The Dreamcast is Still Dead

00_NOP writes "Dreamcast lovers' hopes were raised earlier this month when it came to light that Sega had extended trade mark protection on the console's name. But hopes have now been dashed that we'll ever see another Dreamcast console, as even GameDaily's optimistic take on Sega's motivation makes clear. 'SEGA has no plans to get back into the hardware business, but we also want to protect our past and current brands. The trademark application was filed to protect our current and potential future use of the word DREAMCAST and to prevent other parties from using it in a way that could be confused or linked with SEGA.'"

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[Le Jimmeh]

Dead people are still dead. While a shock, scientists revealed today that previously dead people are still dead. More at 6.

Make this a daily update

[Sciros]

Just so we're "in the know" on the livelihood of Dreamcast. Also please have daily updates on how dead the Sega Saturn is, how dead Asheron's Call servers are, how dead Betamax is, how dead the musket is, and finally how dead Van Damme's career is.

Re:That's just what they *want* you to think...

[ByOhTek]

More likely they are just saving the IP for a download-and-play on the Nintendo Yoo (successor to the Wii) out in 2012...

Apple project dashed

[techpawn]

Well, they already do PodCasts... Why not beam them to you directly while you sleep? But, now they can't call them DREAMcasts...

Re:Make this a daily update

[wcbarksdale]

But what about Generalissimo Francisco Franco?

Re:That's just what they *want* you to think...

[InfinityWpi]

No, I think you had it right the first time.

Re:Make this a daily update

[Chris Burke]

how dead the musket is, and finally how dead Van Damme's career is.

I hear both are doing quite well thanks to historical reenactments. Though the version of The Battle of Bunker Hill featuring Van Damme features more kicking than I think the historical record shows, but most people can accept the embellishment for the sake of improved drama.

Re:How philosophical...

[Mike Buddha]

Really, can something be dead which never lived?

How do you kill that which has no life?

python

[tute666]

It is an ex-console

Re:Make this a daily update

[geminidomino]

Translation:

Asheron's Call is still alive and well.

Some fanboys haven't abandoned our piñata-simulator for the newer, more popular ones.

We may be a more intimate community than before,

Plenty of cyber-sex0ring in the ghost-town that is the online world.

but there's still plenty of fun to be had in the game.

"I'm a mac, and I'm a PC"...

It's not like we've removed content, just added new content.

Meet the new quests, same as the old quests.

Go resub and try some of the old quests for nostalgia's sake, or run some of the newer content for a change of pace.

For the love of gods, we're starving. We need your money! PLEASE! We're even cheaper than WoW!