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Title: Sega lowers six month revenue forecast by 22 per cent
Post by: pirovash88 on September 30, 2015, 02:48:23 pm

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-09-30-sega-lowers-six-month-revenue-forecast-by-22-per-cent

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Taiyo subsidiary will offer "voluntary retirement" to 200 employees as part of restructuring effort

[/size]Upheaval in Sega's Pachislot and Pachinko business has prompted the company to reduce its revenue expectations by 22 per cent for the first half of the fiscal year.Sega previously expected to earn ¥200 billion ($1.7 billion) in the six month period, but that has been knocked down 22 per cent to ¥156 billion ($1.3 billion). It has also altered its profit expectations from a ¥14 billion ($116 million) to ¥6.5 billion ($54 million), a drop of 53.6 per cent.According to documents released by Sega, there were two main contributors to the change. One was the decision to delay the release of certain Pachislot and Pachinko machines to the second-half of the fiscal year. As a result, pachislot sales are expected to be 70,000 units, versus the original expectation of 165,000, and pachinko sales are expected to be 79,000 units, versus 110,000.The second is more troubling, as it will require the "voluntary retirement" of around 200 people at Taiyo, one of Sega Sammy's subsidiaries.

Found this interested so figured i'd post it.

Title: Re: Sega lowers six month revenue forecast by 22 per cent
Post by: max_cady on September 30, 2015, 03:15:31 pm

And naturally this is the only f***ing story that most video game media outlets will run about SEGA.

Title: Re: Sega lowers six month revenue forecast by 22 per cent
Post by: Trippled on September 30, 2015, 03:57:01 pm

Quote from: max_cady on September 30, 2015, 03:15:31 pm

And naturally this is the only f***ing story that most video game media outlets will run about SEGA.

People won't realize that this about Sammy/Pachinko. I dont get why people dont have concepts of conglomerates - same goes for Konami (their Pachinko doesnt have any influence on which games get or dont get made)

Title: Re: Sega lowers six month revenue forecast by 22 per cent
Post by: pirovash88 on September 30, 2015, 04:26:25 pm

Quote from: max_cady on September 30, 2015, 03:15:31 pm

And naturally this is the only f***ing story that most video game media outlets will run about SEGA.

gamesindustry.biz reports on anything financially related to any game company..

Title: Re: Sega lowers six month revenue forecast by 22 per cent
Post by: fernandeath on October 05, 2015, 05:24:33 am

That's good news, right ?

Title: Re: Sega lowers six month revenue forecast by 22 per cent
Post by: EnternalHope on October 15, 2015, 06:38:55 pm

Quote from: max_cady on September 30, 2015, 03:15:31 pm

And naturally this is the only f***ing story that most video game media outlets will run about SEGA.

There's a natural bias against SEGA in game media regards.