Sega's arcade pie, however, is Sega's alone, and while Sega may get Nacmo's support, Sony won't get Sega's. Speaking of companies wanting their share, EA may want theirs. This is certainly going to be noticed by EA, a company that has been pondering whether or not DC is a safe bet. With a likely 2 million DC owners by the end of January or February, EA just may see the pie that Namco went back for. Perhaps they won't.
Lets look at a worst case scenario.
Sega has to try to exist without Madden, and NBA Live, and EA NHL Hockey. 2K and NBA 2K are much better than the two most recent EA efforts. True, EA has other things besides sports, but lets face it, Sports are what have built EA's reputation, and its not like Sega has only Sports games either. Two other platforms, the PC and the upcoming X Box, also use this format. When a company could convert a game easily to function on 3 platforms and take that much market share, there is little reason not to.