Doubt this is true. Sega and Nintendo should just merge so they can dominate the console space.
With what? Dead Franchises? No Sequels? Sonic & Mario at the Olympic Games?
Maybe we'll get Company of Heroes Amiibos, the generals are all locked away in Figurines now.
(Sorry I'm being pretty cynical, even by my standards...)
SEGA would be stupid to make another console, they're making a killing on mobile, they have a great presents on PC and steam and many developers who are PC based. Like Creative Assembly, Sports Interactive, Relic, Three Rings and so on.
This. Sega is a Freemium App company now. They make money hand over fist with that stuff, why would they go into something as high risk as consoles? As TA Said, they don't even have any killer apps anymore. Long gone are the days that Sonic was a system seller.
...is it wrong that every time someone mentions SEGA are now predominantly a mobile company I cringe?
Get used to it. I don't like it either, but I haven't been much of a Sega fan for a long while anyway.
Apart from the horrible nature of mobile games, (and crap controls etc), I can't help but think these companies shifting solely onto mobile are setting themselves up for a huge fall. The bubble will break eventually. We've already experienced it breaking here in the UK for example.
It depends, Sega is pretty diverse, but they do have a strong presence in phone games. Makes sense considering how low risk/high reward it is right now. Strike while the iron is hot, and try to keep ahead of the curve as things change. I doubt Mobile Gaming is going to collapse anytime soon, but it will continually be changing.
Most importantly, if Sega did make a console, would anyone here even care? It's not as if Sega publishes enough games (Let alone good games) to warrant buying a console.
