{"id":596,"date":"2012-05-02T14:18:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T14:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/?p=596"},"modified":"2012-05-02T10:25:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T14:25:23","slug":"this-is-why-i-miss-sega-being-in-the-hardware-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/this-is-why-i-miss-sega-being-in-the-hardware-race\/","title":{"rendered":"This is Why I Miss SEGA Being in The Hardware Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who else would&#8217;ve come up with such crazy tech, especially so far ahead of their competitors? Sure, they&#8217;re still technically in the arcade hardware business, but that industry is a shadow of what it once was. Without a home console, SEGA can&#8217;t bring cutting-edge tech like 3D glasses to home audiences, a&#8217;la <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/-DTpGqrCg5U\" target=\"_blank\">the most awesome game to play when drunk ever made<\/a>?<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att\">\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/kotaku\/full\/~3\/wb6ev45lM1s\/sega-debuts-the-worlds-first-hologram-video-game\" target=\"_blank\">Sega Debuts the World&#8217;s First Hologram Video Game<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-img\" style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/kotaku\/full\/~3\/wb6ev45lM1s\/sega-debuts-the-worlds-first-hologram-video-game\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&amp;gadget=a&amp;resize_h=100&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.gawkerassets.com%2Fimg%2F17lc4u3jwxij1jpg%2Foriginal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-txt\">We&#8217;ve looked at Sega&#8217;s pioneering role in the world of 3D gaming before here on Total Recall, but only briefly stopped on Time Traveler, one of the company&#8217;s two and only attempts at holographic, 3D a&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-backlink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110201780316922068503\/posts\/Jm3Xcq29F26\" target=\"_blank\">This was posted on Google+\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H4>Related Awesome<\/H4><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"How to Save the Wii U, in 3 Simple Steps\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/how-save-wii-u-3-simple-steps\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to Save the Wii U, in 3 Simple Steps<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Donglegate Should Be About Common Courtesy, Not Sexism\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/donglegate-common-courtesy-sexism\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Donglegate Should Be About Common Courtesy, Not Sexism<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"The Case for Dropping the WWW From URLs in Advertising\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/dropping-www\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Case for Dropping the WWW From URLs in Advertising<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who else would&#8217;ve come up with such crazy tech, especially so far ahead of their competitors? 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