I believe he means the ones that started under this initiative instead of ones that just partially lived under it.
Apparently he was also the person who decided to bring back Sakura Wars.
Apparently he was also the person who decided to bring back Sakura Wars.
Satomi-san explained that the company was able to achieve profitability in all regions for the second consecutive year in all business segments, including arcade, smartphone games, pc games, console games, animation, and merchandise. With this foundation that allows achieving stable revenue, Sega is ready to take on new challenges.
Last year, Satomi-san extended two relevant messages to his employees. The first is "let's regain confidence and pride because we have many fans supporting us." The second is "We have to provide exciting content for those fans."
One important element that he aimed to address is that producers would release games only when confident that they're "absolutely a good game or service" whether or not they expect big sales.
Satomi-san believes that the company is managing to regain the trust of consumers, and that commitment to the quality of the product plays a major role in improving earnings performance as well.
In a previous meeting with investors, he explained that Sega will operate four IP axis. The first is existing IP, continuing to create new games in various forms for series like Yakuza or Sonic. The second is the revival of existing IP. The third is new IP, as creating new challenges has always been a value of the Sega group. The motto "creation is life" is part of the publisher's DNA. The fourth axis is working on IP from other companies. Satomi-san admitted that Sega has not been very good at this until now.
https://www.dualshockers.com/sega-president-new-sakura-wars-shenmue-future/Satomi-san concluded by reiterating that Sega is ready for new challenges. He believes that the fiscal year 2018 will be the year in which the publisher will announce things that they have been building up until now. More than ever, he would like fans to look forward to it.