Sega fiscal report good news very good news...

[Aki-at]

So a few more games where announced since I last made my updates;

11 PC Sku: Company of Heroes 2 (2 sku) Rome II (2 sku) Football Manager 2014 (2 sku)
Potential 5 PC sku titles: Warhammer Fantasy (2 sku) and Alien (2 sku)

7 Wii U Sku: Sonic: Lost World (2 sku) Ryu Ga Gotoku 1&2 HD (1 sku) Mario & Sonic at the 2014 Sochi Games (1 sku)
Potential 2 Wii U sku titles: Yakuza 1&2 HD for the West? Mario & Sonic at the 2014 Sochi Games (1 sku)

7 PS3 sku - Sakatsuku 8 (1 sku) Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f (1 sku) Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f 2 (1 sku)
Potential 4 PS3 sku: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f 2 Western release (1/2 sku)

6 3DS sku - Sonic: Lost World (2 sku) Project Mirai 2 (1 sku) Hero Bank (1 sku)
Potential 2 3DS sku: Mario & Sonic at the 2014 Sochi Games (2 sku) or Hero Bank Western release.

5 Vita sku: Sakatsuku 8 (1 sku) Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f 2 (1 sku)
Potential 3 Vita sku: PSO2 Western release (2 sku) PSO2Ep.II (1 sku)

4 Xbox 360 sku: Absolutely no idea what this could be, we are looking at potentially 2 titles here.

2 Playstation Portable sku - 7th Dragon 2020-ii (1 sku) and Sakatsuku Euro+ (1 sku)

Should note Project 575 did not turn out to be a Miku game with SEGA planning to formally announce the title next week on the 18th July. From the list of consoles, most likely either Playstation 3 or the PC will be announced with something relevant to most people here.

[inthesky]

Project 575 must be the rhythm game that Sega was (is?) hiring for.

I am surprised that it apparently isn't a Miku game. I'm not all that familiar with Vocaloids but the voices and character silhouettes reminded me of them.

Thanks for the update. The unannounced SKU's give me some anticipation!

[Aki-at]

Project 575 formally announced, dancing rhythm game for Playstation Vita and iOS starring school girls, set for release in 2014.

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201307/18036827.html

That now leaves us with only two more Vita skus and outside of being Project Diva f 2 Western localisation, it's probably going to be some Japan exclusive game.

[Nameless 24]

Seems there are some more Documents from SEGA-Sammy.

I'll leave these for Aki-at and ROJM since they understand this much better than I do.

http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/pdf/release/2014031q_hosoku_e_final.pdf
http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/pdf/release/2014031q_tanshin_e_final.pdf

Seems 7th Dragon 2020 did very well to what I can tell...they should really try to localise the DS one to see how it sells...

I see R&D in the document, would that be Sammy's side or SEGA's?

[Chaosmaster8753]

Is there even a chance that Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games will come to 3DS? I think it's been said to be Wii U exclusive.

[CrazyT]

So it seems less retail is paying off. The gaming industry is struggling as a whole. SEGA is making the right decision, right now. I hope once things get better they'll be able to improve and take more risks again.

[Pao]

ROME 2 is going to be HUGE for SEGA this year.

It's been hanging on the Top 10 Best Sellers on Steam for a long time now, even though its more than a month away from release.

And its priced at $60... Wow.

I think its going to be the best selling Total War game, by FAR.

[jonboy101]

Well that's definitely one of the perks of the whole strategy is they now have more time and money to spend per game. Less divided.

[fernandeath]

Well that's definitely one of the perks of the whole strategy is they now have more time and money to spend per game. Less divided.

Indeed. That strategy is the reason I can't understand why they're bidding on Atlus' spoil.

[FourCartridge]

Indeed. That strategy is the reason I can't understand why they're bidding on Atlus' spoil.

Maybe they want more franchises they could profit from and have more variety in their games? The inner optimist says there's no way they would be interested if they were just gonna make em shoestring budget Japan-only...

[TimmiT]

Maybe they want more franchises they could profit from and have more variety in their games? The inner optimist says there's no way they would be interested if they were just gonna make em shoestring budget Japan-only...

Atlus does have a really good localization team, it'd be a waste if they'd just fire those guys.

[jonboy101]

Indeed. That strategy is the reason I can't understand why they're bidding on Atlus' spoil.

Persona sells well , Sega already has a good relationship with them, and it'd be a way to hire some veteran people to localize SoJ stuff.

You gotta spend money to make money.

I say it's a good investment if they actually continue to invest after they buy, and Sega has been pretty solid at that thus far.

[Nameless 24]

Atlus does have a really good localization team, it'd be a waste if they'd just fire those guys.

Indeed, hopefully this means SEGA forces ATLUS to localise games in Europe instead of half arsing it.

[ROJM]

I see R&D in the document, would that be Sammy's side or SEGA's?

The first top of the document is talking about both Sammy and Sega Rand D expenses. Then the document focuses on the different departments and breaks down the R and D costs specifically to whichever department it is focusing on.

[Nameless 24]

Ah I see.

Thanks for the information. Always appreciated.