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To: MythMan who wrote (78010)	12/3/1999 5:03:00 PM
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Sega Tradestation Owners of Sega's Dreamcast consoles will be able to trade shares online in Japan from next month. The games company has tied up with the Japanese bank Nomura to offer the new service, the first of its kind. Dreamcast consoles already have Internet connections for games and now these can be adapted for trading, with a specially designed CD-Rom. Sega hopes to increase Dreamcast users through its online services, and expects these services to generate the bulk of its revenues within the next five years. Dreamcast was launched in Japan in November last year, and has since sold 1.7m units in Japan and the US, where it launched this month. More than 400,000 of the Japanese users already access the Internet via their consoles. The Dreamcast console is to be launched in Europe on October 14th. Its success is considered vital for the success of Sega, whose consoles were overtaken by rivals Nintendo and Sony. Sony's Playstation 2, due to be launched in March 2000, will have an Internet capability. news.bbc.co.uk