Sega Finally Turning It Around Financially?

[Gymkata]

Actually at this point, it wouldn't be such a bad idea for Sega to go into crack big time. Just imagine! Sega would be so rich and suspicious that we would get sequels to both Rez AND Ristar!

So its official! Someone prep an internet petition!

Dear Japanese Sega guys:

Yo, holla at your boy. Seriously son, the whole third party thing is not working out for right now. Yall could totaly make some cheddar by Grindin and puttin in work on the streetz. Yo, I remember when yall put out that Sega Genesis when I was little, and It be entertainin' us to this very day. Fer real money, this be a petition from me Pookie, Noxema, Jermane, alla dem TNL n***as, and my cousin Duracell. We all be behind you god. Yall could be big. You need a street team, you got it.
One love:
Gymkata

[Wildkat]

Not really Sega hate, but to anyone whos been a fan, Penny Arcade sums it up better than anyone..



Domestic Violence=Comedy gold.

[Frogacuda]

Well, nothing's been said officially about VC getting sold to Sony, but in all their talk during combining development houses, they didn't talk about VC at all. Also, I looked for upcoming VC games and there's nothing there past October 2003 with the ESPN 2k4 games, but since that's their bread and butter, that might not mean much. Then there was the actual rumor that I think was in EGM that they were planning to sell VC to Sony. All that with the fact that they haven't put out *that* much this year and nothing was a million seller, so... The answer is "I dunno."

But yeah, let's get the Shenmue franchise onto a console that sells. Unfortunately, Shenmue II is pretty dated at this point, no matter how good one thinks it is, so porting it to PS2 as-is wouldn't be too impressive to the masses, I'm thinking. Shenmue III developed directly for PS2 and having the story made so it can exist well enough as a stand alone game without compromising anything that's come before? I'm there.

The way I heard the rumors was not that they would be selling the studio to Sony, but that they would just be changing the ESPN/2K4 franchise to gameday and making it PS2 exculsive.

Given the gains that the ESPN games have made on Xbox this year, I'm thinking that's looking less likely though.

This is probably the result of ditching alot of staff in the merger, though.

[Scourge]

I hope Sega succeeds. I don't know where the anti-Sega hostility is coming from... (

"There are more Sega/Nintendo deathwishes on this board than in this single cigarette (holds out cig). Welcome to Crazyworld. Welcome to TNL. Smoke 'em if you got 'em."

truth

[NeoZeedeater]

In regards to Anti-Sega hostility, some people need to look at the business and developer sides of the company as separate. Sega as a developer of great games should not be hated because of the stupid decisions made by the people running the company.

[spacecowboy]

For all the times I've supported Sega, they've let me down. So I don't hate Sega just for the sake of hating something. After getting screwed over so many times, you just get fed up.

SC

[Frogacuda]

For all the times I've supported Sega, they've let me down. So I don't hate Sega just for the sake of hating something. After getting screwed over so many times, you just get fed up.

SC

They give you years of quality gaming, but that's "screwing you" because they're not giving you two games on you platform of choice. Jesus, maybe it would be better if Sega didn't make these games at all.

It's not like they're taking something from you you would have had without them.

[spacecowboy]

They give you years of quality gaming, but that's "screwing you" because they're not giving you two games on you platform of choice. Jesus, maybe it would be better if Sega didn't make these games at all.

It's not like they're taking something from you you would have had without them.

It's not just two games, it's all the stuff before. It's all their failed systems I bought and when I bought them, not releasing any good games for them. The only one I got my money out of was probably the Genesis. Even the DC let me down and I really like the games on it. Then they decide to give the few games I do like to a system I don't have. Maybe I'm just bitter... It's just a personal thing. Sorry for the rant.

SC

[Frogacuda]

It's not just two games, it's all the stuff before. It's all their failed systems I bought and when I bought them, not releasing any good games for them. The only one I got my money out of was probably the Genesis. Even the DC let me down and I really like the games on it. Then they decide to give the few games I do like to a system I don't have. Maybe I'm just bitter... It's just a personal thing. Sorry for the rant.

SC

Eh, the only system I feel burned over is the 32X. All the others had enough good stuff to justify the system's cost. I have more DC games than I have for any other system (except the PC).

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

It's a love hate relationship. I love what they have done so far, I hate them for what could have been.