Sega Poker Room

Sega?  A poker room?  It doesn’t sound right but it’s true.  Sega has launched a poker room.  It seems that everyone is jumping on the poker bandwagon these days and for good reason.  Poker is a big time business earning big time revenues.  Why wouldn’t a company like Sega that has always been Nintendo’s underling take first stab.  Sega is currently operating on the iPoker network so they will have little influence at this point on the rooms software but you have to feel they are getting their feet wet for something bigger.  How sweet would it be to play poker through a video game console on your TV?  How about a remote control specifically for poker that makes bouncing from table to table quicker and more effective than you can possibly be with a mouse?  It seems to me the sky is the limit for Sega or any other major gaming company.  The problem for Sega is that if they have any success whatsoever you would have to think that Nintendo and everyone else will do the same but better as usual.  However, maybe Nintendo or Sony wouldn’t touch poker because “gambling” might tarnish their already respectable image.  Sega has nothing to loose at this point.  I do not see any new Sega gaming console revolutionizing the market like the Nintendo Wii did.  Perhaps a new system specifically for poker that is not limited to Sega’s room but can support any poker room such as Full Tilt, etc…  Now this console would sell and sell in a big way.  I don’t think Sega will ever compete with the big gaming consoles like they sort of did in the past.  Lets face it they were always a step behind but they could be huge if they take this to the next level. 

Unfortunately Sega is not supporting US and Japan based players at this point in time, I feel they are not offering anything special yet anyways but big things are to come!