The state of SEGA and the games

[George]

Dude, ROJM, man. Relax.

I'm not gonna argue with you man. Sorry for being so argumentative in the first place. Seriously.

Just let me say a couple things real quick.

I love Sega. Admittedly I think they're currently on a bad track. That's all. That doesn't make me a prick.

And also, I'm not some "new member" which you obviously have a pet peeve about. I don't need to talk about how long I've been playing Sega games and following the company's moves, it's been a seriously long time, but that's not the point.

Suffice it to say I was a writer on Seganerds.com for more than a year and was in the podcasts with Graham and Chris and George and all that shit. I go way back. I saw the writing on the wall with SegaNerds and kind of bailed before George did, but I liked all those dudes a lot and had a great time writing for them while it lasted, before we had a very small falling out about the direction of the site.

I'm not tooting a horn here or anything. If anything I feel bad about the way that site ended and would be hesitant to bring it up. But I'm just saying, I've invested a lot of personal time and energy and money and emotion into following, reporting on, and yes, "supporting" Sega.

I'm with you on a lot of things. But when we disagree don't be so self-righteous man! We're here for the same reasons and I'm honestly sorry if I pissed you off.

Hey man, you are James, right? How have you been doing?

[thearcticsea]

Hey George! You got it. I'm good. I've been coming here for a long time and I was really glad to see you pick up the torch and improve on things in almost every way. You guys have done an awesome job at segabits.

Like I said earlier it was awesome working with you dudes for a while at the other site. The podcast was a lot of fun. I regret that school and life got in the way of contributing more, but you were always a great contributor, and this site is a daily check-in for me, so keep it up!

[semmie]

Dude, ROJM, man. Relax.

I'm not gonna argue with you man. Sorry for being so argumentative in the first place. Seriously.

Just let me say a couple things real quick.

I love Sega. Admittedly I think they're currently on a bad track. That's all. That doesn't make me a prick.

And also, I'm not some "new member" which you obviously have a pet peeve about. I don't need to talk about how long I've been playing Sega games and following the company's moves, it's been a seriously long time, but that's not the point.

Suffice it to say I was a writer on Seganerds.com for more than a year and was in the podcasts with Graham and Chris and George and all that shit. I go way back. I saw the writing on the wall with SegaNerds and kind of bailed before George did, but I liked all those dudes a lot and had a great time writing for them while it lasted, before we had a very small falling out about the direction of the site.

I'm not tooting a horn here or anything. If anything I feel bad about the way that site ended and would be hesitant to bring it up. But I'm just saying, I've invested a lot of personal time and energy and money and emotion into following, reporting on, and yes, "supporting" Sega.

I'm with you on a lot of things. But when we disagree don't be so self-righteous man! We're here for the same reasons and I'm honestly sorry if I pissed you off.

dont apologise bro uve done nothing

[George]

Hey George! You got it. I'm good. I've been coming here for a long time and I was really glad to see you pick up the torch and improve on things in almost every way. You guys have done an awesome job at segabits.

Like I said earlier it was awesome working with you dudes for a while at the other site. The podcast was a lot of fun. I regret that school and life got in the way of contributing more, but you were always a great contributor, and this site is a daily check-in for me, so keep it up!

Hey man thanks, just trying to make the type of SEGA site that I would love to visit. SEGA Nerds was cool, but I always sort of regretted not leaving sooner and just doing my own site. Glad you enjoy the site tho!

[Nameless 24]

What is the feeling with you guys about SEGA in 2013?

I think all the good stuff will come in the second half of the year, but I am not very optimistic to be honest. Not through SEGA's lack of announcements though, but they haven't really talked much about what their plans are for this year other then Sonic.

[Barry the Nomad]

I'm feeling optimistic. I think the Creative Assembly and Relic will have solid titles (in fact, Total War: Rome II and Company of Heroes 2 are set in stone for 2013). There will be more digital releases, possibly Skies of Arcadia and Shenmue.

We'll see some more digital Sonic titles, perhaps Sonic 4 Episode III, as well as a new 3D Sonic platformer for all major consoles as well as a 3DS version. Castle of Illusion will likely release to digital platforms soon, and 3DS might get 3D Space Harrier.

Miku for PS3 might be announced for the West, and I'm holding out hope for Yakuza 5 coming late 2013.

On the not-quite-SEGA side of things we might see Bayonetta 2 for the holidays as well as Crimson Dragon on XBLA for the Summer of Arcade event.

[ROJM]

I'm feeling optimistic. I think the Creative Assembly and Relic will have solid titles (in fact, Total War: Rome II and Company of Heroes 2 are set in stone for 2013). There will be more digital releases, possibly Skies of Arcadia and Shenmue.

We'll see some more digital Sonic titles, perhaps Sonic 4 Episode III, as well as a new 3D Sonic platformer for all major consoles as well as a 3DS version. Castle of Illusion will likely release to digital platforms soon, and 3DS might get 3D Space Harrier.

Miku for PS3 might be announced for the West, and I'm holding out hope for Yakuza 5 coming late 2013.

On the not-quite-SEGA side of things we might see Bayonetta 2 for the holidays as well as Crimson Dragon on XBLA for the Summer of Arcade event.

Castle Of Illusion may be being released by Disney not Sega, remember they(Disney) copyrighted the name recently. Sega will probably give them ownership of the code as well if it is indeed the same title and not a remake/a new version. But those two companies have always been close, so who knows? I actually hope there is a surprise coming because really what's coming out doesn't excite me much. Most of the list is dominated by sega west titles and half of that are sequels to games that are considered specialist markets.And apart from YAKUZA and Sonic there isn't any SOJ games i can dig my hands into like i did with BINARY DOMAIN. I guess we have to wait and see.

[Trippled]

Y'know if we get a great Sonic, PSO2 released the right way, and Yakuza 5 I'll be pretty happy.

Also anything they are doing with XBLA/PSN in terms of Arcade games especially get's often announced a few days/weeks proir to release.