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Gold/Mining/Energy : GTR GROUP INC. (formerly Games Trader) TSE:GTR, AMEX:GIG -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Skipper who wrote (188)	1/5/2000 10:24:00 AM
From: Professor Dotcomm	Respond to of 290

Sega has just released its press release to business editors and High-Tech & Entertainment writers. It notes that the agreement with GTR Group Inc "is Sega's first such agreement regarding 3rd party peripheral devices for the Sega Dreamcast platform". The implications? I believe that 1998 statistics showed that for every $100 of consoles sold about $30 of peripherals were too. 2 of the 3 console makers also made a limited range of peripherals. (Sega was the exception). If you extrapolate Dreamcast sales to 2M units, you could come to something like an extra US$130M in GTR sales. However, funny things can happen walking to the forum. 1. How will Dreamcast fare in 2001 competing with PlayStationII and Dolphin? 2. This is not an exclusive - just the first such agreement. For example, I cannot possibly envisage Sega not licensing InterAct's Gameshark. Nevertheless, this is a compelling endorsement for GTR - probably their best to date. GTR, or rather Mad Catz, will have a year's experience producing for 128 bit machines before PlayStationII comes to USA in time for next Christmas - with whom, incidentally, they are also licensed.