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SEGA: No Alpha Protocol 2

Sega West president Mike Hayes has confirmed that there won't be a sequel to modern-day spy RPG Alpha Protocol.

"Let's speak very commercially; the game hasn't sold what we've expected, therefore we won't be doing a sequel," he said.

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Quagmire5721d ago

Too bad, sounded like a promising title, will still pick it up in the near future, once the patch is released.

BeaArthur5721d ago

From what I have seen maybe there shouldn't have been an Alpha Protocol 1.

kaze1o15721d ago

I found it to be an enjoyable game. I will admit that it could have used a bit more polish, but all around a fun game.

El_Colombiano5721d ago

That sounds like Obsidian alright.

BeaArthur5721d ago

I mean if you like it I'm not going to argue with you but sales tell the tale.

MysticStrummer5721d ago

Sales most definitely do not tell the tale, but generally mediocre-at-best reviews do.

NYC_Gamer5721d ago (Edited 5721d ago )

sega needs to realise alot of fans want shenmue 3

Corrwin5721d ago

But that's what Yakuza is!

If you haven't played a Yakuza game I'd highly recommend it if you liked Shenmue.

Since SEGA are quite happy to churn out Yakuza game after Yakuza game every year or so, it might be your only chance for a contemporary Japanese game.

izuna5721d ago

Yakuza, and Shenmue are very different.
Just for reference, I'm not interested in playing Yakuza past the first twenty minutes, but I loved Shenmue as one as my favourite games.

BYE5721d ago

Shenmue 3 would be too expensive to make though, Sega can't afford taking huge risks anymore.

jetlian5721d ago (Edited 5721d ago )

like yakuza but its nowhere near shenmue!!! shenmue has way more polish. even by todays standards shenmue is better at its fighting engine

edit: who disagreed with me? say why next time. shenmue is more fluid than yakuza on fighting. Yakuza has a more violent finishers but thats about it

Baka-akaB5721d ago (Edited 5721d ago )

Their bad handling of old franchise is another issue .
The problem at hand is how their western ventures were for the most part (with two exceptions like the total war series , and maybe , maybe Aliens vs Predator) full of garbage and mediocrity ...

Just look at the list , a huge part of their 2008 2009 and 2010 efforts :

-the club
-the conduit
-Viking: Battle for Asgard
-alpha protocol
-condemned 2
-golden axe best rider
-full auto
-beijing 2008
-vancouver 2010
-iron man 1
-iron man 2
-Incredible Hulk
-the golden compass
-Planet 51
-Stormrise
-Universe at War: Earth Assault
-Happy Tree Friends False Alarm

and the most likely to be crap movie tie in Thor and Captain America ... and Tournament of legends on Wii

Here we go roughly 60 to 70 % of why Sega has been so abysmal during the ps3/360/wii era , aka " next gen " . The rest being abuse and bad treatments of old japanese franchises .. and at least good new ips on the brighside

izuna5721d ago

Hold it! You're saying Condemned was a mediocre game?!

Letros5721d ago

Total Wars are probably their best selling games, Shogun 2 looks pretty amazing, SEGA needs to land more developers who actually take pride in their work.

xbox360achievements5721d ago

Condemned was far from being classed as garbage and mediocre. It was one of the best launch titles.

Baka-akaB5721d ago (Edited 5721d ago )

do not know if it would make a difference to you guys , but i was talking about condemned 2 (my bad) , wich i and quite many others found not nearly as good as the first game . Beside keywords were "for the most part" .. the rest being a list of title from crap to meh ok (imo) .

Ares84PS35721d ago

...SEGA whant's to come back to the console market. They will support their console with titles like this??? :D Won't be a long lived console either.

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izuna5721d ago

Thank gosh there's no sequel. What a buggy game.

Corrwin5721d ago

So we're just making Sonic games now,

Regards

SEGA Fuck You Dept.

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Sega records $200m impairment write-down for Rovio during Q3

Rovio “found it difficult to advance its initially planned business development,” says Sega.

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Hideki Sato, designer of Sega's consoles, has died

Sato and his R&D team were responsible for the creation of Sega’s arcade and home console hardware, including the Master System, Genesis / Mega Drive, Saturn, and Dreamcast.

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victorMaje17d ago

I still own those systems, and many games that were built for them.
Thank you for an amazing part of my childhood.
Rest in Peace Legend.

Agent7517d ago

He joined SEGA in 1971, wow. The Mega Drive, Saturn and Dreamcast hold the best memories for me, more so the Mega Drive. Thanks for the memories, Hideki-sama.

gigoran817d ago

Sega's swan song, their best and most memorable console, the dreamcast. it will last for generations

ZycoFox17d ago

Dreamcast was a very good console, with some minor setbacks, no 2nd stick and could've used a bit more disc space. The main thing that let it down was support, the short time it was on the market it did still bring in a bunch of really good titles, if only it had another 2-3 years and more longer story based games as well as the arcade games.

I would say because of the above the Mega Drive / Genesis is probably their best, simply because of the wide range of support and amount of quality games.

Profchaos16d ago

Yeah also massive mega drive fan it's my favourite to

Loktai16d ago

there was a point in time where the DC was meant to have a MATROX gpu possibly, as well as other contenders and if it had along with a possible DVD drive and price hike it would be a totally different beast.

RaiderNation16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

Yeah, I loved the Dreamcast, but massive oversight not including a right analog stick. A very strange design decision considering that dual analog was already standardized by Sony during the PS1 generation. Virtual On was literally unplayable on the controller because of it.

1nsomniac16d ago

^ I had Virtua On and loved it.. what made it unplayable?

shinXseijuro16d ago

I was 8 years old when Dreamcast came out I don’t know for other people but it was the coolest thing to me when I could go play it at my older siblings . I finally bought my own Dreamcast around 2005 , when I was in high school and was old enough to save money . Had a blast with jet set radio , sonic adventures 1&2 , shuffle , code Veronica , Power stone 1&2 , crazy taxi . House of the dead Arcade style shooter. . I even had the reindeer bot CD for burnt games . Oh and I remember lending a friend a copy of SF alpha 3 Dreamcast with the box …. Dude never gave it back to me 🤣

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S2Killinit16d ago

Shenmue blew me away, and took me to a place i had never been before (until years later)

Agent7511d ago

Shenmue was unreal back in the day. It was painful waiting for the sequel and it perfectly carried on from the first game. Shenmue 3 on the PS4 looks like a Dreamcast game and carried on as if it was running on the Dreamcast. A Shenmue trilogy is overdue. Not sure if we’ll ever see Shenmue 4, but SEGA went with Yakuza, a Shenmue clone, which is probably why Shenmue was forgotten. If Shenmue had been ported to the PS2 after the Dreamcast dropped off, things may have been different.

Relientk7716d ago

I love my Sega Genesis. I have childhood memories playing that console which will never fade.

Agent7511d ago

It was the best console for sport games by a long shot. Having a UK Mega Drive in 1991, playing US and Japanese games using a Honeybee adaptor was awesome. I think Europe only got around 250 games out of around 800 that got released.

Profchaos16d ago

Rip you glorious sob absolute legend

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Yakuza Kiwami 3 Director Says The Future of the Kiwami Brand Is To Go Beyond Just Remakes

SlimePress' Interview with Yakuza Kiwami 3 director and Yakuza Series Chief Director Ryosuke Horii, where he discusses the future of the Kiwami brand of Yakuza remakes from the Yakuza Kiwami 3 + Dark Ties Launch Event in Malaysia

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