Originally posted by jbeedham:
<STRONG>SNK just needs to pull a Sega move. Just focus on software and forget about making systems. [...] </STRONG>
Well, consider the advantages other companies would have with 3D environments and developement. Sega could do this because they have a successful 3D arcade board and are experienced with texture mapping, environment shading, bump-mapping, real-time blending, etc. pp., but not SNK, it would be a whole new world for them.
The world of modern casual gaming, with all its 3D stuff, is very different from anything 2D, specially in terms of developement. You need very expensive, very powerful hard and software, and a lot more people. That would mean for SNK to do some serious fund raising, which may be difficult in their current state.
I think they should make the DC the NeoCD of now and port all their top games to it, without any moves towards 3D. Perhaps that would prolong the live of DC and would support both SNK and Sega.
Let's see how MOTW performs (financially) on DC...