Though it hasn't made a console since the 2002 Dreamcast, SEGA is uniquely positioned to target a niche not covered by Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth publisher Square Enix has declared a $140m loss based on a shakeup of its internal development pipeline.
What are they doing over there? Sounds like they canceled something big. I read a rumor a while back about ff9 remake . Here "Final Fantasy IX has gone through a very challenging development, the game is still in progress but may undergo changes drastic enough that we won't hear about it for a couple of years."
This could be one of the reasons if the rumor is true. That was Silknight i don't know how credible he is but it's something and it would make sense.
The industry implosion is continuing. Sky high budgets, prolonged development windows, stagnant sales numbers, and falling currency values (inflation) are wreaking havoc on the legacy industry. AAA games will slowly become the rarity.
- Xbox Wire - Mark your calendars! The Xbox Games Showcase followed by [REDACTED] Direct airs June 9. More info inside.
For a brief moment I thought we might get a whole Direct for Gears 6 - seems like it's COD though!
Saad from eXputer: "After suffering from massive financial hits, Square Enix & Bandai Namco appear to be turning over a new leaf but I'm still unconvinced."
I was talking about games with some Japanese guys here in Japan, and it seems like around here Bandai Namco has a fame of making low-quality games, with the occasional gem.
About Square Enix, I believe they lack the capacity to improve. They should learn with Capcom (although even Capcom still makes some bad mistakes), but I don't think they ever will. They keep chasing whatever is new at the time (blockchain, AI...) to say "we innovate", without considering the public perception and if these things actually improve the games or not. Them releasing too many small games with no advertising also shows a lack of trust in its own products. Even with their biggest games, like turning FF into an action game with XVI and the very divisive plot changes regarding whispers and timelines in VII Remake, shows them trying to attract a new generation of gamers without understanding what made the series so big in the first place.
I don’t know why NOW they decide on this, but I guess later is better than never.
I'd love to see this, but I don't see it happening. The best you could hope for is a system like Switch, because going after the high end consoles like PlayStation and Xbox put out wouldn't be financially successful for Sega.
Yeah I don’t think they have a lot first party wise to even justify it
Sonic is barely just getting on track, we’ll finally see with Superstars if it can keep the trend going after Mania.
However their other IPs are just gathering dust
If they revived all and I mean all of their old games with new instalments in complete success fashion then they could stand a chance but even then it’s a shot in the dark.
They don't even have the resources or enough output to justify their own console or handheld.
I've dreamed that for over 20 years. The arcade powerhouse to make a comeback.
But they have lost many developers who either left or passed away. I've even wanted some of their top games in VR that makes sense to be there.
It ain't happening.
I don't know why people still yearn for Sega to start making consoles again.They sucked at it outside of the Genesis. Everything after the Genesis was killed off prematurely in favor of another ill fated Sega branded device because SOJ & SOA kept sabotaging to the point where it damn near killed Sega and force them out of the console race after the Dreamcast. Yes CD, Saturn ,Dreamcast and even the 32X had some gems but they all failed.
Sega is the Yakuza, Persona and Sonic company these days. Its all they seem to care about. Fuck traditional Phantasy Star, Golden Axe, Shining Force, Shinobi or the Virtua line of games. Plus lets say they did come back they would have to make all future Sega games exclusive to its platform. Otherwise why buy new Sega hardware when all of its games are on multiple platforms already. Hardware needs exclusives to sell after all and as it stands Sega is ill equipped to properly utilize it vast amounts of IP. Also good luck with that when people have been used to Sega games being multiplat for over 20 years at this point.