Well yes, they don’t deserve a free pass for mistakes like that or how they handle their Japanese projects (Valkyria Chronicles 3). Definitely they could learn from Atlus concerning this because with the Digital Distribution focus, I think they could make some good money on a lot of these titles being left in Japan. After E3 for example, why didn’t they take advantage of the publicity of Project Diva F being there and work to do a Digital only release? They still lack the full organization and effort to utilize not just their back catalog but more recent and future titles.

My response was half serious, half joke.

They do find ways to mess up good things though. If they took more of an Atlus approach in regards to selling more niche titles, I think they could have avoided all the recent chaos. (The stuff you mentioned.)

I do love Sega, like I said above. I just can’t give them a free pass when it comes to some of the recent mistakes.

A good example was the Marvel license they had until recently. They continued to pour money into really bad games. Sure, the deadlines on movie based games are rough, but they milked that until Marvel finally had to more or less put a stop to it.

That makes me really sad to be honest.

Considering their operating cost, how much cash on hand they have versus debt, that’s not bad. How they achieved this (Cancelling games, studio closure as well as layoffs) well SEGA’s doing what SEGA’s got to do to become more profitable and operate much smoother. However they’re not nearly as “dire” as you or Zero made it seem.

Uhh, they’re ‘operating just fine currently’ because they canceled games, shut down some studios, and laid off scores of employees worldwide just last year. They are just starting to recover and probably not in good condition to expand operations at this stage, as another year of losses will probably destroy them. I suppose they couldn’t pass off a deal, though.

Poor Patrice =( Smart on Ubisoft of course but man, it’s like they just hold Montreal’s game scene, straight up mob~ =(

Some notes here, first…SEGA only purchased the dev studio no specific IP. Two, SEGA’s actually operating just fine currently. Three, SEGA has handled PC-centric developers and titles quite well, like Creative Assembly.

That’s just how Sega rolls, lmao. When they fail, they do so in spectacular fashion. I really do wish them the best, I’ve always loved Sega, it goes back to my childhood with the Genesis. I’m one of those Dreamcast lovers, it’s probably my favorite console of all time. I even adore many Sega franchises, especially Phantasy Star Online.

So, I’m not a Sega hater by any means. I’ve just gotten used to them trying and failing, and when they fail its typically nasty. Just like this purchase, I think it could be a good one for them. If anyone is going to mess it all up though, leave it to Sega. I hope I’m wrong, for the sake of those franchises.

Yes!!! even more better. I hope they can redeem the franchise because to me it just didn’t feel good any more after Smackdown Vs. Raw 2009.

I heard Take-Two bought the WWE IP which is even better than EA owning it.

That is kinda funny. I guess he is going home.

all is well

Metro was bought by the same group that picked up Volition and Saint’s Row. Darksiders is out in the cold, still part of the chapter 11 deal, and the staff that worked on it is out of a job now.

Itagaki owns Devils Third now. He got away from THQ before all this went down.

Deep Silver who publishes Dead Island.

Nope, it’s them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_Media