Sega times another go at broadband
Teams up with Acer and Softbank to service Japanese ISPs
Sega, Acer and Softbank have joined forces to distribute video games over broadband. The partnership will result in a new company, Xsido Corp., which will develop the technology and games and make it available to ISPs in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea to offer to their customers regardless of platform. ISPs will charge their customers to play the games at their own discretion. It sounds like a good bet for the companies involved, and with the proliferation of various DSL and cable technologies in Japan, perhaps the timing is finally right for Sega, who jumped the gun by a mile with Dreamcast…