After a series of less-than-stellar titles released by SEGA over the past few years, the House of Sonic is looking to turn over a new leaf. In an interview with Famitsu magazine, SEGA CEO Hajime Satomi hopes that the company could win back trust of its loyal fan base. According to Satomi, quality will be SEGA’s main priority.
“I’ve been talking to the employees about how we should start putting serious consideration into quality from this point on. Especially in North America and Europe, where it’s always been more of a focus on schedules, I believe that if we can’t maintain quality, it would be better to not release anything at all.”
At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, SEGA hopes to become a “brand” once again by starting with an announcement at this year’s Tokyo Game Show.
“Since we’re seriously considering quality, I can’t make that promise for the time being, but I believe we will announce something for home console at Tokyo Game Show… Sega in the ‘90s was known for its ‘brand, but after that, we’ve lost trust, and we were left with nothing but ‘reputation. For this reason, we’d like to win back the customers’ trust, and become a ‘brand,’ once again.”
This new mindset is a step in the right direction and I hope that SEGA will make good on its promise. Do you believe that SEGA could return back to its former glory? Sound off in the comments below!
(via Siliconera )
Could they possibly be hinting at getting back into consoles? :o/
That would be a dream to me, but I know it’s not possible. Sadly.
Well, its possible my friend. They have lot of money http://www.morningstar.com/stocks/PINX/SGAMY/quote.html
(god bless japanese arcades) And They Are hiring new hw enginners http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qds9Vfwt&v=1&page=Job%20Description&j=oQJW0fwf http://recruit.sega.jp/fresh2016/jobcategory/
http://www.tssznews.com/2015/01/30/sega-restructure-report-claims-less-than-900k-in-company-capital/
I don’t call $900k capital alot of money at their scale…
That is Sega, i am talking about Sega Sammy, they have good cash flow and looking for investors
No but that would be cool.
If they want my trust back, the roadmap isn’t that complicated…
– PSO2 western release.
– Shenmue 1 & 2 re-release (I’d even accept non-HD at this point)
– Stop ignoring classic loved franchises (JSR, Panzer Dragoon, Skies of Arcadia
– Stop treating good titles like unwanted step-children (Valkyria Chronicles)
– MULTIPLATFORM EVERYTHING! Sorry, I’m not buying a Wii U….
i am still waiting for them to port JSRF and SoA to Steam.
Hoping the announcement will be for the next-gen Sonic game by Sonic Team. I’d shit bricks if it was Sonic Generations 2. Gimme Sonic in 60 FPS at 1080p on PS4, and get rid of the shitty hub world.
Well they can start by releasing Phantasy Star Online 2 in North America