 5 games all original,yamaha amp and 5.1channel surround sound speakers,46inch sony lcd smart tv.
