Here’s an interesting look at Sega’s future direction over at Next Gen.

"We emerged from not being a hardware company to being a software company with a
lot of flamboyance but then maybe didn’t quite live up to expectation. We didn’t
really plan out our platform strategy widely enough."

I couldn’t agree more. They really seem to be picking up steam again though, can’t wait to see what they release in coming years. Oh, and there’s mention of a new Afterburner too - it’s about time!