Sammy to Sega: More Arcade, Less Home

[EightBit]

I'm a little bitter this never came home.

Dear god, you have no idea how much Ive wanted this to come home. Throw it online, give us some upgradable bikes, maybe a cheesy little story mode. Essentially F-Zero GX, but for Motor Raid. That would be so damn awesome.

[Master]

This whole thing smells similar to what happened to SNK with Aruze...

[kabuki]

http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=465

"Satomi has stated he wants Sega to concentrate on its higher profit arcade business, and start using Sammy’s Atomiswave hardware. Furthermore they should pick future console releases with “more care”. He has also suggested that resistance from Sega at this point will simply result in the purchase of more Sega shares, to increase its control."

I'm sorry, but threats like that are just fucked up.

[JMET]

I'm all for it. If they can get people interested in arcades again

Right, as if that will happen..

[Anthony]

http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=465

"Satomi has stated he wants Sega to concentrate on its higher profit arcade business, and start using Sammy’s Atomiswave hardware. Furthermore they should pick future console releases with “more care”. He has also suggested that resistance from Sega at this point will simply result in the purchase of more Sega shares, to increase its control."

I'm sorry, but threats like that are just fucked up.

I am no longer all for it, pushing sega to increase arcades games is one thing, this sounds too much like hostile takeover...

[kabuki]

I am no longer all for it, pushing sega to increase arcades games is one thing, this sounds too much like hostile takeover...

Exactly.

[Contra]

Hell with it. Maybe if SEGA hadn't dicked everyone around with the mergers, they would be in better shape. Maybe Sammy will show SEGA how to be a real business for a change, instead of an impossible cache of talent rotting under incompetent management.

Also,

hmmm...so that means:

1. Sega develops games for Atomiswave.
2. Atomiswave ~ Naomi.
3. Sega ports more games to Dreamcast.

Please?

You are stupid.

[johnk_]

too hopeful, perhaps.. not necessarily stupid.

[AaronChance]

I am no longer all for it, pushing sega to increase arcades games is one thing, this sounds too much like hostile takeover...

You don't by the majority of a stock of a company that refused to merge with you just for fun. You do it for a reason.

You can't blame Sammy in this though. Namco was bascially willing to do anyhing for their proposed merger and Sega still turned them down flat. For not securing their own stock from CSK, Sega is getting what they deserve.

[JMET]

You don't by the majority of a stock of a company that refused to merge with you just for fun. You do it for a reason.

You can't blame Sammy in this though. Namco was bascially willing to do anyhing for their proposed merger and Sega still turned them down flat. For not securing their own stock from CSK, Sega is getting what they deserve.

Exactly, one more really stupid thing done by Sega in a long line of stupid things.

As much as I love Sega they havent done anything of worth since the DC anyway....