Sega Looking To Release Brand New “Super Game” In The Next Five Years

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Sega has revealed that it is planning on releasing a brand new “tremendous sport” within the subsequent 5 years (thanks, VGC).

The plans have been printed as a part of the corporate’s latest monetary outcomes briefing, which additionally outlines exactly what Sega has deliberate for its short-term future.

Listed as a ‘precedence technique for the following 5 years, an undisclosed “tremendous” launch will likely be a brand-new IP, and can due to this fact have low profitability, no less than within the brief time period. Nevertheless, Sega provides that progress potential is excessive, as the sport will likely be bought globally.

Additionally over the following 5 years, Sega will look to leverage its current catalogue of IP within the type of sequels, reboots and remakes. This strategy was talked about again in 2017, and has already given us the wonderful Streets of Rage 4. Funnily sufficient, Sega cites Streets of Rage – in addition to Shinobi, Loopy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Area Channel 5, Rez, Virtua Fighter and Altered Beast – as potential candidates for this strategy.

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Within the shorter time period, Sega plans over the following three years to “strengthen current IPs to construct a strong construction” with manufacturers resembling Sonic, Phantasy Star On-line 2, Persona 5, Yakuza and Whole Battle being the principle targets of this technique.

Elsewhere within the report, Sega revealed that 4.4 million Sonic video games had been bought prior to now 12 months, regardless of no new Sonic title being printed in that timeframe. 4 million Whole Battle video games have been bought prior to now 12 months, in addition to 3.8 million Soccer Supervisor titles and three million Persona video games. It wasn’t all excellent news, nevertheless; the Covid-19 pandemic had an affect on Sega’s pachinko enterprise, which suffered an working lack of 10.6 billion yen ($96.7 million) prior to now 12 months.