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SEGA Cutting Jobs and Restructuring to Focus on Producing Mobile/PC Games

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Apparently, SEGA is going to restructure itself to focus on those simple mobile mini-game type titles like Sonic Jump. If they will do something bigger on PC, I'm not sure. However, what this ultimately means for us is that if SEGA follows through on this, it may be a long time before we see another major Sonic game on consoles, if we ever do at all. If this comes to fruition, Sonic may be well and truly dead for many of us.
posted Больше года.
 
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They're also going to be more cautious with Sonic for now on. Also Sonic is not dead neither is SEGA, but if fans are still afraid of this situation, then I would recommend watching this video. link
It's the same news, but it explains it much clearer.
posted Больше года.
 
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I didn't mean to sound unnecessarily pessimistic about this. What concerned me was the "shift in focus" from consoles to PC and mobile gaming. This struck me as saying that SEGA will produce less console games on a lower standard, if they produce any at all, and instead focus on mainly producing simple mini-games for passing time in waiting lobbies in the spirit of Angry Birds, or worse, "freemium" games where money is required to unlock the game's features and get full enjoyment, essentially pay-to-win. Meanwhile, any big-budget Sonic titles will be produced for PC only, potentially locking Sonic away from long-time console game fans who have enjoyed his games throughout the years (such as myself), and giving him over to condescending "PC Master Race" gamers at our expense.

I suppose you could say I am being overly pessimistic about this, but I have no interest in buying a mobile device, nor much interest or knowledge in PC games, and from what I saw from Sonic's previous flirtations with mobile gaming (Sonic Jump, Sonic Dash, etc.), I am none too optimistic about this direction.
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Sega is such a great Japanese video game company next to Nintendo, and they should keep working on console video games.
posted Больше года.
 
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SOMEBODY, START A PETITION FOR SEGA TO GO BACK TO WORKING ON CONSOLE VIDEO GAMES AND TURN IT'S BACK ON FOCUSING ON MOBILE AND PC GAMING, PLEASE, PLEASE DO IT IN ORDER TO #SAVESEGA , SPREAD THE WORD!!!!! :(
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I don't think that's going to help.
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