Sega - It's more than just Sonic Autism

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SSj_Ness (Yiffed) said:
RIP to their phone games especially.
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phone games, IMO, are just fucking doomed to be dead forever, especially now-a-days where they don't even work without any sort of IP/Server connection or newer phones that are made so horrendously bad where backwards compatibility is just out the fucking window, and maybe that's by design because companies these days fucking HATE things from the past.

Sonic The Hedgehog alone has a lot of phone games, and some of them are region exclusive ones. Would you believe me if i told you both japan and Europe have their own Sonic Golf game that plays completely different from each other? or how about a Blackberry version of Sonic Unleashed that plays like the Rush titles? I just learned about that shit right now.
 
Celebrate Nite said:
Sonic The Hedgehog alone has a lot of phone games, and some of them are region exclusive ones. Would you believe me if i told you both japan and Europe have their own Sonic Golf game that plays completely different from each other? or how about a Blackberry version of Sonic Unleashed that plays like the Rush titles? I just learned about that shit right now.
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That's what came to mind when I mentioned it. Some of them look legitimately good. I actually tried that Sonic Unleashed, it'd be pretty good if remastered.
 
I'd like to see a re-release of Beach Spikers.
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Vyse Inglebard said:

Sega Admits It Doesn't Know How Many Games It Owns​

Speaking during SIGGRAPH 2024, Sega's Yosuke Okunari spoke about the company's efforts to document and preserve development materials related to its games. He admits that the company only began to take the preservation of such material seriously in 2023.
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Videogame companies are hilariously cynical when it comes to their older games, most of all Japanese ones. Nintendo would have done the same with their C and D tier IP's without free emulation and the potential to monetise it becoming big in the 2000s. Sega is always distinctly fucked up regardless of the era though.
 
Lookie-lou said:
Videogame companies are hilariously cynical when it comes to their older games, most of all Japanese ones. Nintendo would have done the same with their C and D tier IP's without free emulation and the potential to monetise it becoming big in the 2000s. Sega is always distinctly fucked up regardless of the era though.
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lets not forget that a huge issue in remastering or even porting a lot of old games is the simple fact that their incompetent fuckwit companies didnt think to keep the source code saved anywhere.

The House of the Dead 1 and 2 had their source code lost forever when they were changing office locations and no one had the code saved not even in a fucking pendrive.

Same goes for Silent Hill 2 and many other games through gaming history.

Losing the source code is literally the gaming equivalent of losing the original print of a silent movie from the 30's. Once you lose that, its gone forever. A piece of art history is officially erased from existence, good going shithead.
 
Subscriptions? to what? you dont have a console to sell anymore niggers, and new games? what new games? even the latest sanic its a rehash
Vyse Inglebard said:
GODDAMN IT SEGA, THE ONE THING YOU HAD OVER NINTENDO, AND YOU GET RID OF IT. ACTUAL RETARDS
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Pirate bros keep winning!
Carpenter Trout said:
SEGA went to a gun store and bought an higher calibre ammo to shoot itself in the foot with.
Those executives are seriously retarded, I'm fairly sure that even a Farmer or a Nu-4Chan would be a much better exec than those clowns.
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Has sega ever not been mismanaged? the last time anyone there knew what the fuck to do was in the nineties with kallinske
Mossy Trash Panda said:
They'll still have their die-hards
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Who the fuck is still a fan? for real, its crossing from fanboi into battered wife that keeps coming back
Vyse Inglebard said:
He admits that the company only began to take the preservation of such material seriously in 2023.
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So shit its all gone then? the good stuff? I remember some nigga saying the source code for nights disappeared decades ago, that was a massive game for the company and they dont even keep a copy that would fit in half a CD, imagine all the other shit

Who wants to bet most of the roms they sell to normalfags are straight out of a torrent?
 
sasazuka said:
I personally just interpreted that as a boss changing colors as its health gets lower, which was a common thing for bosses to do in the 16-bit era, but I suppose it could be a Hulk homage,
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No, it was straight up IP theft.

The makers of the game have explicitly stated that they stole characters from other properties for Revenge of Shinobi bosses because fuck you that's why.
 

Sega Almost Ported Shenmue To PS2 And Xbox​

Speaking to Famitsu, developer Norikazu Hirai explained that while there were difficulties involved, Sega AM2 made a PlayStation 2 version of the first Shenmue game. Famitsu’s article is in Japanese, so this is via Google Translate, but Hirai states, “It worked. We changed the graphics system and made it fully playable.” There was also an Xbox port of Shenmue, but that never saw the light of day for a different reason. “I think it was due to rights issues, not technical issues. You see, it was tied up with real companies, like TIMEX watches and Coca-Cola drinks. That contract was only for the Dreamcast version of “Chapter 1″, so I think it was shelved for reasons such as not being able to be used on other consoles,” Wada explains.
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I'm sure Sega could have removed the sponsored elements of the game if they had wanted to during the porting process. Y'know, like they did with Crazy Taxi. But SEGA gotta be SEGA. *sigh*
 
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“This is not just a nostalgia effort,” Utsumi said. “We believe that it is important for Sega to incorporate modern technological and gameplay updates into these projects. Our goal is to have all of our legacy IP titles provide new expression and play for modern tastes and preferences.”
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translation: wokeness. wokeness everywhere
 
"modern tastes and preferences" translation: We sure hope you're looking forward to our subscription service! Think you'll actually ever be able to truly own these IP revival games, whether physically or digitally, and be able to play them without a constant Internet connection for the DRM? Think again!
 

Sega Launches Its Own Free Account Service With Unique Member Rewards​

Sega has launched its own account service, simply called – wait for it – Sega Account. Users can sign up for free now via the official website, with the service promising to offer up unique rewards and benefits to those who play Sega and Atlus titles across all major platforms. The sign-up process is fairly straightforward, and once you're done you'll be able to link up your online profiles from the Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam, with Epic Games compatibility also coming soon.

There are currently no material benefits for Switch owners specifically, with the first reward being a Kazuma Kiryu costume DLC for the upcoming title Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (valid until March 7th 2025), though we suspect there will be plenty to look forward to in the coming months; particularly when the Switch 2 lands. Although not yet available at the time of writing, the service will also let you register games you've played from Sega and Atlus, with records available via the online website. There's no word on when this will be launched, but we can't imagine the wait will be too long.

Last year, the firm removed SEGA Mega Drive Classics from sale before stating that it is "evaluating" the idea of creating its own subscription service for games. Chances are that if anything like this does materialise in the future, then it'll likely be tied to the newly-created Sega Account scheme.
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