Furthermore, its clock-eating running attack ultimately took over the game late and snuffed out any hopes of a late Giants rally. Defense and ball-control offense won the Super Bowl. Forty-one points were scored last night, and only seven of them came via a touchdown pass. I hope this lesson isn t lost on sports game developers. Too many sports games are dominated by offensive shootouts that put a premium on scoring.
Realism can be fun, too.
After years of hemorrhaging money from its hardware division, Sega is re-focusing to be a software company and leave the hardware battles to others. Reportedly, they will continue to support and develop software for the console and currently have more than 100 games in the pipeline. Furthermore, Sega is looking to license the Dreamcast architecture to other manufacturers, who may create Dreamcast-enabled hardware, including the possibility of DVD players or PC cards. Finally, Sega is expected to develop games for other platforms, including former rivals Sony and Nintendo. The stock market and financial world was delighted by Sega s decision to effectively kill the Dreamcast, but hard-core gamers were stunned and unsure what to make of the development.