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Rumor: Sega Europe about to close, no more Sega AAA, focusing on digital only
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Master Thespian
Member
As long as they manage to get the same graphic quality as the first game. Still salty about PSP getting the next two games, and never seeing that beautiful graphics engine again.
MisterHero
Super Member
Save PSO, Nintendo! 
evilromero
Member
Getting out of the hardware business seemed to work wonders.
LiquidSolid
Member
Fair enough. I think Platinum will be fine though, they're critically acclaimed enough to attract other publishers and if anything, maybe elsewhere they'll actually get some marketing support.
What you can be worried about however, is the future of the Bayonetta IP, as Sega still own it.
â Narayan
Member
Pretty sure this is only affecting Sega Europe. I highly doubt they'll stop distributing Sonic games and stuff like Virtua Fighter digitally.
Phonomezer
Banned
What the FUCK.
friskykillface
Banned
RIP Sega..........AAA games the end
Nintendo should buy Sega or at least buy the rights and properties of their franchises :O
i'd lol though if Shenmue and skies of arcadia made it to tablet/phone only instead of xbla/psn
the endNintendo should buy Sega or at least buy the rights and properties of their franchises :O
i'd lol though if Shenmue and skies of arcadia made it to tablet/phone only instead of xbla/psn
What..."AAA" games has the western side of Sega ever developed anyway? Aside from established franchises I mean.
It's true for (very) select markets...makes me think it might be more legal/regulatory/tax than anything else.
In any case, I don't thinkkkk sooo
PeakPointMatrix
Member
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
The original French article seemed to have been using the previous sentence as a base, then went into describing the last game by Creative Assembly, and then said that Sega will not be at Gamescom, so I assumed they were just talking about Sega Europe only. Or at least, the tone of article seemed to have been French/European-centric.
Ah well.
Ahahahaha, oh Shadi... exactly.ShadiWulf said:
Does Football Manager/Total War count?
Megadragon15
Member
I hate seeing Sega die twice, but they haven't been the same since they stopped producing consoles.
From how this is worded, we'll see one more title from Creative Assembly and then it's lights out for them?
TheSpoiler
Member
I wouldn't say that. Their fighting games have gotten better, Yakuza is better than Shenmue, they acquired some good devs to back (Platinum Games), and Sonic is finally sprinting out of that rough six year plus patch he was in.
They've had some dumb moments, but they've had a lot of good ones.
Snapshot King
Member
Well they don't seem to be publishing Anarchy Reigns at all, so if it's only between those two options...
SuperAngelo64
Banned
Something to think about for those not following PSO2:
This rumor of Sega going strictly digital has been floating around in the Phantasy Star community for a few months now.
Their strategy with PSO2 kind of reflects that;
-Free to download, free to play with cash shop
-Free to download PSN version for Vita
-iOS/Droid app with a single player version and way to chat with your PSO2 friendslist and manage your Auction House.
Basically, there have been rumors for quite awhile now that Sega is completely scrapping all game distribution and AAA development in the west, save for strictly digital sales.
There have also been rumors of Sega becoming more chummy with Valve. So for example... if something like Shenmue 3 was ever developed in Japan, it would most likely be localized and distributed strictly through Steam and PSN stateside.
This rumor of Sega going strictly digital has been floating around in the Phantasy Star community for a few months now.
Their strategy with PSO2 kind of reflects that;
-Free to download, free to play with cash shop
-Free to download PSN version for Vita
-iOS/Droid app with a single player version and way to chat with your PSO2 friendslist and manage your Auction House.
Basically, there have been rumors for quite awhile now that Sega is completely scrapping all game distribution and AAA development in the west, save for strictly digital sales.
There have also been rumors of Sega becoming more chummy with Valve. So for example... if something like Shenmue 3 was ever developed in Japan, it would most likely be localized and distributed strictly through Steam and PSN stateside.
BlackIronCount
Member
what will happen to FM and Total War series then? (the only 2 western sega published games i care)
so now SEGA will focus even more on their japanese developed games?
so now SEGA will focus even more on their japanese developed games?
and will probably have higher chance getting more of their japan only games localized?
Phonomezer
Banned
Will Microsoft finally step in and take over? Anyone? Jesus.
I need Phantasy Star V before I get old and die.
I need Phantasy Star V before I get old and die.
I remember when Sega first announced their hardware exit. People were saying that Sega would be the number one third party in the world and that EA would rue the day they decided to snub the Dreamcast.
I guess that hasn't worked out so well.
thisis all your guys fault for buying stupid playstation 2because of dumb hype and rubber ducky bull shit The Dreamcast had everything gaf saysthey want original titles and non sequals and this is how you return the favor. have fun with your go of war and the next uncharted that with still crud shooting and have fun with psn going down again over and over.
My excuses then. I concede the case.
(I honestly didn't expect it to ship so much, that is indeed quite impressive)
Guy Legend
Member
Game over....yeah...
Yes, I think the one thing the article makes clear is Creative Assembly's very last game will be presented at E3.
Just wondering though, what studios does Sega have in Europe? Creative Assembly and Sports Interactive? Is that it?
:-(
I only say it in the hope it wont come to that.
Holy shit! What will happen to Virtua Fighter? IOS only? Fuck man.
No. Still consoles, this is just Western developed stuff like Football Manager and Total War.
Sounds familiar...
To be fair, Sega did themselves no favors with the way they ran their hardware business after the Genesis.
â Narayan
Member
If the rest of Sega follows suit, Grounding Inc. needs to pick the Panzer Dragoon IP ASAP. Not that I'm hoping for this outcome, of course. I'm just saying.
TheNatural
My Member!
Wipe yourself off Sega.
You dead
You dead
SatelliteOfLove
Member
I repeat myself from the april news: WTF how bad a financial shape are they IN?!?!!
Fixed.
Fixed.
For Silent Hill HD Collection, they gave the team doing the porting beta versions of the games. This forced the port team to deal with bugs that had already been fixed on top of porting the games and new bugs they had encountered
For Blades of Time, there was a lot of fuckuppery concerning the game's release and availability. The games producer couldnt even find it in stores day of release. Konami of America didnt even acknowledge that game existed until three days after its release date
In fact, Konami seems content only pushing the big names like Castlevania, PES, Silent Hill, and Kojima's projects. They have plenty of other games coming out but they never market or mention them.
The idea that they'd push Platinum's games better than Sega did is laughable.
im very scared for these series
fixed for me ;-)