Gamesindustry.biz - "Sega-Sammy is barely a video games Company anymore"

[George]

Also may add; hiring Bioware, Gearbox, and Obsidian to do games isn't cheap outsourced jobs in terms of the developers. You got to understand, Gearbox was right off the success of Borderlands.

[Tad]

I do find Sega's future concerning regardless of this article.

As times gone by, we've seen Sega shrink and change with only some luck with their titles. They've changed as needs must, but a lot of their decision have left a lot to be desired. They have such a vast library of games at their disposal yet rarely use them. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they are willing to take risks on new ideas etc, but some old faces would be nice too.

They don't even need to be big games. Smaller downloadable titles have shined more than a lot of the triple "A" titles over the years.

[Team Andromeda]

If SEGA aren't a videogame company anymore... How the hell is SEGAbits still updating?! WHAT ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT ON THE FRONT PAGE?!

C'Mon Then Sharky what has SEGA got to offer the console gamer over the  next few years ? . I not intrestest in PC gaming or Mobiles (and every major corps also works on PC and Mobile)  I like to know what SEGA got to offer the console gamer and for me its not a lot at the mo, bar 1 or 2 titles .

IT doesn't help that SEGA has to pay a fee to retailers for shelve space, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, print and ship

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That what happens when you don't have any major selling IP and one of the reasons why Yakuza 5 is digital

But we can talk about what is 'piratically dead', is it having less in-house developers make games, then say 15 years ago?

Well SEGA Japan output is nothing like it was 15 years ago and SEGA back in 2000 SEGA Japan alone had


Wow
AM#2
Smilebit
Sonic Team
Amusment Vision
Overworks
Sega Rosso
Hitmaker
UGA


That's was SEGA Japan alone and Smilebite alone would produce more titles in 1 year that the whole of SEGA Japan does now for the console gamer


You can go trying to pretend there's no much change and that that , but there is . SEGA Japan is becoming less and less important to a console gamer and that isn't good at all Even in the Arcades SEGA Japan isn't half the company it once was .

[Trippled]

Well we all know Sega isn't as good as it was before (and Sega knows it too, Suzuki said so when he had a position at Sega).

[pirovash88]

At the end of the day, I'm sure we're all smart enough to realize Sega aren't who they used to be, but is that a bad thing? If they choose to back smaller mobile titles and release via digital medium, I don't see what the problem is, so long as we can still enjoy their games. As long as they don't turn out like Atari did, I have no problem with it.

[Tad]

I suspect if they ever did go under, they'd be a que of companies after the name and it's libraries. Despite the knock it's had, one or two good games under the new owners would easily get gamers back.

[Nirmugen]

C'mon, after all this years you know why Sega don't try too often revive a franchise: "fans/media"complaining, people looking for a sale in a new game and ultimately the game didn't sell well or sell bad despite quality and effort.

That's a thing that many developers didn't try anything to do a console port unless they reach a Kickstarter goal.

Even with Steam being so unforgiven with the selection of sales (talk any indie dev about that), PC is good for making something relevant to a certain audience that often buy certain or I say niche titles like the Sega ones which could have great sales quickly, see VC.

I don't trust anybody that come to me and say that a SOR 4/Shenmue 3/ a sequel to certain RPG/Dreamcast game will be a best seller in consoles just because there is "people" who wanna buy that game.

That's a lie from here to China, because they didn't care anything more from Sega unless is a sequel (many they even bother to buy the friggin digital release to make a care of the situation) and  in most cases they didn't buy or care anything Sega in years...and the bias of course.

[Barry the Nomad]

At the end of the day, I'm sure we're all smart enough to realize Sega aren't who they used to be, but is that a bad thing? If they choose to back smaller mobile titles and release via digital medium, I don't see what the problem is, so long as we can still enjoy their games. As long as they don't turn out like Atari did, I have no problem with it.

Exactly. I know SEGA is not as great as they were in 2003 or 1999 or 1991, but it really doesn't diminish my fandom. I know the market has changed, and that sucks, but the fact that there are STILL SEGA games releasing that I am excited to play is all I want.

Look, I'm also a big Lucasfilm and The Simpsons fan. I know we will never see Lucasfilm releasing crazy cool shit like Indiana Jones, Star Wars at the level of the OT, and experimental stuff and The Simpsons will never be at the heights that they were in the 90s. But I'm happy for the legacy they had, and that they can still release quality content on occasion (Star Wars moreso than The Simpsons).

Ugh... I can only imagine how shitty it must be to be an Atari fan in 2015...

[Tad]

It's probably weird of me to say this on here, but due to all the changes and lack of games they've put out, I don't think I'm anywhere near the Sega fan I used to be. Some of the games they make simple don't interested me anymore (Yakuza/Diva for examples), but every now and then they release something so good I can't help but think how great they can still be.

Sega Racing
Sega Racing Transformed
Sonic Generations
Mickey Mouse Castle of illusion
Dreamcast classics on PC
Alien isolation
I suspect Tembo will be on this list too