anything new on the power vr front ?

[Brimstone]

I don't see why SEGA's possible future would have anything to do, what Microsoft intends to do with it's next generation console.

If ImgTec has or will have an according IP design, Microsoft could approach them without the need for any intermediate third parties.

Has Microsoft yet reached a decision yet wether they'll produce a next generation console or not? I heard Huang raising some indirect doubts about the profitability of such a design, especially under the expected potentiality of PS3.....



edit: typos

I don't think there is any direct connection, but certainly very intresting history between the companies. Dreamcast had a Microsoft OS and the Power VR chip. The person that was in charge of America's Sega division now works for Microsoft. Sega's arcade hardware utilizes Power VR chips. Microsoft and Sega have a chummy releationship via the X-Box, which at one point having bundled two Sega games.

 

[Simon F]

Dreamcast had a Microsoft OS

I think it would be more correct to say games had the option of using a Microsoft OS.

 

[Ailuros]

Brimstone,

Sammy has licenced MBX too for handheld mobile gaming devices, where MBX can make use of quite a variety of software/OS's.

 

[Teasy]

Microsoft and Sega have a chummy releationship via the X-Box, which at one point having bundled two Sega games.

Appart from MS offering 2 Sega games with XBox MS and Sega don't seem particularly chummy. Sega has the same number of games on each of the three current consoles.

Sega seem to be more chummy with Nintendo right now. They've partnered with Nintendo for the Triforce arcade hardware (GameCube based). Also Sega were given the F-Zero licence by Nintendo. Giving out Nintendo only licences is something Nintendo does for companies its currently very friendly with.