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epicberserk on 31 March 2012

microsoft should just go to sega like in the past and offer a big sum maybe sega will change their tune time this around and be bought and lose the sammy part lol



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MARCUSDJACKSON on 31 March 2012

GI has a statement on that from Sega, and the tie-in games from Marvel has ended and was statement from Marvel and Sega a while back. i'm sure if it didnt sell over 1m units then they won't bother creating it, and i'm sure we will be seeing allot more Sonic games.



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The_Botman on 31 March 2012

Well, the Iron Man games sold pretty well, but I think the reviews for the second installment got really bad.

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/13835/iron-man/

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/41056/iron-man-2/

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/13836/iron-man/

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chapset on 31 March 2012

that's what happen when you support the wii



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sperrico87 on 31 March 2012
pezus said:
chapset said:
that's what happen when you support the wii

And put VCII and III on PSP.....

That's totally false.  Sega does the best on Wii.  Sonic games on Nintendo platforms outsell all other console versions.  Sega has even come out on occasion and publicly stated how happy they are with the success of Sonic and related IP on Wii and DS. 



 

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sperrico87 on 31 March 2012
richardhutnik said:
sperrico87 said:
Joelcool7 said:
I don't think Sega is still struggling with the loss of hardware. Sega is struggling to produce high end software. Sega did change when they lost hardware but the company has restructured.

I am pretty confident this announcement is a preemptive move. Sega sees the next generation costs are going to be double to triple and Sega realized they simply cannot produce all the games they do now. Fact is Sega cannot afford to take risks if they are going to make the jump to the next generation.

As for the whole relying on high end strong IP. THQ is establishing new high end IP to survive off of. This is not bad they are creating new properties focusing on high quality.

Fact is Dev costs are simply going to be too high for developers to release software that isn't a sure thing. That means big budget high quality software and/or established software.

I really hope Sega and other publishers release quality software for WiiU to offset costs of next generation Sony and Microsoft hardware.


The problem with companies like SEGA or THQ, is that you can't "shrink" your way to profitability.  That's not a viable business strategy.  You have to make large investments in order to see long-term profits.  Their problem is brand awareness.  No one knows what SEGA does outside of Sonic, and Sonic isn't the IP stronghold it once was.  It's faded heavily in relevance over the last few generations of consoles.  SEGA left the hardware market because they felt their strength was in software, because making hardware wasn't profitable enough.  But that hasn't worked out at all.  SEGA has been shedding jobs and money incrementally ever since it cancelled the Dreamcast.  Their whole strategy represents a failure to grow and maintain a strong brand and image.  Nintendo has done an incredible job in those two areas.  SEGA must just be run by a bunch of hacks.

Sega didn't have the pockets to compete in the hardware arena, so they left.  It was a matter of survival for them.  They had their roots in the arcades, so hardware was their area.  However, with arcades not being what they were, they had to move.  They lost to Sony.  Things move on. 

That's just it, though. They've barely survived at all.  The only reason they're even still around today is because they merged with Sammy a few years back.  I maintain that if Sega had put out an updated Dreamcast that out-performed GCN/Xbox, they'd still be a giant company.  They're just a shadow of their former selves. 



 

oniyide on 31 March 2012
sperrico87 said:
pezus said:
chapset said:
that's what happen when you support the wii

And put VCII and III on PSP.....

That's totally false.  Sega does the best on Wii.  Sonic games on Nintendo platforms outsell all other console versions.  Sega has even come out on occasion and publicly stated how happy they are with the success of Sonic and related IP on Wii and DS. 

Sonic Mega Collection and Heroes says thats false statement. And Generations says hey as well.  Funny thing is, they didnt seem to happy about Conduit, Madworld, or HOTDOverkill.



Nem on 31 March 2012
epicberserk said:

microsoft should just go to sega like in the past and offer a big sum maybe sega will change their tune time this around and be bought and lose the sammy part lol


Thats like going in and setting a bomb at SEGA HQ. Nothing good comes of microsoft aquiring studios. They destroy them all.

It would be the end of SEGA if they got bought by microsoft.



T.Rexington on 31 March 2012

Sega is in the state it is now because they've failed to make any of their Ips, new and old, as lucrative as the Sonic games. They just don't have the eye for successful Ips the way their competition does. Not to mention they were given a goldmine of Marvel IPs and failed to make those a success and that's mainly due to how bad of a state they were released in. Ironman and Thor are considered to be some of the worst games this gen, the canceled THQ Avengers game looks way cooler than all of Sega's Marvel efforts combined. They would've been better off making decent on-rail games instead of the junk they produced. Sega has no one to blame but themselves.



bigjon on 01 April 2012

only sega titles I play are total war series... have not played sonic since Sonic and Knuckles for Genenis...... Sega's biggest issue is the games they make internally (no Creative Assembly or the likes) are just not very good. When is the last time an in house sega game score over a 9.0 on gamerankings? I am to the point now I am so sceptical of Sega I would not buy one of theirgames unless I read several possitive reviews 1st, and then had a least one friend recommend it......



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