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Sega to cut 300 jobs (heavily arcade/pub staff), refocusing on digital/mobile/PC [Up]
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Sadly that ship sailed long time ago, when Sega got the rights for Miku games.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Re: Atlus, Sega-Sammy owns the company, not SEGA. Because SEGA's consumer division has no direct authority over Atlus, I don't believe this gutting and redirection will affect them (significantly anyway).
sechsterangriff
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If Valkyria Chronicles sold well it's actually something that wouldn't surprise me...
Back in 2001 it hurt a lot more. I was genuinely very sad
protomouse
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Fuck. Sega going third party has to be one of the worst developments in the history of the industry. I mean, look at their post-Dreamcast output in comparison. They fell from being a top dog console company, to becoming a third party publisher, to becoming a third party publisher that's mostly attached to mediocre Sonic games, and now this. Sadly, most of it was their own doing.
Risk Breaker
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SEGA gonna SEGA.
Silentium
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This looks more like SEGA rebalancing their business structure towards higher margin digital/mobile offerings (article highlights job losses relating to 'packaged' game software). With the success that EA is having with that style of operation, I bet many publishers are looking more towards that model.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
As a Sonic fan, I'm fine with them experiementing and failing (slightly in Heroes and Lost World, enormously in Sonic 2006, Black Knight and Boom) as long as they have great games in between. In particular, 2008-2011, where they had Unleashed, Colours and Generations (each quite different from the predecessor) proved that they can come up with fantastic games. They could go a safer route and just release a level pack for Sonic Generations every year, and while I'd certainly buy it every year, they'd probably run the franchise into the ground this way. So living with some bad games in between the gems is fine by me. Otherwise I'd not be a fan of Sonic, because experiments gone wrong have been part of the franchise from the beginning (Sonic Spinball, Sonic 3D Blast were on Mega Drive...).
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Jotamide
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U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Unleashed was them experimenting and failing hard dude. It had some good things going for it but it was buried under a mountain of shit. Mentioning it in the same breath as Colours or Generations feels insulting.
I wanted a Space Channel 5 Part 3
Nintendo should buy that IP. Space Channel 5 would be too "kiddy" for PS4/Bone.
SC5 on 3DS or Wii U? Count me in.
gamergirly
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Yeah Sonic, Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia. Whatever they can grab
Tizoc
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This is all that matters to me, imagine if SEGA managed to preserve many of their series and titles via Steam; Sakura Wars, Monkey Ball, Shenmue, Virtua Fighter, Yakuza, etc. all by offering the games on Steam....that'd be awesome.
funkystudent
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Why did Sega have to buy Atlus?
Yeah, Atlus and all the games developed in Japan should be more or less unaffected. it's the Western operations that seem to be the most affected, and with a focus that...I think was already established a year ago, at least? Heck, just yesterday SEGA announced Dengeki Bunko coming over here, retail in USA too, which is something I would have never expected. Like, at all. So, Japanese-esuqe SEGA should be fine.
Very sorry for all the lost jobs, though. That's a lot. ;_;
Very sorry for all the lost jobs, though. That's a lot. ;_;
Thats what I wonder. I dont see SoJ givin up making consoles games. I can totally see the trend of not releasing them in the west continue though...
SliceSabre
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What an evil edit. You're evil.
Orakio Rob
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The fall of the Dreamcast sent me on a retrogame-only mood for years, until I bought a Wii and an Xbox 360. I deeply miss the good old Sega
zerokoolpsx
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Bummer for all those that lost their jobs.
Just hope they don't do that to Atlus.
Just hope they don't do that to Atlus.
Dragon1893
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Wow. People really love to overreact.
This mostly concerns Sega of America, it's unrelated to Atlus.
This mostly concerns Sega of America, it's unrelated to Atlus.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
So how long until EA buys them like every other PC dev?
lol I love ryo as a personification of sega
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Feel insulted all you want, but the Sonic stages in Sonic Unleashed are among the best I have ever played (and I have played even obscure games like Knuckles Chaotix and Sonic for NGPC, so I do know quite a few Sonic levels), the ratings were reasonably difficult, the Werehog was unnecessary and way worse than Sonic himself, but still well-executed and the overworld was the best in Sonic yet, though I prefer games without one. So we have outstanding Sonic gameplay with great level design and mechanics, at a perfect difficulty with some weaker, yet still enjoyable other content. Unleashed, Generations and Kameo are my three favourite PS360 games, so I absolutely disagree with the notion of Unleashed being an example of failing hard.
Orniletter
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Sony is absolutely not in the right shape to buy a 2000+ employees corporation.
What was the budget of freaking Sonic Boom that it would offset Alien Isolation?
FaintDeftone
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Shenmue 3
Deadpool_X
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Nintendo to buy the Bayonetta IP in 3...2...1...
Auto-Reply
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Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
They've said this "refocus" stuff so many times, and now its just an excuse line to roll out around 300 job losses. They're legit dying at this point and its just a polite way of "explaining" the cutbacks with a positive plan for the future rather than just stating the"we're totally fucked" reality.
Not sure if the company has 5 years left in it, let alone another decade.
Not sure if the company has 5 years left in it, let alone another decade.
Atlus only has 121 employees according to the Wiki.
This indicates they are closing the the SF office only to move to SoCal. I wonder why? Do they already have operations in SoCal? Cheaper to do business down there? That SF office couldnt have been cheap...visited once.
Tizoc
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The Sonic games sold well on Nintendo Wii which was stated by SEGA Themselves multiple times. Sonic Generations and Sonic Racing Transformed were well recieved too. It's just their 2 recent games that didn't do good, though I think at least Sonic LW sold well?
Mind you you'd have to actually play the games themselves to give them proper judgement. I found Sonic LW 3DS to have good ideas but weak execution, the game was just boring for me.
What baffles me though is that Bayo 2 was in development for what 2+ years? Sonic Boom was in development for a similar amount of time, but seems some stuff went south during development/with the team working on the Wii U game.
Nintendo should seize the opportunity and buy them. Or at least get a hold of some of those IPs like Sonic, Bayonetta, and Skies of Arcadia. It's going to suck if all these IPs with potential for great games just die with this turn of events. I'd love to see Nintendo EAD develop a Sonic game.
Sorry for those 300 who lost their jobs.
Sorry for those 300 who lost their jobs.
Hero of Legend
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*high fives* Completely agreed. Come on Nintendo, don't let Sonic go down with Sega, you obviously think of him extremely highly to crossover with Mario and be in Smash!
DO IT!
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