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To: DiViT who wrote (39547)	4/1/1999 11:53:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Sega President Says Next Dreamcast Model to Feature DVD nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com April 1, 1999 (TOKYO) -- The next model of Sega Enterprises Ltd.'s Dreamcast game machine will feature DVD technology, Sega president Shoichiro Irimajiri said in a recent speech. The speech was given at a general meeting of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers held at Keio University's Hiyoshi Campus. Irimajiri's speech was entitled, "Home information terminals and next-generation game machines." He commented on the PlayStation 2 recently announced by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "Because Sony decided to make game machines a core business, the public now views game machines differently, and that has had a huge impact on the industry," Irimajiri said. He said that Sony's new PlayStation 2 will probably be priced around 50,000 yen to 60,000 yen (120.03 yen = US$1) because the microchip used by the new machine will be 2.5 times larger in size than the Dreamcast microchip. Also, he said that the next-generation Dreamcast will adopt a DVD-ROM device, thus hinting at a rivalry with the PlayStation 2. Irimajiri said that Sega is considering the use of a hard disk drive as an external storage device as well as the Zip drive of Iomega Corp. of the United States. (Nikkei Electronics)