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Shuji Utsumi has been appointed as President/COO and CEO of Sega America and Europe.

The change was announced by Sega’s parent company Sega Sammy on Wednesday.

Utsumi has had a storied career in the video game industry including being instrumental in the founding of Sony Computer Entertainment and launching the PlayStation in North America.

He also helped launch the Sega Dreamcast outside of Japan, and served as the executive producer of dozens of Sega’s classic hits.

Utsumi originally departed Sega in the early 2000s, where he went on to work at Disney Interactive. Utsumi is said to have been vital in bridging the gap between Disney and Square Enix to establish the Kingdom Hearts franchise.

Utsumi would then founded Q Entertainment with Tetsuya Mizuguchi, who he developed a relationship with during his time at Sega working on Rez.

Utsumi returned to Sega in 2020, serving as the CSO of Sega of Japan, as well as the general manager of Sega’s Game Contents & Service Business HQ. His most recent title was Co-COO, President of Consumer Game and Transmedia, Representative Director, CEO, Sega of America, Inc. Chairman, Sega Europe Ltd.

Sega appoints Dreamcast and PSOne veteran Shuji Utsumi as new Western boss | VGC

Utsumi was reportedly instumental in the creation of Kingdom…

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[Spyxos]

Dreamcast 2 when?

 

[Fake]

Hope they can turn this western shit mentality into something new and not crap.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Since he was the co-COO of Sega, this would be a demotion unless they are investing a lot into Sega USA. The PS4 and PS5 architect got his start at the Sega Technical Institute, they could be restarting that legacy.

 

[systemr123]

Dreamcast 2 when?

Please do it SEGA!!!!

 

[Papa_Wisdom]

Please do it SEGA!!!!

 

[NikuNashi]

Dreamcast 2 when?

MS go third party.
New SEGA console announcement.

 

[March Climber]

Dreamcast 2 when?

New SEGA console announcement.

At this point you’re better off building a Mini-ITX PC and slapping a Sega logo onto it.

 

[Papa_Wisdom]

At this point you’re better off building a Mini-ITX PC and slapping a Sega logo onto it.

Pretty much what I did with my Alienware alpha r2 loaded it with Saturn, Dreamcast model 2 / 3 arcade. Daytona 3, Outrun, Xenia with afterburner climax

 

[onQ123]

Sega watching from the shadows waiting for Xbox to bailout of the console business so they can release Dreamcast 2: Nightmare or New Genesis

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Utsumi-san's a good guy, and I fully trust him with this stuff. He was adamant about the importance of Sega's older IP, and is why we're getting all those new franchise entries they announced in December. I think Sega's in good hands.

 

[Soltype]

MS go third party.
New SEGA console announcement.

MS provides hardware, Sega provides the software, Dreamcast 2.

 

[jroc74]

MS go third party.
New SEGA console announcement.

All according to plan.

What a time to be alive.

 

[Kurimao]

what happened to Microsoft Wednesday?

 

[64bitmodels]

what happened to Microsoft Wednesday?

it's turning into Sega Wednesday. Sega will acquire the Xbox division & Microsoft Game Studios from MS for a measly 2 dollars on Wednesday. Believe!

 

[bender]

Sega watching from the shadows waiting for Xbox to bailout of the console business so they can release Dreamcast 2: Nightmare or New Genesis

Hopefully it supports Windows CE 8.0.

 

[BlackTron]

Well the dude is qualified.

 

[64bitmodels]

I wonder if people will be this attached to Xbox years after its gone.

 

[onQ123]

Hopefully it supports Windows CE 8.0.

Only Dreamcast owners will understand lol