[The Game Business] “Reviving Sega will be the greatest achievement in my career” - Sega President Shuji Utsumi
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March Climber
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I feel like people apply Sonic Team's incompetence to modern Sega as a whole, which feels unfair.
Their current leadership started an initiative to revive legacy I.P.
It's at least worth a shot
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Fat Frog
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Indeed, if you look the new Virtua Fighter concept video, you'll notice it's an extremely innovative project...I feel like people apply Sonic Team's incompetence to modern Sega as a whole, which feels unfair.
Their current leadership started an initiative to revive legacy I.P.
It's at least worth a shot
Plus, the new Sega direction even managed to clean the mess at Sonic Team:
Shadow Generations is glorious and according to all previews, Sonic Crossworlds is an excellent Kart Racer.
(Utsumi produced this rebirth by merging Sonic Team with arcade elite teams... )
Fat Frog
I advertised for Google Stadia
I don't think releasing a new Sega console would be a great idea but... it's hard to deny there is a window:Xbox had to fall so Sega could rise from the ashes.
The ground will shake from the rushing attack of green rats.
- Microsoft is full multiplatform.
- Sony is snoozing hard: Where are the usual cutting edges exclusives? GOW? Uncharted?
There is room for a console or handheld that offers something else than Last of US 2 Remaster...
StreetsofBeige
Member
I havent even watched the video except the first couple mins the host shows the chart of Sega systems.
But Bloomberg business TV had a Sega segment in the middle of the night when they'd be chatting Asia/international news. But I went to bed a few hours before it came on. Here it is though. Same Sega guy.
But Bloomberg business TV had a Sega segment in the middle of the night when they'd be chatting Asia/international news. But I went to bed a few hours before it came on. Here it is though. Same Sega guy.
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Geometric-Crusher
"Nintendo games are like indies, and worth at most $19" 🤡
I had posted about this but with video it's better
saintjules
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What is the reason this hasn't existed yet? Same reason as Legend of Dragoon?
Fat Frog
I advertised for Google Stadia
Sega has renewed its trademark for Skies of Arcadia | VGC
Skies of Arcadia hasn’t seen a re-release since a 2002 GameCube port…
www.videogameschronicle.com
(let's hope it's not only for gamecube emulation on the crappy NSO...)
j0hnnix
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Although it presents an enticing opportunity, I am skeptical that Sega would be inclined to enter the console gaming market. Presently, Sony holds a commanding position, while Nintendo maintains a consistent presence. It would be arduous for Sega to withdraw their games from the market to re-establish exclusivity, but it would undoubtedly be an intriguing development. Notably, If Microsoft supports Sega.
Geometric-Crusher
"Nintendo games are like indies, and worth at most $19" 🤡
Sonic frontiers and Sonic racing ?
Total War ?
Alien ?
world drivers championship ?
Angry birds ?
Hatsune Miku ?
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Sonic - been mediocre since dreamcast without the sales that a mainstream mascot character would bring.
Total War - that has juice but its pc maybe we'll get some console support some day.
Alien - they haven't used this in forever might as well lump it up with their legacy stuff
Word driver championship - wtf is this? Is it one of those euro rally games? I see old ass driveclub and asetto corva get talked about more in racing game threads.
Angry birds - is that even popular on mobile anymore?
Hatsune miku - seems to have its following
Anthony Soprano
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Seems like he has no idea how much ball sweat has been poured out by PC gamers on private servers for Phantasy Star Online. Imagine being SEGA, sitting on a goldmine franchise and letting it surmount to nothing more than a gatcha button masher in PSO2. But then also complaining that GAAS is tricky.
Consoles can't offer a unique stuff anymore, this guy is living in his own fantasy land despite admitting that nostalgia is a slippery slope in the same interview. The result is a big nothing burger and future products that will probably be akin to the shit sandwiches Nintendo have been serving up when they sell out like Apple and hype up half baked experiences.
Geometric-Crusher
"Nintendo games are like indies, and worth at most $19" 🤡
Have you ever done any study on how much a franchise needs to sell to make a console viable?
The Playstation is a juggernaut , Nintendo too but Nintendo fluctuates more. So they have many franchises that sell over 10M, but my goal is to show the minimum quota. If we use flopped consoles like the Dreamcast, we will see that only one game surpassed 2M, but if we use the original Xbox, we will see that the average first-party sales are similar to what Sega has today. However, new IPs emerge throughout a generation, such as Sonic, Splatoon or Horizon Zero Dawn.
Sega's position to re-enter the market is more comfortable now than it was in 1988. I don't need to have been born before 1988 to know that Mario was popular but Shinobi, Super Thunderblade and Altered Beast were games whose popularity came from the technological power of the arcade. The mere suggestion that such games had greater penetration than Persona, Alien Isolation and Total War have today is refuted by the facts.
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Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Sega and Steam should team up and release the Sega Steamcast and I would be there day 1.
Radical_3d
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I think you misread who I said they were incompetent.I feel like people apply Sonic Team's incompetence to modern Sega as a whole, which feels unfair.
Their current leadership started an initiative to revive legacy I.P.
It's at least worth a shot
Fat Frog
I advertised for Google Stadia
New Sega console or not (probably not), Atlus will avenge Sega by crushing Final Fantasy in the next generation 
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(Persona 5R reached 10 million units and is still growing at a steady rythm while Final Fantasy 16 struggle to equal FF15 due to bad exclusice choices...)
The Saturn had a great destiny in Asia ...until Final Fantasy 7.
. (Persona 5R reached 10 million units and is still growing at a steady rythm while Final Fantasy 16 struggle to equal FF15 due to bad exclusice choices...)
The Saturn had a great destiny in Asia ...until Final Fantasy 7.
Geometric-Crusher
"Nintendo games are like indies, and worth at most $19" 🤡
Border Break, is this game worth it?
it was a hit in the arcade last decade.
it was a hit in the arcade last decade.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.001
Ha.
Sega means a lot to people, genesis was a lot of fun.
Sega means a lot to people, genesis was a lot of fun.
DreamcastSkies
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I have no idea how Atlus will live up to expectations with Persona 6. 5 has been such a huge success.