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[On Demand]

So what happens to CA and Alien Isolation?

 

[funkystudent]

Sega? Whatever. The only interesting thing they make is Yakuza and they do their best not to sell it to me.


Is Atlus ok? Thats the real worry.

 

[KnightHart]

Sony. SONY BUY ALL OF THEIR IP'S. PLEASE. THE DREAM ISN'T DEAD

Valkyria Chronicles 4 will live on

 

[darkwing]

Valkyria Chronicles

*cries*

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Well at least the Sonic Cycle is over...

...right?

Lol

Sonic is like the only thing I'd expect at retail.

 

[cw_sasuke]

So I'm following the link chain and isn't this just a reference to their restructure from several weeks ago?

I think you are right.

 

[Opiate]

This is a late-to-the-party article with nothing new to add to what Sega already announced earlier. Note that the author writes "seems" because they don't have any new facts.

Right, this is not new news. We had a thread on this basic subject already.

 

[Dr. Buni]

Funny how to some people SEGA focusing on PC equals the death of the company

Hope they still develop some great games here and there, although if they are mobile games I will not be able to play them, but still.

 

[JaseMath]

Damn it.

 

[SerTapTap]

So this is inaccurate rather than new news right?

 

[Wyndstryker]

If they're gonna focus on PC then where's my global launch of PSO2?!

 

[cirrhosis]

We need a publisher to buy the IP. It's not like Sega is ever going to do anything with it ever again.

Devolver Digital could do it (pls)

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Sega needs to sell Sonic to Nintendo immediately.

Nah, if anything Sonic's going to be more valuable on mobile than on a Nintendo console, since children and casual gamers are the franchise's core demo.

 

[Insolitus]

Well that came out of nowhere....

 

[Foshy]

Y'all should have bought their games. Their good ones never got the sales they needed.

Alien Isolation underperforming really stings. Not being able to get satisfying sales out of a AAA western focused game (that also was really really good) probably impacted that decision.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

...and here I was, hoping to get a good Sonic game for consoles again.

The dream is dead.

 

[Elfstruck]

What about the rumored partnership with Sony for a new game?

 

[FluxWaveZ]

So this is inaccurate rather than new news right?

Yeah.

People will freak out, anyways.

Edit: Whoa.

 

[Elija2]

Jesus, this thread scared the shit out of me before I realized the article was inaccurate.

 

[Wheresmycoffee]

"Just kidding! Here is our new console the SEGA SPECTRUM! This console will directly compete with current generation consoles, with launch titles such as Sonic Adventure 3, Shenmue 3, Streets of Rage 4, Burning Rangers HD, as well as support from third parties such as Marvel vs Capcom 4, Metal Gear Solid 5, and Resident Evil 7!"

-my dream

 

[KKRT00]

They just need to put Vanquish on Steam, then they can go silently into the night.

Sega must still exists for only one reason - The Creative Assembly

 

[jeremy1456]

I imagine the Japanese stuff (including Atlus) will still live on.

Would it be all that surprising if all of the atlus stuff after persona 5 was now going to be mobile as well?

It's not like Persona is a huge franchise.

 

[Kintaro]

They have been a really good PC developer thus far. I'm okay with this. But...no more Sonic on consoles? Wow. But the thought of them possibly bringing over ports of Yakuza series on PC is glorious. I bet it would sell really well!

 

[QaaQer]

nmv

 

[Chastten]

So, does this really change anything? Their console output has been pretty minimal for a number of years now, hasn't it?

Think I only got a couple of Sonic games from them in the past 10 years. I got a lot of GameCube and Xbox games from them, but after that it kinda dried up.

*edit* crap, can't believe I forgot about Valkyria Chronicles. Now that was a nice game, but it wasn't gonna get a proper sequel anyways, so...

 

[TONX]

No more Vectorman, Sonic, Virtua Fighter, Altered Beast, Shining Force, Phantasy Star, NiGHTS, Panzer Dragoon, Yakuza, Shenmue, Jet Grind Radio, Streets of Rage, Shinobi, ect.

How can a company with so many amazing IP's constantly run itself into the ground like this. I'm more than sad, i'm pissed.

Edit: ok. they aren't completely out thank goodness, but definitely not the same.

 

[Stormhammer]

might have to play some pso tonight as a i shed tears ;=;

 

[Ganzlinger]

Don't screw Atlus, SEGA. Please.

 

[TimorousPanda]

ATLUS? Yakuza? Sonic?

What's gonna happen to those?

Sony save us D:

That's terrifying. I need those two things in my life.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

I would love a nintendo developed sonic game.

 

[Black Republican]

So Resonance of Fate 2 isnt happening then?

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Would it be all that surprising if all of the atlus stuff after persona 5 was now going to be mobile as well?

It's not like Persona is a huge franchise.

Yes it would, and Persona is a big franchise in Japan, and a quickly growing one in North America.

 

[Hexa]

Well this is unfortunate. I guess at this point they're dead to me.

Why the fuck did they buy index?

 

[Cess007]

And little of value was lost.

Even when i never was a fan of Sega or Sonic; i'm worried for Yakuza, Persona and Valkyria Chronicles future

 

[Storm Kyleis]

So I'm following the link chain and isn't this just a reference to their restructure from several weeks ago?

^

This was already known and heavily discussed in January: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=982427

Atlus will be fine. Sonic too.

 

[Opiate]

Follow the link chain, guys. This isn't bogus, but it's not entirely accurate, either.

Sega has made it clear for some time now that they plan on scaling back console development and focusing on mobile and PC. That's different than saying "no console games ever," and it's also not new news.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Are you fucking telling me Sonic Boom was the last official console Sonic game? I can't.


FUCK.

edit: phewwww

 

[junpei]

what does this mean for atlus ? why did they buy them if the are going to focus on mobile . Sega has great franchises that are going to waste away .

 

[ArchedThunder]

Hopefully the people tricked by that other thread title see that Sega isn't completely done with consoles. Just mostly.

 

[Eusis]

Old
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=982427
+ that site is exaggerating things a little.

Precisely.

This is old, inaccurate and hyperbolic.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=990581

The stuff I wanted to find. Leaving entirely is too ridiculous, but it is known they'd dial things down which is still pretty bad potentially, but could still work out if either A. it cuts out most of the garbage, and/or B. it leaves the door open for re-expansion should the climate favor console developer more than mobile again.

Nevermind the form of their PC support, some of that may just be pragmatic to take to consoles anyway, if it's not just some F2P browser stuff but more, say, PSO2.

 

[Liha]

Persona 6 iOS only. RIP Sega :/

 

[Opiate]

Funny how to some people SEGA focusing on PC equals the death of the company

Hope they still develop some great games here and there, although if they are mobile games I will not be able to play them, but still.

Yeah. For some people, games which aren't on consoles basically don't exist.

 

[Velurian]

Sadness. Sega has some awesome stuff. Focusing on mobile or online pc sounds very bad. But I guess that part of gaming will too evolve if real game makers conribute...

 

[Cmagus]

Well this sucks but not surprising it's been coming for a long time now. Honestly they can still be successful on console but the way they have been managing their games has been rather pathetic as of late.

I'm still holding out for a western release of PSO2 but it's looking grim as they really seem to not care about they western audience anymore they haven't for awhile.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

what does this mean for atlus ? why did they buy them if the are going to focus on mobile . Sega has great franchises that are going to waste away .

That's not what this is about or what is happening. Atlus will continue making the games they make.

 

[Stumpokapow]

So, on the one hand, we already knew this--Sega is moving away from console games development towards mobile and PC. The remaining console games they make will be surefire hits in their biggest IPs, and they'll be few and far between.

But on the other hand, this article doesn't seem to be reacting to any new event. Like, it doesn't seem like Sega has taken a step towards that process today. It seems like "RocketNews24" has republished a Yahoo News Japan article which in turn was syndicated to JapanToday?

I would seriously caution against reading the headline and assume "today's the day they release no more console games" versus as recognizing the ongoing process.

 

[ArchedThunder]

Are you fucking telling me Sonic Boom was the last official console Sonic game? I can't.


FUCK.

Nope, they specifically say Sonic is safe.

what does this mean for atlus ? why did they buy them if the are going to focus on mobile . Sega has great franchises that are going to waste away .

It means nothing for Atlus, they operate separately from Sega.

 

[RedToad64]

It isn't. They're just focusing on Mobile and PC.

Any large video game corporation that was making amazing systems and games a mere fifth teen years ago and have decided to focus on mobile is a dead company in my eyes. Of course, their PC output has been good so maybe I'm exaggerating a bit.

 

[mephixto]

Damn, Shenmue 3 really is dead.

No, problably coming exlcusive to Steam, hehe.

 

[Aki-at]

There was nothing to suggest SEGA would drop console development, however they are likely to increase resources spend towards mobile and PC gaming. Big hitters like Persona, Sonic, Miku, Ryu Ga Gotoku etc, the safe bets basically, will continue to have a console presence but that's about it.

Risky ventures are clearly off the table, though they have been since Binary Domain flopped 3 years ago.