Sega Sammy posting losses, cutting jobs...despite supporting the Wii?

[johnsobas]

Gamerace said:

Kasz216 said:

Lets see....


Games that might have lost money.

Golden Axe (was supposed to have a big budget desptite being garbage.)

Valkira Chronicles (Doesn't look expensive, but it did have a custom engine.)

Viking Battle for Asgard (Mediocre HD game, prolly cost something.)

Condemned 2 (Probly cost a lot.)

Bejing 2008 (?)

Sonic Unleashed (HD)

The Club

Nights

Hey also note that the 5 billion is down from 15 billion despite the economic downturn.... (Because they supported the Wii?)

 

This.    Sega needs to give up HD.  They just aren't producing high enough calibur stuff to compete in that market.  Valkyrie Chronicles was excellent but didn't sell either.

On the flip side, I'm sure they were hoping for better sales out of Samba de Amigo, but M&S is a beast for them.  9m and still going strong.

500k wasn't enough for a DC port?  Come on now, games like VC sold 350k, Yakuza at 300k (don't ask my why no western release),  and you're talking about samba?  Golden Axe was the mega bomb though, pretty sure they barely made any money back.