Sega talks about their actual state. Core games at risk

[dharh]

mike_intellivision said:

dharh said:
The problem isn't casual vs the rest of us. It's game studio making bad games and letting their budgets get way out of control.

And as great as mario and sonic winter olympics may be, there is no way in hell id be playing a game like that. Studios focusing on casual or easy to develop games means 0 sales from me and the millions of others like me.

 

This statement is half right and half wrong.

It is right about studios making bad games and letting budgets out of control.

But it is wrong about there being millions who don't want some of these games. M&S is Sega's top selling game ever according to VGChartz. It has sold more than all but two Xbox 360 games -- CoD 4 and Halo 3 (Yes, it has sold more than GTA IV according to VGChartz numbers). 

Basically though, the problem is that for a few hits, there are a lot of misses. And misses with $30M budgets are really rough to handle.

This talk from Sega should also put an end to anyone believing that Wanted (and Scareface) developer.

 

Mike from Morgantown

 

 

There are millions by the obvious fact that not every single wii owner bought M&S, they want something else.  There is always a potential game for the different segments of an install base.  I don't think that is disputable unless you can argue that the reason everyone doesn't buy the game is availability or they can't afford it.