SEGA Sammy Press Release Elaborates On Mobile Strategy
At last we know what the mobile strategy that has been teased by SEGA Sammy Holdings these past months will be composed of.
In a press release published by the company today the document elaborates on the mobile strategy details that had been sorted out in a presentation one month ago.
After reinforcing how the subsidiaries in the company restructure will be arranged from now on a chart of mobile gaming gross sales for both Japan and overseas are shown. The following was mentioned:
The performance of this fiscal year is in line with the initial plan supported by strong performance of existing titles despite the decrease in the number of new titles due to strategic delay in the release of new titles in current fiscal year
About 20 titles with console quality to be added for full preparation. Over half of the 20 titles planned to be released in first half of next fiscal year.
Sonic Dash has gained a cumulative number of 98,000,000 downloads. Mobile Sonic downloads are bringing in record high downloads in SEGA Networks history and the Sonic series alone has made 143.5 million downloads on cumulative basis for mobile platforms.
The company then talks about what each of their partners and subsidiaries are doing for mobile gaming. This includes the recently acquired Demiurge whom SEGA Sammy says is now a 100% owned subsidiary and is planning new titles in the future.
After talking about how much mobile gaming has expanded in the company since 2013 they talk about their dashboard analysis before finishing.
The bottom line? Consoles will not be affected. The mobile platform is getting a reinforcement, new services, and studio partnerships with a ton of new titles planned. The majority of this strategy seems to be geared towards Japan. Console gaming was barely mentioned and with what Iizuka said about Sonic on consoles already known it is likely that console gaming will continue to operate as normal. At the very least we might see them take their time with their releases but that isn’t certain.
The fiscal year for SEGA Sammy ends on March 31st. We’ll likely hear more from the company then.
This post was originally written by the author for TSSZ News.
But who gives a shit about any of that if the games coming out aren’t good or releasing here in the states?
Let’s hope this puts them on the right track.
Would be nice if one of Sega’s apps was a Chao Garden simulator, also if Sonic Team released a new Sonic console game with a Chao Garden (SA3 perhaps?) and had interconnectivity with the app.
>still wanting a chao garden after all this time
>trusting SEGA 2015 to get even that right
Fuck off already.
Well yeah, that was a nice feature to have in a Sonic game so why not? Seems like a good idea to me.
And is not trust per se, I only hope Sega get their shit right, if I didn’t I wouldn’t be around here no more, then again why are you here?
LOL
I don’t mean to be a bossy boss, but ya mind cutting it out with the bad attitude here, MM2? Really, there are better ways to communicate than saying things like that. What you said was just plain rude.
I just hate delusional fans clinging to old ideas that were scrapped, especially those such as the Chao Garden; the thing that wasn’t nearly as developed or interesting as nostalgic ridden fans think is to be.
Two games and then a “sorta” garden in Advance one.
It’s time to let it the fuck go.
Stereotypical whiny, rowdy Sonic fan attitude. At least, some of us here still realize that games like Sonic Runners are good and that keeping an open mind can make a difference.
I don’t care if it’s a stereotype, it’s one I don’t like seeing “Chao Garden!” or other thoughts parroted every single time a mistake occurs in the franchise so I’ll be as rude or forthcoming as I see fit.
We get nowhere with terrible new ideas but we also don’t get anywhere clinging to old ones that were never fleshed out to begin with.
Finally, explaining yourself. It helps us to see where you’re coming from so you don’t just come off as an absolute jerk thinking that the rest of the world has to change their preferences to meet your approval.
As for the Chao Garden never being fully fleshed out, I beg to differ and I say just get a look at Sonic Advance 1 through 3 and Sonic Adventure 1 and 2. Notice the variety, including in the upgrades, items, types, battles and races. One reason Sonic Adventure series had so much replayability was on account of the Chao Garden. I know many people who played and continue to play Sonic Adventure 1 or 2 for just the Chao Garden, doing the game stages as something on the side in order to keep up their Chao Garden. Attaching the Chao Garden to any of the existing mobile games would be increase the popularity and replayability of those games in my opinion. For me, it would make Sonic Dash less of chore to play after the initial 5 to 10 minutes of excitement since I would actually be playing it to get upgrades for my Chao.
That’s a great idea, Raw! Virtual pet apps have been popular for the longest time. Either making a standalone Chao Garden app or one as an add-on to Dash/Jump/Runners would be great!
I care about games that come out around the world as I have multiple iTunes accounts for each region and I’m always downloading them 🙂
For example sonic dash s was a great game but unfortunately it closed down 🙁
That’s a lot of Sonic downloads
I do not care.
Bullshit. Tell us how much you really care.
He cares a lot less than you do to the point of no return.
Which is not at all.
Is that elaborate enough for ya?
Anything that keeps Sega alive is good news. So if they’re happy, I’m happy. 🙂
I don’t get how consoles will not be affected. Realistically speaking, it seems like they’re replacing the entire focus to mobile, which while it may benefit them now, it will probably hurt them in the long run.
They really should add a “Story Mode” in SONIC DASH (like in SONIC RUNNERS or at least a little intro like in SONIC JUMP 2012 or even Eggman stealing the M.E. like in SONIC DASH S) in addition to the infinite running concept (and new missions), the game would be even more addictive!!…
Umm… i am i the only one here that wants to know WHAT the titles, are per say?
they say they have 16 titles, whaaaa?
Really, want to know what they are SEGA… you can tell us know one is gonna steal them after all, if your giving away mechanics then you can be worried, you can’t give but a NAME?!
You own the rights to the IP’s a few names being mentions is not gonna to jeopardize the integrity of the product or sales.
If anything it will give backbone to your flailing ideas of what marketing is.
As we will know that you are working on something more then just O’l tired blue boy.
Come on, give us at least a name.
We aren’t gonna get more than maybe a few of them since SEGA hates America.