Sega publish on their twitter a visit to the MS office.
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Like, I feel like the odd guy out here to say that this is probably Creative Assembly related possible halo wars or something. Or maybe they're hiring relic out to make them some kind of dawn of war style gears game.
just right. saying anything remotely proposing the other way is fanboy fiction.
MS could really use them. Xbox is severely lacking in some "fun an colorful" looking games that appeal to a broad audience. And a lot of SEGA franchises have a level of personality that you just cant create today
Super Lucky Tale and Sea of Thieves are fairly recent and fill this niche. But i'm not opposed to getting some old sega revivals though, gimme Alex Kidd 2018 or give me death
Part of me would love if Sega was part of MS. One of my saddest days as a gamer was when Sega left the hardware business. Many of my friends which loved Sega migrated to the Xbox as it seemed it was a spiritual successor to the Dreamcast. Sega always brought the games when they had their own hardware and even going back the Sega Master System, Sega was always on point with a ton of software support. Anyways, I would only want this to happen if MS dug into the IP's Sega owns and did something with them. Wishful thinking and all...
Eh those are honestly not that great of examples since they come off as "generic" in a lot of ways. And with Sea of Thieves being a MMO of sorts, it doesn't fit the bill of what MS needs to appeal to more consumers worldwide. SEGA would do wonders for them in that regard
Honestly, people with this sort of thinking have no idea what they are talking about. The biggest issue that makes modern Sega stick to a more conservative output pipeline these days instead of spreading out on every direction at once like they used to is money. And Microsoft doesn't do money injection into the companies they buy. Hell, they don't even put money in the games they publish: soon as something looks like it may take a bit more funding than planned, they shut down the whole thing. It has happened with various titles over the years, more recently with Scalebound from Platinum and Stormlands from Obsidian (which nearly killed the studio and put a lot of people out of a job).
This is not even discussing what became of Rare after they were absorbed into Microsoft; they sure used well all those IPs Rare owned, uh?
Microsoft brings nothing new to gaming and they don't even inject the capital needed into the studios who would otherwise do so. If god forbid they were to do a hostile takeover of Sega, it would be the slow end of a company that has been around for much longer than Microsoft has existed -- dragged around by the internal feuds of Microsoft departments, deprived of proper funding, and told not to take any creative risk ever. Screw that!
Sega forgetting who kept them going. Where would they be without Yakuza breaking out?
Super interesting. And yeah, flashbacks to 2002 when the MS Sega buy-out was a thing. All I have to add is that's Sonic Generations' Green Hill Zone running on the television in the background of that fourth Twitter post, and then you have Sonic placed next to an Xbox. I'm thinking not a buy-out, but some Sega games (including the next Sonic?) becoming exclusive to Xbox as most likely.
So basically just like the deal MS had with Sega in the early post-Dreamcast days (JSRF, Crazy Taxi 3 etc.). We'll see, will be keeping an eye on this.
So basically just like the deal MS had with Sega in the early post-Dreamcast days (JSRF, Crazy Taxi 3 etc.). We'll see, will be keeping an eye on this.
I recall making a similar prediction recently. It's mad, crazy, and unlikely... But it somehow makes incredible sense.
Microsoft would buy Sega and STILL not bring back the franchises we want resurrected. I have that little hope left.
It'd be worth it if I could selfishly wish for Chromehounds 2 on PC though.
It'd be worth it if I could selfishly wish for Chromehounds 2 on PC though.
This would be an absolute Xbox One killer app for me.
Currently 3DS is the best system for playing retro Sega games on current gen but we need more old school Sega on home consoles too.
Xbox One X exclusive, and they only have a print run of 10,000 copies! People who miss out get this mask to wear instead...
Sega could be pretty cruel back in the day.
It can only mean one thing....
Burning Rangers X, Xbox One X Exclusive!
Burning Rangers! We're gonna make it all right
Burning Rangers! Dreams of people we're powered by
Burning Rangers! Running at the speed of light
Just do it!
Just Burning Rangers
Burning Rangers X, Xbox One X Exclusive!
Burning Rangers! We're gonna make it all right
Burning Rangers! Dreams of people we're powered by
Burning Rangers! Running at the speed of light
Just do it!
Just Burning Rangers
It's likely one of the two RTS teams doing the new Age of Empires I reckon.
NiGHTS isn't a Dreamcast game, and the games I listed aren't intended to save the Xbox
How about Sega virtual arcade machine with
System 16, Super-Scalar series, System 32, Model 1/ 2/ 3, Titan ST-V (Saturn hardware), Naomi, Hikaru, Naomi 2, Chihiro (XBOX arcade hardware), Lindbergh, Europa-R, etc?
I'd rather have all of Sega's arcade stuff than their home consoles stuff, if I had to choose between them.
Why not just Sega everything..
Don't do this to me. I might be tempted to hope.
And I forgot how much I loved that song, damn.
According to Wikapedia (hey they have good info most of the time!)
Sega/Sammy
Net income
¥27,607 billion (2017)
That's about $ 258,811,177 US Dollars..
Microsoft paid 2 Billion for Minecraft!
Just Sayin!
Sega/Sammy
Net income
That's about $ 258,811,177 US Dollars..
Microsoft paid 2 Billion for Minecraft!
Just Sayin!
Microsoft acquired Rare....
Look what happened to Rare...
...and Rare was actually a good developer
this is either nothing, or not good news. But since good news never really comes out of Sega anyway I guess this is par for the course
Look what happened to Rare...
...and Rare was actually a good developer
this is either nothing, or not good news. But since good news never really comes out of Sega anyway I guess this is par for the course
I wouldn't even fucking care if MS bought SEGA. MS couldn't possibly do worse by Sonic.
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Microsoft said:
You don't gauge whether you can buy a public company based on annual net income. You go on Market Cap. Basically, the value of their total stock holdings. And even then, you have to pay a premium.According to Wikapedia (hey they have good info most of the time!)
Sega/Sammy
Net income
¥27,607 billion (2017)
That's about $ 258,811,177 US Dollars..
Microsoft paid 2 Billion for Minecraft!
Just Sayin!
Now, Sega Sammy is sitting at about $3.5B USD if Yahoo Finance hasn't steered me wrong. So your point isn't THAT far off.
But that's how you make the calculation. Not net income.
That's on Capcom, Sega wouldn't have anything to do with that decision.
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