alfredofroylan on 30 January 2010
Seems like Sega is looking for something....
"As it happens every year, the Xbox 360 dedicated edition of the Japanese magazine Famitsu interviewed some Japanese developers to know more about their future plans for the 360. These developers always end up saying something about other consoles as well.
In this year's edition, SEGA has stood themselves out by talking about the much requested sequel to Shenmue 2. SEGA still thinks a lot in making the game, however there exists the selling and profitability factors.
None of the previous games sold really well for the investment made, and SEGA is in doubt as to if it will resurrect the series. However SEGA assured the fans that if there is some opportunity to revisit the series, they'll love to do it.
SEGA also mentioned the chance of one of the three hardware makers financing the game's production in exchange for an exclusivity deal. Let's see if Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony are interested."
This is interesting as we usually don't see Sega say something other then their usual company line about the Shenmue series.
In this year's edition, SEGA has stood themselves out by talking about the much requested sequel to Shenmue 2. SEGA still thinks a lot in making the game, however there exists the selling and profitability factors.
None of the previous games sold really well for the investment made, and SEGA is in doubt as to if it will resurrect the series. However SEGA assured the fans that if there is some opportunity to revisit the series, they'll love to do it.
SEGA also mentioned the chance of one of the three hardware makers financing the game's production in exchange for an exclusivity deal. Let's see if Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony are interested."
This is interesting as we usually don't see Sega say something other then their usual company line about the Shenmue series.
http://www.eurogamer.pt/articles/sega-fala-sobre-shenmue-iii
Oh yes seems like they want some moneyhats. But honestly Who's going to pay for a Shenmue exclusive? Nintendo is too conservative and this game is not going to sell gangbusters, the game doesn't fit in Microsoft profile and Sony'll make a similar game before paying to Sega for something like this.
