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In article <407FE1A5.B568F7A9@nospam.com>,
Ted <nospamforted@nospam.com> wrote:
>Brian Osserman wrote:
>>
>> Ted <nospamforted@nospam.com> wrote:
>> >New Sega game on the DC called Moon to East, Sun to West to ship in
>> >June. Anyone know anything about it?
>> >http://www.ncsx.com/2004/ncs041204/ncs0412th.htm
>>
>> According to SoJ's site, it's by a company called Alchemist, is also
>> called Operation Sanctuary, and is a romance/adventure.
>
>I wonder why NCS says Sega is publishing it, or why Sega would publish
>that type of game from a third party all of a sudden...
Sega's published other companies' titles before, depending on availability
and region. From's 'Otogi' comes to mind immediately. It's not a big deal,
since all they're doing is taking advantage of existing distribution,
print and licensing agreements. Other people have done the same for Sega
when the situation arises; F355 Challenge comes to mind, since Acclaim
holds the exclusive video game rights to all of Ferrari's vehicle
likenesses in the United States.
I'm waiting for the day when video game development reaches the same kind
'critical mass' distribution that TV and print news media has... At that
point, instead of manufacturing discs and shipping them all over the
globe, developers would just transmit games electronically to a local
facility for printing and minting. That way, all games are 'published'
locally and all that really matters is who developed them. Creates jobs
close to home and makes it possible to meet demand on a regional level
more quickly. It also means that Vancouver doesn't sit on fifty-thousand
unsold copies of 'Seven Samurai 20XX' for eleven months.
-KKC, giving that idea up to the public domain for free. Not that
anybody's brave enough to make it happen...
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