The publisher's Gary Dale and Tim Heaton say arcade closures and the call for voluntary retirement don't paint the full picture.
Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra recently suggested an interesting concept that has sparked a debate among gamers - the idea of being able to tip developers after completing a game.
If I had a 100% way to be sure that this money would go to a fund or a reserve dedicated only to the guys who develop the games, be them designers, artists, programmers and so on, I could think about it.
But we all know that this 'tip' would only end up in a publisher's CEO pocket to buy a new yacht, so, no, I ain't tipping anyone anytime soon on this industry
So they eventually don't pay their workers and depend on our tips to pay them like the case with waiters!
Is this a joke? How about the big wigs giving up some of their pay for their hard working developers.
"The company was unable to focus enough on its main hope"
Nope. Going back to the 32X as the reason Sega lost that generation doesn't go back far enough before the Saturn.
Sega executives need to blame themselves as to why Sega lost that generation. Not Saturn. Not 32X. Not Sega CD. Nope. Executives were the reason why. It wasn't the hardware. Those devices were either dropped early or released to soon resulting in a developer backlash the hurt the game catalog. They really shouldn't have been made at all because they should have planned their next move more carefully. It has nothing to do with the devices. Poor leadership decisions and lack of unity within the company are what happened.
Love how blame is always shifted away from what is the truth. Writing a book placing the blame on the 32X isn't the truth.
Chris D. Spoke with the Chiodo Brothers at PAX East about Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game and their Career.
If you read the article sega europe is working on a fps. Don't know if that's new news or not
This is nice but still not the Sega I knew back in the day.
The old Sega teams would have been able to port their hit arcade games to the home market with added depth and made money off of them before and during this pandemic. They would have been able to translate their hit arcade shooting games to VR like HoftD and Virtual Cop. They would have been able to release their classics on current consoles like Namco and Taito have for their classic games. Not just one off collections. They would have had new franchises all the time.
This new Sega is almost a forgotten household name. No flagship games. No excitement. Having to outsource with games like SoR. I'm wondering if even the teams they currently have share technology to help each other get better like Sony's teams do and what looks like, Microsoft wants to do with their teams.
Definitely not the old Sega. Can't even get a Shinobi or VF game. Sucks but hey. They're afloat. Which really doesn't mean much to me as an old Sega fan.