Sega today reported earnings for the April-June quarter

[Sizustar]

Pretty much this. The kind of company size sega has to maintain to keep pso2 at the "Quality" it's at now. Begs for a company not just devoted to the game itself.

However I think them dragging their heels on an international release is just stupid. As much as people rally against it. I still think they make a killing being one of the first free to buy and play MOs(So we don't have that over done argument again) with high customization abilities. It would slaughter on either PS3 or the WiiU. Just pick one and go for it already.

They are focused on the Japanese market, which they are familiar with, and internationally, they would rather have other company publish in their region.
Gamania in Tw/HK
Asiasoft - SEA region

[GHNeko]

It's ironic considering Sega's origins though.

[metatime]

Putting all your eggs into one basket really wouldnt be the best of ideas, no?

Plus that doesn't really help the Sega brand as a whole.

I dunno, works for some companies like Blizzard, they only have a few brand names but they're good quality.

[GHNeko]

Huge gamble, but even Blizzard has at least 3 titles. Warcraft, Starcraft, and WoW.

It's not a smart decision for any fiscally conservative buisness, which essentially what Sega-Sammy is.

[Nitro Vordex]

Maybe if they'd stop making shitty Sonic games (that they don't even appear to care about anymore, in spite of the mega advertising[WHERE WAS ALL THAT WITH OUR PSO/U/0, HUH?]) they wouldn't lose so goddamn much money. Or at least put some effort into their games. Looks like they're gonna just shove Sonic's name off to other publishers. First Sonic Boom. Who's gonna get it next? Deep Silver?

Sonic's Row best game BEST GAME

[Miyuki_Kamiko]

One of Sega's biggest games during the quarter was Persona Q Shadow of the Labyrinth
Sega said online role-playing game Phantasy Star Online 2 was a particularly strong performer during the quarter

what do both of these games have in common there both JRPGS maybe Sega should analyse there own statement because i bet they didn't realise there JRPGS are doing better than there Alien games

[GHNeko]

So Sega needs to take a page from SQ's book is what you're telling me.

[Arkanoid]

One of Sega's biggest games during the quarter was Persona Q Shadow of the Labyrinth
Sega said online role-playing game Phantasy Star Online 2 was a particularly strong performer during the quarter

what do both of these games have in common there both JRPGS maybe Sega should analyse there own statement because i bet they didn't realise there JRPGS are doing better than there Alien games

Actually they sell a lot of Alien games in the west. The brand alone pretty much sells it. Colonial Marines was universally panned but look how well it sold:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-million-sales
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andyrobe...review-scores/

[elryan]

tl;dr SEGA needs to do less Sonic, more PSO2.

If only SEGA does what Square Enix does (localize FFXIV English and Japanese translation and deploy update for both version at the same time, launch servers to NA, EU and JP continent), SEGA would get much more profit from worldwide audience.

[AlaskanKactus]

I still think they make a killing being one of the first free to buy and play MOs(So we don't have that over done argument again) with high customization abilities. It would slaughter on either PS3 or the WiiU. Just pick one and go for it already.

I'm not one of those people who are still complaining about a Western release but I believe it might have a chance. At the very least, a 50-50 chance. It could be one of the handful of F2P games on nextgen consoles. There isn't much of game selection right now so a lot people will give it a shot. This is a perfect chance for Sega to get their foot in the nextgen console market and gain some new customers.

Not to mention this could persuade those "die hard" PSU fans to upgrade to a new console. You know, since they're still waiting and all.