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[Geometric-Crusher]

Sega has shown disappointment with the performance of its franchises, including Sonic Racing Crossworlds, which sold only 1 million copies. On the other hand, we know that a new Sonic game is being made, perhaps Sega's most expensive game to date.

Sega has been increasing investment in its games, however, this investment is not showing up. I mean, Sonic Crossworlds runs on the Nintendo Switch, Like a Dragon is doing a remaster of a remaster.

Super Game had an estimated release date of March 2026. Well, there won't be a release in March, after all, you can't launch a game without proper marketing, especially since it cost around 1 billion dollars.

So, is Super Game dead after all ?

 

[Deerock71]

Sega has a billion dollars?

 

[diffusionx]

Wasn't it Hyenas

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

1 billion for a sonic game??

 

[Mr Hyde]

Super Game is Shenmue 4: Electric Boogaloo.

 

[IAmRei]

maybe sonic AAA with realistic fur and hours long cutscene? uhg, i don't wish so

 

[poppabk]

Where is this billion dollar Super game information coming from?

 

[Mr_JPF]

Sega has a billion dollars?

More like Sega had a billion dollars. They wasted 100 million on Hyenas, 800 million on buying Rovio, and lost another 200 million because of Rovio being a complete failure of a company :

 

[Montauk]

AAA, R-rated Shadow the Hedgehog game where he is extremely edgy and visibly well hung.

 

[Roman Empire]

Only expensive game that we know of Sega that was totally canned is Hyenas. Idk how much it cost Sega but it was rumored to be way above US$200 million.

 

[Little Mac]

Any chance it's Golden Axe? Please …

 

[poppabk]

More like they had a billion dollars. They wasted 100 million on Hyenas, 800 million on Rovio, and lost another 200 million because of Rovio being a complete failure of a company :

I'm pretty sure the 200 million would be a write down on Rovio so you can't really combine the two figures.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Where is this billion dollar Super game information coming from

$800 million and it was a 'maybe':

Article:

In the company's annual report published this week, parent company Sega Sammy said it would consider investing up to ¥100.0 billion ($882 million) over the next five years to achieve its 'super game' ambitions.

Source: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-could-spend-1bn-on-its-super-game-including-studio-acquisitions/

"Super Games" Interview | SEGA Careers Site｜SEGA CORPORATION

This is the recruitment site for new graduates, mid-career and part-time employees of SEGA CORPORATION.

www.sega.co.jp

 

[poppabk]

$800 million and it was a 'maybe':

Article:

In the company's annual report published this week, parent company Sega Sammy said it would consider investing up to ¥100.0 billion ($882 million) over the next five years to achieve its 'super game' ambitions.

Source: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-could-spend-1bn-on-its-super-game-including-studio-acquisitions/

"Super Games" Interview | SEGA Careers Site｜SEGA CORPORATION

This is the recruitment site for new graduates, mid-career and part-time employees of SEGA CORPORATION.

www.sega.co.jp

Ok so it isn't one super game but a 'super games' initiative investing across multiple titles, which makes more sense.

 

[Mr_JPF]

Originally the 1 billion $ they wasted on Hyenas and Rovio was going to be used to build a Casino Resort in Yokohama Japan . Sega really wanted to enter the Casino business, unfortunately for them the GigaChad Mayor of Yokohama city is an anti gambling hardliner and basically said no gambling whores in my city, so then they spent the 1 billion $ on those moronic ventures

SEGA Sammy is looking to build a casino resort in Yokohama, Japan

The SEGA people knew and loved in the 80s and 90s had a bit of a makeover after 2001. Following the demise of the Dreamcast (and honestly earlier than that), SE

www.megavisions.net

Yokohama to withdraw from casino resort race in Japan - Games Magazine Brasil

New Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka said that the city will withdraw its candidacy to become one of three Japanese cities to host an Integrated Resort casino in a devastating blow to Genting Singapore and its partner Sega Sammy. “We will promptly move forward the withdrawal procedures,” said in...

www.gamesbras.com

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Any chance it's Golden Axe? Please …

That was teased in the Sega hype trailer from a few years ago.

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

Sega has a billion dollars?

As for investment, we plan to invest a total of ¥250.0 billion ( $1.6 billion ) in the Consumer area, Gaming area, and other growth areas by the fiscal year ending March 2026.

These are the words spoken by the CEO in 2022.

 

[Germuso]

There are no good 3d Sonic.

Let a indie dev Make splatterhouse

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

There are no good 3d Sonic.

Let a indie dev Malena splatterhouse

Shadows Generations disagrees with you.

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

Regardless if this mythical billion dollars was wasted or comes out. I always thought it was the Crazy Taxi service game. Maybe it was Hyenas.

If I was Nintendo, i would strongly consider acquiring Sega/Atlus. It makes the most sense of any strategic acquisition Nintendo could do big or small. Excluding Camelot or Intelligent Systems.

What Nintendo and Sega could do together in console gaming, pc gaming, mobile and iPad gaming, educational gaming would be unmatched for at least a generation.

Other than shooters and sports, it would solve every genre issue Nintendo has.

$4 Billion seems like a steal compared to what some other companies have costed to be acquired since this all began with Bethesda.

 

[Mownoc]

There was no single "super game" costing them this much money. The Super Game Initiative comprises multiple titles with them previously planning to release the first title in this initiative by March 31st 2026.

Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi are both part of this super game initiative, among others. They have not spent $1 billion making a single game.

Sega says its 'Super Game' project is actually multiple AAA titles

Sega has revealed that its 'Super Game' might use NFTs — and it's not just one game.

www.engadget.com

 

[Mr_JPF]

As for investment, we plan to invest a total of ¥250.0 billion ( $1.6 billion ) in the Consumer area, Gaming area, and other growth areas by the fiscal year ending March 2026.

These are the words spoken by the CEO in 2022.

A billion + has already been flushed down the toilet, so the remaining 500 million are probably being used to fund all the reboots and sequels for the classic IPs ( Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Shinobi etc ).

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

Sonic
Golden Axe
JSR
Streets of Rage
Crazy Taxi
Alien Isolation 2
Persona 6
Virtua Fighter 6
Stranger than heaven
and maybe Skies of Arcadia, Altered Beast.

That's a lot of games, and I haven't even mentioned Total War Warhammer
Sega is suffering because it wants to.

 

[Deerock71]

As for investment, we plan to invest a total of ¥250.0 billion ( $1.6 billion ) in the Consumer area, Gaming area, and other growth areas by the fiscal year ending March 2026.

These are the words spoken by the CEO in 2022.

This was going through my head when I typed that:

 

[Magic Carpet]

How many Sonic movies can they make with 1 Billion dollars?

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

It's really funny how they almost had their own Concord but wisely canceled it.

 

[yurinka]

Sega has shown disappointment with the performance of its franchises, including Sonic Racing Crossworlds, which sold only 1 million copies. On the other hand, we know that a new Sonic game is being made, perhaps Sega's most expensive game to date.

Sega has been increasing investment in its games, however, this investment is not showing up. I mean, Sonic Crossworlds runs on the Nintendo Switch, Like a Dragon is doing a remaster of a remaster.

Super Game had an estimated release date of March 2026. Well, there won't be a release in March, after all, you can't launch a game without proper marketing, especially since it cost around 1 billion dollars.

So, is Super Game dead after all ?

1 billion? Why not 1 trillion?

It's impossible that Sega would spend $1B in a single game. Where is the direct source of Sega explicitly saying they'll spend $1B in a single game?

By saying "super game" pretty likely they meant "big AAA GaaS title", which in their context may cost them around $150-$200M maybe, which is way more than usual for them. With a billion they would have budget for like half a dozen of them.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

maybe sonic AAA with realistic fur and hours long cutscene?

Metal Gear Sonic?

 

[Signalis]

Originally the 1 billion $ they wasted on Hyenas and Rovio was going to be used to build a Casino Resort in Yokohama Japan . Sega really wanted to enter the Casino business, unfortunately for them the GigaChad Mayor of Yokohama city is an anti gambling hardliner and basically said no gambling whores in my city, so then they spent the 1 billion $ on those moronic ventures

SEGA Sammy is looking to build a casino resort in Yokohama, Japan

The SEGA people knew and loved in the 80s and 90s had a bit of a makeover after 2001. Following the demise of the Dreamcast (and honestly earlier than that), SE

www.megavisions.net

Yokohama to withdraw from casino resort race in Japan - Games Magazine Brasil

New Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka said that the city will withdraw its candidacy to become one of three Japanese cities to host an Integrated Resort casino in a devastating blow to Genting Singapore and its partner Sega Sammy. “We will promptly move forward the withdrawal procedures,” said in...

www.gamesbras.com

Makes sense, as 99% of gambling is illegal in Japan

 

[Sticks]

Fat Frog letting Sega down again

 

[IAmRei]

Metal Gear Sonic?

that's good pun sir, thanks : ))
hmm, i think maybe that genre crossing could work, maybe high speed stealth?

 

[Dacvak]

Sega has a billion dollars?

It makes me sad that companies like Bluepoint and Midsummer are closing, when assholes like Elon Musk have almost a trillion dollars.

 

[Spukc]

I would love sega to make a game like diablo 2
Like record of lodoss on the dreamcast

 

[cireza]

Like record of lodoss on the dreamcast

Awesome game !

 

[Markio128]

It was a game based on the Adam's Family called Wednesday.

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

It's impossible that Sega would spend $1B in a single game. Where is the direct source of Sega explicitly saying they'll spend $1B in a single game ?

I agree, in my opinion, despite Sega calling it a Super Game, it's actually not a game. My guess is that it's a Game Gear 2, a handheld as powerful as the PS6-portable And perhaps those 12 games I listed above are its games.

 

[user friendly]

Probably just the marketing budget for the next sonic game that ties into the next film.

 

[uncreativename]

Obviously they're investing 500mil each into Jet Set Radio 3 and Medieval Total War 3 :].

Right??

 

[xenosys]

Probably Sonic-related.

They aren't going to drop that sort of funding for anything else in their stable.