Hello allow me to introduce myself, I currently work at a fairly large European publisher, I cannot reveal my name neither can I reveal the name of my employer.
After hearing the revelations of this website for almost 3 weeks I thought I'd drop by and let you in on further information.
SEGA has been actively courting 3rd party publishers since summer of last year. As of right now the vast majority of the industry's top 30 publishers are on board. The publisher that I work at has had early development kits since last December. I can confirm that the details found in Zach Morris's reveal are in fact correct, aside from the integrated storage. Zach stated that the system comes complete with 32GB SSD (Solid-State Drive), this is an error as the system's integrated storage is actually 8GB CF (Compact Flash). Maybe Zach's information is dated? Maybe at one time the system did indeed use 32GB SSD? then later downgraded? Aside from this tidbit everything else in his report is spot on.
I can also confirm that the name of the system has yet to be decided and that an initial target launch date is Q4 2010. However SEGA have made it clear that the date may slip to 2011 depending on how the competition maneuvers.
Regarding the company's recent financial picture, the reason the company saw a net loss in the fiscal year ending March 31 2009 and a $500M loss in the fiscal year ending March 31 2008 is because of the R&D that was required towards developing the platform. With all the heavy R&D completed, the company plans on returning to profitability next year.
If anyone has questions, I am willing to answer them.
