Sega.com

Founded: 2000-04^[1]

Defunct: 2003-09-16^[2]

Merged into: Nokia

Headquarters:

San Francisco, California, United States

Sega.com, Inc. (not to be confused with Sega's official website) was a company owned by Sega of America established to handle Sega's online presence in the United States. It was established in April 2000.^[1]

Sega.com was responsible for many online and communications projects during the early 2000s. It had a hand in maintaining the Sega Dreamcast Web Browser.^[3]

The company was initially established to manage SegaNet; a Sega-manged internet service provider tailored for use with the Sega Dreamcast. SegaNet was designed to provide responsive online gaming low bandwidth internet connections (typically users hooked up to 56kb/s dial-up modems) - Sega.com would later use this technology to develop Sega Network Application Package (SNAP), bringing the benefits to other platforms (including the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube.^[4])

In December 2000 Sega.com acquired online entertainment company FamilyWonder, Inc.^[5] Sega.com also found itself establishing a mobile device division, Sega Mobile in 2002. From 2001-2003, Sega.com also operated SEGA's official website.

While its operations were based predominantly in the US, it was quick to establish an Asian division in Hong Kong^[6] which attempted to bring online Dreamcast services to non-Japanese markets in the region.

Nokia announced it would acquire Sega.com in August 2003^[7], completing on 16th September^[2], with Sega.com's SNAP technology being integrated into the N-Gage. Sega Mobile continued to operate as a separate venture within Sega, and operations of the Sega website went to Sega of America itself.

Softography

Dreamcast

PlayStation 2

NBA 2K3 (2002)

GameCube

NBA 2K3 (2002)

Xbox

NBA 2K3 (2002)

Windows PC

Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2 (2001)
Legacy Online (2003)

List of staff

References

Timeline of Sega of America research and development divisions
86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sega Technical Institute Sonic Team USA Sega Studios USA Sonic Studio Product Development Team Sega Multimedia Studio Sega Music Group Sega InterActive Sega Midwest Studio Sega Away Team SegaSoft Sega.com

[Press_release:_2000-04-04:_Sega_Announces_Formation_of_New_Company.2C_Sega.com.2C_Inc.-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Press release: 2000-04-04: Sega Announces Formation of New Company, Sega.com, Inc.

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20030923073537.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fpress.nokia.com.2FPR.2F200309.2F918198_5.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 http://press.nokia.com/PR/200309/918198_5.html (Wayback Machine: 2003-09-23 07:35)

[Press_release:_2000-05-11:_Sega.com_Introduces_New_Site_Browser-3] Press release: 2000-05-11: Sega.com Introduces New Site Browser

[Press_release:_2002-12-03:_Sega.com_to_Provide_Network_Multiplay_Solution_for_Nintendo_GameCube_and_PlayStation_2_Developers-4] Press release: 2002-12-03: Sega.com to Provide Network Multiplay Solution for Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 Developers

[Press_release:_2000-12-06:_Sega.com_Acquires_FamilyWonder_Inc.-5] Press release: 2000-12-06: Sega.com Acquires FamilyWonder Inc.

[Press_release:_2000-04-26:_Sega.com_Opens_Hong_Kong_Office-6] Press release: 2000-04-26: Sega.com Opens Hong Kong Office

[Press_release:_2003-08-19:_NOKIA_AND_SEGA_REACH_AGREEMENT_ON_THE_TRANSFER_OF_SELECT_SEGA.COM_LEADING_TECHNOLOGY-7] Press release: 2003-08-19: NOKIA AND SEGA REACH AGREEMENT ON THE TRANSFER OF SELECT SEGA.COM LEADING TECHNOLOGY

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