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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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When Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed sold most on Wii U, more than even the PS3 and 360 versions combined, that's all there needs to be said about how powerful Sonic's association with Nintendo is.
I'm talking more about the Japanese side.
People were begging for PC ports of their back catalogue for years.
And only now did they decide to port P4G and were seemingly stunned when it sold like crazy.
Sega live in a dream world.
I mean none of this is our business. Though i rather speculate or discuss on things that could make sense related to his actual position than saying its health related without any evidence.
The result in is the same in the end, for whatever reason he is stepping down from his position.
Criticizing Nagoshi or Segas performance in the past doesnt mean that people dont care about his health or wish him any harm, i would think that people can separate the two things.
SEGA JPN*
For every flop and shitty games released by the japanese division there's a successful one released by SEGA Europe on PC.
I'm not saying that, but I don't think there's any reason to suggest upper management would be unhappy with his decision making. I don't think Nagoshi's dumb opinions on the Switch will have much bearing on this decision.
This, but before they should make a 13 Sentinels port. I would love the game even more if I could play it on the go. Digico are not meant to be played on TV
There is no PC port either. Is that also an 'incompatible audience'?
Finally the evil has been defeated and I can soon play a Yakuza game with bad graphics while taking a shit
He didn't say that exactly, he implied it. He said "only Playstation has the audience for a game like this". Utter bullshit.
this doesn't track with any source I can find but let's assume it's true for one second.
ASRT'S sales are not indicative of a trend on their own, especially since it skipped next gen consoles aside from the Wii U. Lost World is the actual reference point for an exclusive and it's sales were slow compared to the other games in the series.
The actual best selling Sonic games in the past 20 years are Sonic Heroes and Sonic Unleashed, two games that casted their net the widest. Aside from that the mobile titles are bringing in way more revenue than anything else. Kids everywhere, on every gaming device like Sonic from consoles to handhelds to mobile. I ask again: What is the point of landlocking the brand?
I dont know the reason either, just speculating. Yakuza 7 western numbers and the stance on Switch are the only job related things i could see being a factor.
Not any difference than saying that he cant do the job no more because of health reasons. As said earlier, having that much responsibility can be draining even for a healthy person - the job might just not be the right fit for him and he rather would be focusing on his team and the Yakuza series.
Yakuza is only developed with PS/Xbox/PC plattform in mind, so these games coming to Switch was never the real issue. But its general stance to the plattform, based on Yakuza WiiU sales and the decision making regarding other Sega series. Same for Yakuza 8 which is likely targeting next-gen consoles.
Considering the position he was in, people expected him to be just more open minded when it comes to plattform support. He was representing Sega during the Jan17 Switch conference after all.
Not a Switch thing. SEGA has been managed poorly for a while now. The Switch stuff is just a symptom of a deeper problem.
I was wondering the same thing. It's getting rather pathetic if you ask me.
Buy an Xbox, PS or Steam? Is that what you Nintendo fans tell PS and Xbox owners to do?
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I don't tell anyone to do anything
I'm too busy waiting for yakuza on switch
That he'll still likely be working on them, and who knows maybe even more beyond that, since he's going back to being a creative director.
Isn't it normal after saying that( "only Playstation has the audience for a game like this )?
I imagine it would be hard on his health to have such a big responsibility after the heart surgery so this for the best
Nothing. He can now fully dedicate his time working on it.
probably good things, since nagoshi doesn't have to divide his attention now and can focus on yakuza.
Well something like the botched revitalisation of Sakura Wars could definitely be a factor, but even then Switch is only one part of the equation there. The failure(?) of the mobile game is probably a more serious issue.
If it's health related, i wish him a little less stress so that he can recover or at least not put more damage on his health. Health > everything else.
Let's keep in mind that, to this day, there's still people begging for ports of Bayonetta 2 (and 3 to some extend), games Nintendo actually financed and basically "owns", so let's not start calling things pathetic, okay?
Let's keep in mind that, to this day, there's still people begging for ports of Bayonetta 2 (and 3 to some extend), games Nintendo actually financed and basically "owns", so let's not start calling things pathetic, okay?
no, it's not remotely normal. it's extremely offputting and petty
It's the market leader that they're so determined to not support that they'd rather have their games bomb.
I want a financially healthy Sega with healthy franchises that are available to everyone and can support being more then the 'Sonic+Yakuza' company.
The man had heart surgery but yes let's continue to bitch and moan about him not making enough Switch games. A totally normal and not at all pathetic thing to do.