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Forums - Gaming - SEGA seems more like a 2nd party than a 3rd party

They're not really profitable publishing multi-platform games, even for really great games like Alien: Isolation.

They seem content to settle on platform exclustivity and/or kind of lease out their biggest IPs to whomever will pay the most for the exclusivity. Sonic, Shenmue, Bayonetta, Phantasy Star, Super Monkey Ball. If you throw Atlus in there too, you got Persona and SMT too. A really large number of SEGA games have some kind of console/platform-exclusivity to them -- larger than a lot of other 3rd party companies.

When they're working on multiple platforms, PC and Mobile tend to be the bigger priority. Bigger royalties I'd imagine.



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

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Are you calling SEGA a whore? Well sir you are absolutely correct.. I hope one fine gentleman will pick up Skies of Arcadia..



 

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NiKKoM said:
Are you calling SEGA a whore? Well sir you are absolutely correct.. I hope one fine gentleman will pick up Skies of Arcadia..


If I'm ever so lucky to get the chance to!



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

SEGA, everyone's second party.



Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1

Don't Sega produce loads of arcade machines?



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Sega is just a front for Sammy Holding. Their main business are pachincos and stuff like slot machines.



Atlus = was always playstation exclusive dueto the xbox brand being not sucessful in japan
Shenmue 3 = they had nothing do with it they just gave the IP to yu suzuki
Bayonetta = not their IP
Sonic = nintendo contacted sega to make sonic boom exclusive

Phantasy star = i dont know what you mean?



Ruler said:

Atlus = was always playstation exclusive dueto the xbox brand being not sucessful in japan
Shenmue 3 = they had nothing do with it they just gave the IP to yu suzuki
Bayonetta = not their IP
Sonic = nintendo contacted sega to make sonic boom exclusive

Phantasy star = i dont know what you mean?


they've published a lot of DS and 3DS games.



Sega should just release a new console. They're not poor anymore, having recouped all their losses.



AlfredoTurkey said:
Sega should just release a new console. They're not poor anymore, having recouped all their losses.

If they're not releasing console games nowadays I think they might be poor.