Sega President Admits it Betrayed Fan's Trust, Must Make Quality Games

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Hire the guys that worked on Streets of Rage Remake then we'll talk, Sega. Until then I'll continue to put my hands over my Mega Drive's ears so it doesn't have to hear what you get up to nowadays.
 

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Good games make good amounts of money? Gee, whod'a thunk it? Apparently not Sega.

I am now pretty convinced that these kind of guys are completely out of touch with the industry that they are in, and are probably also aliens, too.
 

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So, first we have a Microsoft big wig say the industry would probably be better if CEOs actually played some games, and now Sega is saying that quality is important.

Did...did I miss something? Should I be running for the bunker and stashing all the cheese biscuits? Because I'm starting to get frightened.
No, this thing happens all the time. Within a year both companies will be shitting on the player base and producing cheaply made garbage to milk their products again. Heck, Ubisoft has become so effecient in the cycle that they run through the cycle three or four times while other companies are still doing it once.

Bitter? Me? Nah, just experienced.
 

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Perhaps it's a bad translation or something, but did he just say that they didn't care about quality until now? I'm not sure what was the purpose of this interview, but it sure as f*** didn't improve my opinion of them.
 

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Sega, by now the only thing that can earn my forgiveness is porting Bayonetta 2 to real platforms, but we all know that ain't going to happen.
 

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HAHAHA, "If we can make a product with proper quality..."

I... kinda hate Sega now. I didn't before this thread, I was indifferent. But what assholes? They know they're not putting out a quality product and it's only just now occurring to them that a good product may sell better than the shit they've been pumping out?

Wow. Someone needs to go back to business school. Step one on the flow chart is "Have a product or service people want to buy".

I just... can't believe this insight into their business strategy. That it's literally, "Hey, what if we made a good game?" That's ridiculous. Sega deserves to be where they are and now I have to go through life repressing the urge to find their corporate board and punching them in the balls to reduce their inbred continuance in society if this is honestly the first time they've seriously considered making product worth buying...
 

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That's good and all... but let's see you put your money where you mouth is, Sega, and then we'll talk.
 

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You know, it's easy to say "okay, we know we fucked up." It's quite hard to stop fucking up.

Translation, your apologies mean nothing, Sega, START FIXING YOUR STUPIDITY.
 

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Steven Bogos said:
"Sega in the '90s was known for its brand, but after that, we've lost trust and we were left with nothing but reputation
yeah, a reputation of being complete rubbish and releasing games that are mostly garbage.
Some are good though. Bayonetta was quite good.
 

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JenSeven said:
Steven Bogos said:
"Sega in the '90s was known for its brand, but after that, we've lost trust and we were left with nothing but reputation
yeah, a reputation of being complete rubbish and releasing games that are mostly garbage.
Some are good though. Bayonetta was quite good.
Sega published the game. They didn't make it. As far as I know the only "development" they performed was porting work.
 

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So their epiphany was "Good games might sell better than shit ones"

Wow, their powers of stating the bloody obvious are truly unrivalled!
 

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This has stemmed largely from the arrogance prevalent at the top of Sega Japan so yeah I actually damn believe that this has been some giant epiphany for them where it's a big 'no fucking duh' for the rest of us. The other branches WANT to make quality games but not on the shitty time-frames and horrible decisions being pushed around from there. Sonic Boom's development team was practically encouraged to 'move on' before testing had even begun if reports are to be believed. They used to make the Japanese team pick and direct the dub english voice actors. HOW BACKASSWARDS CAN YOU- but okay, if this is a true reform of internal practice. Show. Telling isn't enough.

Work with your foreign branches instead of ruling them. (granted the majority of my information comes from sonic team/sega america/london branch, and collected online testimonies, not from those on any published products)
 

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"After over a decade of constant failure, perhaps it's time to start considering putting effort into quality. Maybe"

God dammit, Sega.
 

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Sega, by now the only thing that can earn my forgiveness is porting Bayonetta 2 to real platforms, but we all know that ain't going to happen.
Well that would be because its completely out of their control as Bayonetta 2 was published by Nintendo and not Sega, you might as well blame Sega for Halo not being on the playstation.

Also how is the Wii U not a "real console"?

At the moment is probably got the best games out there with Bayonetta 2, Wind Waker, Mario Kart, Splatoon, Zombie U, Super Smash Bros, Highrule Warriors and Monster Hunter.
 

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Amaror said:
"Hey guys, i talked to these other guys and got a brilliant new idea. How about we try to make our games NOT SH*T? I know! Brilliant right? Sometimes i surprise myself!"
Step 1: Say we're sorry.
Step 2: Promise to make good games.
Step 3: Congratulate ourselves for being in tune with what customers want.
Step 4: Begin work on next Sonic game.
Step 5: ????
Step 6: Profit!!!!!

I can see it all coming together now.
 

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Charli said:
This has stemmed largely from the arrogance prevalent at the top of Sega Japan so yeah I actually damn believe that this has been some giant epiphany for them where it's a big 'no fucking duh' for the rest of us. The other branches WANT to make quality games but not on the shitty time-frames and horrible decisions being pushed around from there. Sonic Boom's development team was practically encouraged to 'move on' before testing had even begun if reports are to be believed. They used to make the Japanese team pick and direct the dub english voice actors. HOW BACKASSWARDS CAN YOU- but okay, if this is a true reform of internal practice. Show. Telling isn't enough.

Work with your foreign branches instead of ruling them. (granted the majority of my information comes from sonic team/sega america/london branch, and collected online testimonies, not from those on any published products)
This would seem to be in line from what I've heard about Japanese Companies. They tend to be very top heavy and traditional, which tends not to sync very well wither international games development.
 

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spartandude said:
RealRT said:
Sega, by now the only thing that can earn my forgiveness is porting Bayonetta 2 to real platforms, but we all know that ain't going to happen.
Well that would be because its completely out of their control as Bayonetta 2 was published by Nintendo and not Sega, you might as well blame Sega for Halo not being on the playstation.

Also how is the Wii U not a "real console"?

At the moment is probably got the best games out there with Bayonetta 2, Wind Waker, Mario Kart, Splatoon, Zombie U, Super Smash Bros, Highrule Warriors and Monster Hunter.
They still own the IP, so presumably they own at least some rights to the game as well.

How? Well, it's weak, has no good first party games, horrible support from third party publishers and is at death's door what's with an actual 8th Gen Nintendo console around the corner. Bayonetta 2 is, in my opinion, the only game it's got going for it.
 

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Isn't this a little too late?
I mean, after the garbage that is Boom, or Sonic '06 for that matter, people did lose quite a bit of trust in them.
 

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Laggyteabag said:
Good games make good amounts of money? Gee, whod'a thunk it? Apparently not Sega.

I am now pretty convinced that these kind of guys are completely out of touch with the industry that they are in, and are probably also aliens, too.
I know, right? Good games make good money? Ya don't say? http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/007/666/_57c8a1a431a592af806925e57258202f.png