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Why SEGA Doesn't Suck

MonsterVine.com staff writer Zack Chase writes on why you should give SEGA a second chance.

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Game-ur5701d ago

Vanquish is the last game from Platinum, where will they get the hype from after that?

And why won't they bring the samurai Yakuza game? It actually looks great.

They also need to reboot Phantasy Star and Shining games, they used to be great franchises in the past, but mediocre sequel after mediocre sequel killed them off.

Way I see it they need better management…Badly.

Akagi5701d ago

I agree that they need to sort their managerial department. I also think they need to create new IPs instead of clinging to their badly beaten dead horses.

SKUD5701d ago

*cough* SONIC *cough*

Natsu X FairyTail5701d ago

Wait wait wait. VANQUISH IS PLATINUM GAMES LAST GAME???

What they hell. They've been putting quality game for a minute!

bAyonetta and em!!

Krimmson5701d ago

Unfortunately, quality doesn't always mean profit and Bayonetta didn't do that good, sales wise.

It wasn't a complete flop but neither version broke a million.

Game-ur5701d ago

@Natsu X FairyTail

It's only their last commitment to Sega, Platinum are independent, the deal was 4 games only. They may self publish after that, renew the deal or find a new publisher.

sikbeta5701d ago

The answer is in that picture...Yakuza!

camehlheon5701d ago

Want me to worship Sega ? Bring back the succesful series like Streets of Rage, (and please don't make it like that recent Golden Axe, oh man what a waste !) and such games.

BubblesDAVERAGE5701d ago

I would love to see a sequel ot a old beat em up...but keep it beat em up...u recall fighting force 2...wtf were they thinking...the first one was fun though

tunaks15701d ago (Edited 5701d ago )

sega has been pretty good on the wii, at least with publishing
HOTD:OK
Conduit
MadWorld
Conduit 1 & 2
Sonic Colors
Ghost Squad

Mahr5701d ago

All those games are counter-balanced by the half a dozen average-to-poor Sonic games and Tournament of Legends, though.

If Sega were at all interested in being a good publisher on the system, Wii would be getting a sequel to Overkill instead of another High Voltage Con-job.

DA_SHREDDER5701d ago

I will tell you why they suck. They make AAA games like Skies of Arcadia and Im having withdraws till this day. Oh and they didn't publish Armada 2. Sega, you fuckin suck a big one.

GeoramA5701d ago

We got Yakuza 3 this year, and Yakuza 4 is coming to the US next year.

They're alright in my book.

Infernostew5701d ago

I'm glad Sega is showing Yakuza some love for once but you know they'll release it during an awful month or week and then blame their fans for not buying the game. Sega of America really need to get their act together but at least they're localizing Yakuza 4 but not after dumping Yakuza 3 and Resonance of Fate in a very crowded month.

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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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victorMaje11d 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.

Agent7511d 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.

gigoran811d ago

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

ZycoFox10d 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.

Profchaos10d ago

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

Loktai10d 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.

RaiderNation10d ago (Edited 10d 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.

1nsomniac10d ago

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

shinXseijuro10d 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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S2Killinit10d ago

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

Agent755d 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.

Relientk7710d ago

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

Agent755d 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.

Profchaos10d 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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