Dreamcast Delays Down Under

If you happen to be one of our readers from Australia or New Zealand, we have some bad news to report: The Dreamcast has been delayed. Originally due for release at the end of September, this date has now been pushed back one month until the end of October. Steve O' Leary spoke on behalf of Sega Ozisoft, citing the machine's Internet capabilities as the culprit for the setback.

"Australia and New Zealand are in a unique situation where their telecommunications system is different from the UK, Europe and Japan, so additional modifications have to be made to the browser disc to ensure that the console is fully Internet compatible day 1."

In addition to making sure that the console will be Internet compatible at launch, Steve also pointed out that Ozisoft most definitely wanted to have at least 10 games available from at launch, with new software being released every week up until Christmas.

Bearing all of that in mind, it does seem to be for the best. As for the American and European markets, their releases are still pencilled in for the 9th and 23rd of September respectively. Once dates for the Australian and New Zealand debuts are revealed, we'll let you know.

-- Matthew Langan, IGNDC

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Dreamcast Delays Down Under

Sega fans in Australia and New Zealand are not going to like this one!