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Toshihiro Nagoshi stepping down as Sega CCO; now a Creative Director [up: part of management restructure]
- Thread starter MondoMega
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Probably because he misread the market with his no Switch support policy and delaying Yakuza PS5.
I might be wrong but it feel like Yakuza Like a Dragon despite of its critical acclaim didnt show up in any western charts...i think they expected a bit more from having a next-gen version + MS marketing for its launch.
But who knows - Yakuza fans have no need to worry him being able to focus on directing the games, is probably for the best.
I might be wrong but it feel like Yakuza Like a Dragon despite of its critical acclaim didnt show up in any western charts...i think they expected a bit more from having a next-gen version + MS marketing for its launch.
But who knows - Yakuza fans have no need to worry him being able to focus on directing the games, is probably for the best.
Yeah I'm thinking his... wisdom regarding Switch is a factor of him stepping down. Sakura Wars missed on some BIG sales by not being on Switch, plus lord knows how well Yakuza could be doing on Switch.
Maybe now we'll find out!
It's not like the Japanese side of Sega is doing all that well. Yakuza is like their only notable IP and even that's in decline.
It could also just be him wanting to focus on Yakuza.
I think it's more likely to be health reasons than anything like that.
He had heart surgery in 2019.
I was wondering about that. Old article from 2012 said that the old COO retired and Nagoshi was promoted to CCO then.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-02-29-sega-coo-retires-nagoshi-promoted-to-cco
4gamer made a mistake with nagoshi's title, resulting in black kite tweeting wrong info.
sega group coo is yukio sugino prior to restructuring going to take place in their next fiscal year (and still will be)
sega group coo is yukio sugino prior to restructuring going to take place in their next fiscal year (and still will be)
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I was just about to say. Maybe he just wants to focus on games again.
No expert but they were greatly hit in their Amusements sector do to Covid amongst other things.
Yakuza is in decline ? I thought it had never been more popular since 0 made the series more mainstream, and that 7 was rather well received.
Well yeah, even Nagoshi isn't dumb enough to release a Monkey Ball game without a Switch port these days.
I think they would cite it as a reason if it was health related. Its not like he is not gonna work crazy hours as the Director of Segas key franchise.
But in the end its probably just too much for him - being a Director and having to oversee many different projects isnt draining, even for healthy individuals. After stuff like Sakura Wars i can see him just not being interested to having to sign off stuff he cant be that hands-on with compared to Yakuza.
sakura wars was well received critically though I think?
i think nagoshi will rather make a new monkeyball or fzero on switch
He wouldn't have to be, they have people like Yokoyama who have direct RGG titles in the past.
Gotcha.
I love Sega, but they desperately need some new vision. The Sakura Wars stuff was such a bad bet.
Well yeah, that's on him or whoever made the call. :P
Even then BBHD was terribly done. They cut most of the soundtrack (the best part of the Wii original), and didn't even include optional motion controls in the Switch version. It was just clunky overall. The original was made for the tilt controls and it obviously shows, yet they didn't take full advantage of the one version that could've easily replicated it (single Joy-Con tilt like on Wii, come on now).
It got very mediocre reviews and alienated alot of its japanese fanbase and didnt break out much outside it
makes sense. he should focus on game development, making business decisions doesn't seen like his thing.
From what I can see Sega release the same kind of games for Switch as they've done for Wii and DS when they were on top. They have hardly ignored it
7 is the worst selling game in the series in Japan, which is a trend for the series and so far we don't have any reason to believe the game did super well in the west.
well the output is lacking in comparison. we got a new monkeyball, exclusive sonic games, a new sakurawars, an exclusive house of the dead (arguably the best one)
oh that sucks. i lost interest because it looked like an action game rather than a srpg but the new illustrations looked good (and I love fujishima)
I mean, the original statement was true too in my experience.
*stares at my avatar*
Well it's not really our business if its related to his health so they don't have to share that.
Sega have have very poor support for both the PC and the Switch.
More so the Switch. But it feels like Sega only just realised there is money to be made on PC when Persona 4 Golden sold a shit ton.
Sega are bafflingly bad at business.
More so the Switch. But it feels like Sega only just realised there is money to be made on PC when Persona 4 Golden sold a shit ton.
Sega are bafflingly bad at business.
They haven't even made a legit Switch-exclusive Sonic game (Olympics doesn't count). It was tradition for ages for there to be a Nintendo-exclusive Sonic game each gen, but for whatever reason they've not made one for the Switch, which if done right, could be a MASSIVE seller.
The only exclusive I think they've made was Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix and that was mostly just an adaptation of Future Tone, not a full-on custom game like the Mirai games on 3DS were (can we please get a Mirai game on Switch with the Nendoroid designs please!?).
They also really botched the Sega Ages line, acting shocked that a line mostly consisting on rehashed 8 and 16-bit games didn't light the charts on fire. It felt like Virtua Racing (shocker, an actual 3D title) was the only one to make an impression on people and was one of the highest sellers.
Folks have begged for Dreamcast games on Switch for years. Not one has shown up from Sega. They did a poll asking what games folks wanted on Switch, DC games flooded the list, nothing happened.
What would they gain from releasing a Switch exclusive Sonic game when the brand does better on all platforms?
