Simon Jeffery talks about The Conduit
Posted by George. Filed under George, Interviews, Nintendo Wii, North America. Tagged with High Voltage Software, Simon Jeffery, The Conduit.
It seems that every time Sega makes a big deal, they have Simon Jeffery talk to IGN and ignore us. This time is no exception, here is Simon Jeffery making Sega sounding like the Wii’s savior:
“SEGA is making considerable investment in core games for the Wii. We strongly believe that games like Mad World and House of the Dead Overkill have a great place on the Wii ….. Everyone is churning out wide market and family-friendly fare for the Wii platform, but there are millions of core gamers being underserved right now – and SEGA was delighted that HVS feel the same way.”
I guess it’s true, Sega does what Nintendon’t!
[Source IGN]
[Image Venture Beat]
Simon Jeffery: “There is a lot of crap coming out for the Wii”
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, Interviews, News, Nintendo Wii. Tagged with MadWorld, Simon Jeffery.
Everybodys favourite President (Sega President), is out there speaking his mind (as always), and I applaud him for it.
In a recent interview with VentureBeat, Simon Jeffery is asked about future Sega mes appearing on the Wii, and this is what he said:
“The Wii is a very cost effective platform to experiment with. There is a lot of crap coming out for the Wii in general. But if it’s not a good game, it doesn’t sell.”
Now, I have said this loads of times, I am a pretty big fan of the Wii. A lot bigger than many people on this site - but even I cannot deny that there is a lot of rubbish on the console, and what Wii gamers need are more ‘decent’ games.
Simon Jeffery speaks his mind about EA - gaming world applauds him
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, Interviews, News. Tagged with Simon Jeffery.
If you had asked me what I thought about Simon Jeffery a month ago, I might have said “Simon who?”Â
Yeah, I know he’s the President of Sega America, but back then he was nothing more than a blip on my radar. However, in the last month, with all the E3 interviews going on, I have grown to love this man!
He seems so switched on, and pretty much speaks his mind - which is exactly what he did in a recent interview with American news agency, Forbes, where he compared EA to a “petulant child” - which is right on the money (in my opinion).
E3 had “atmosphere of a large hospital corridor” - but Sega still backs events
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, Interviews, News, North America. Tagged with E3, Simon Jeffery.
Just the other day, we reported on how several top game developing companies, including Sega, spoke of their disappointment at this years E3, and that something had to be done.
Speaking with MCV, Simon Jeffery (yep that guy again!) wanted to clarify his views on the matter:
“E3 was a strange beast this year. We had an extremely strong product showing, had some great meetings, and got our messaging over pretty strongly - all at an event that had all the atmosphere of a large hospital corridor.”
But Simon also assures the gaming world that Sega would still back the annual event. However, it is clear that something does need to change:
Kotaku asks Simon Jeffery the generic E3 questions - receives usual answers
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, Interviews, News, Video. Tagged with Dreamcast, Shenmue III, Simon Jeffery.
Gaming events are great fun aren’t they?
You get to see some videos/screenshots of new games, hear developers talk about upcoming projects and get to read some interesting interviews… and watch as the world goes crazy, speculating at some mad new inventions and hearing wild rumours.
It’s always the same, and this year was no different - with the typical rumours of Shenmue III, springing up a couple of months ago. It’s something as gamers we just have to put up with.
But in all honesty I wouldn’t change it for the world! It gets frustrating, sure, and I’m confident developers hate getting asked the same questions. But really, it wouldn’t be the same without the rumours or typical questions being asked “Will they? Won’t they?”
Simon Jeffery makes a slip about Resident Evil 5, on the Wii
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, Interviews, News, Video. Tagged with Capcom, Simon Jeffery.
Now, don’t get too excited. The slip was not about how Sega would be publishing/developing Resident Evil 5 on the Wii - I think Capcom is happy enough with their own teams to handle any of their franchises. However, Simon Jeffery has made a ’slip’ (if you will) about Resident Evil 5 coming to the Wii.
In a recent E3 interview with Kotaku, the Sega of America President was asked whether Sega was taking a chance by putting a violent ‘core gamer’ oriented game on the Wii, with MADWORLD.
[Note: Above video doesn’t always seem to work or takes ages to load. After the break is the transcribed (by yours truly) response from Simon.
Simon Jeffery talks about Platinum Games with Gamespot
Posted by George. Filed under George, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, North America, Sony PlayStation 3. Tagged with interview, Platinum Games, Simon Jeffery.
Have some questions about the Platinum Games deal? Simon Jeffery has got you covered. Here are the important highlights of the interview:
- The Sega contract gives Platinum Games total freedom. They get to make the game how they want it, the trailers, and all that stuff. While Sega tries to give them advice on how best to market the games.
- Platinum Games is exclusive to Sega for the time being. Meaning they can’t go make games with other publishers.
- The new games are owned by Sega.
- Deal is long term. This is just the first step.
- These games are meant to become franchises.
Click here for the full interview.