Season 5: Episode 23 - "Are Xbox The New Sega? The Truth Behind The Move to Third Party"

Sega turned 65 years old recently. To celebrate, Dan the Mega Driver and James the SEGAHolic are joined by Sega Lord X to discuss the legendary companies journey through the decades.

Sega has been making games for 65 years now, but what year was their best? That's what the SEGAGuys discuss, as James and Dan are joined by Bedgell and Dibbs from Gaming for Ages, where they pick four of Sega's most iconic gaming years, and discuss which was the greatest Sega era.

Is the future of gaming present in the hobby's past? James and Dan lament the state of modern gaming, and discuss whether it's the currently thriving retro scene where the true excitement lies.

The SEGAGuys have been making podcasts for over 5 years now! To celebrate, Dan and James revisit their original discussion, and decide once and for all whether the Saturn or the Dreamcast presented Sega's creative peak.

With Shenmue recently withing a BAFTA award for the most influential videogame of all time, Sega Lord X joins The Mega Driver and The SEGAHolic to discuss what other games influenced the industry and came from Sega.

Since its unveiling, the Dreamcast was a machine many percieved as one of great promise and potential, but it's short lifespan meant we never got to see what it was capable of. Now, thanks to some impossible ports, are homebrew developers revealing the true power of Sega's final console?

In this podcast, The Mega Driver and The SEGAholic discuss Sega's output on PlayStation 2, how it fared against the PS2's competitors, the exclusive Japanese titles and their meories with one of gaming's most iconic and greatest selling systems.

The Astro City Mini launched in late 2020 as part of Sega's 60th Anniversary celebrations. The last truly "new" mini Sega released, it played host to a number of titles that never came home, and a supposedly perfect conversion of Virtua Fighter. Did it deliver, four years on, when the SEGAGuys got their units?

"Xbox is the new Sega" is what many are saying as Microsoft turns their attentions to third party publishing. But how true is that statement? Dan and James discuss the parallels between the green brand and the legendary Sega Enterprises.

Surely the SEGAGuys have done a Shenmue podcast before? Actually, we haven't so, finally, Dan the Mega Driver and James the SEGAHolic discuss Yu Suzuki's legendary franchise, it's legacy, what hope it has for a future.