The Sega Channel

[onlyCOpunk]

Does anyone remember the Sega Channel? How great it was. Such a good concept.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I remember it but it never came to my area. I just read about it in EGM.

 

[KaOTiK]

I remember reading about it in EGM and/or other game mags as well. Never came to my area 🙁

 

[Tweak155]

No I don't. I remember the Nintendo channel though.

 

[lamedude]

I had a SNES but I had a friend with it. I remember the load times.

 

[onlyCOpunk]

Sadly I was a child so I don't remember the load times. Only the awesome fact that every month I would get so many new games to play.

 

[alangrift]

I had a SNES but I had a friend with it. I remember the load times.

Load times for current games are long too!

 

[exdeath]

Load times for current games are long too!

Throw away HDD, replace with SSD, install all games, /done.

 

[alangrift]

Throw away HDD, replace with SSD, install all games, /done.

SSD is super expensive in comparison though!

 

[smackababy]

Yeah such a great idea! That is why it failed. >_<

 

[cmdrdredd]

Yeah such a great idea! That is why it failed. >_<

A lot of good ideas are unworkable with current technology and never take off ad a result. Doesn't mean it wouldn't be cool if it worked.

 

[exdeath]

Yeah... XBL would have failed too if it was dial up modem only, a $300 add on, and ONLY supported by 2 games.

Stuff like Sega Channel and Sega CD pioneered the way to where we are now.

 

[ImpulsE69]

You mean like OnLive? 🙂

Sega channel was ahead of it's time, but I'm assuming it was more or less the answer to the Nintendo Satillite system in Japan. Maybe Sega thought it had a market here.