Some clues that Microsoft might buy Sega?
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Hoping for something neat, even if its not the acquisition. Maybe SEGA's library being added to gamepass! I would love to play some old SEGA favorites again.
*audible gasp*
Phil chuckled. "You mean the Chaos Emeralds? Yeah, we bought them all."
Relic. Relic has been on my list of games Microsoft will acquire for some time now.
I expect it to happen.
Man if it comes to everything but Switch, Era is about to go crazy
The Japanese market is small potatoes. If they purchased Sega, it would be to bolster their offering to the West. Xbox has no interest in establishing an actual foothold in the Japanese market.
You listed 7 studios, and you left out Sonic Team of all studios to leave out for SEGA lol
What huge Sega published game might be enough to get folks in Japan buying an Xbox and Game Pass? 🤔
Shock Blue because the Acquisition is gonna shock the gaming industry? Interesting
THEY WILL SHOCK YOU
Shadow the Hedgehog Remastered, which new Dark Sonic route.
Maybe Microsoft created an emulation environment for Dreamcast on Xbox, and various Sega games will be coming to Game Pass?
For what it's worth, according to some financial websites I just checked out, Sega Sammy Holdings has a market cap of about $3 billion.
As a public corp, though, Sega Sammy would have to be way more upfront about an acquisition. Even if Microsoft wanted to buy them, they'd have to announce intent, and the process would be WAY longer than buying a privately-held company like Bethesda, Ninja Theory, or Double Fine.
As a public corp, though, Sega Sammy would have to be way more upfront about an acquisition. Even if Microsoft wanted to buy them, they'd have to announce intent, and the process would be WAY longer than buying a privately-held company like Bethesda, Ninja Theory, or Double Fine.
Sonic Team is part of the CS2 R&D consumer development division of Sega Corporation. While I stated there are 8, if you include Sega Corporation as a studio, I should have listed Sonic Corporation in the list of studios, to be more clear. Sonic Team is not listed as studio as it is part of "Sega Corporation", which has several development divisions which I grouped together, but I will list here:
Sega Corporation (Source: Wikipedia) includes:
Consumer development division:
- CS1 R&D
- CS2 R&D (this includes Sonic Team)
- Online R&D
Arcade development division:
- Sega AM1
- Sega AM2
Mobile development division:
- Sega Networks
- Ignited Artists
- Also include Hardlight
Sega Sammy could sell Sega gaming for lets say 1 billion, and then wouldnt be stocks in the way.
I do find it funny that the amount of people who spent all of last gen + the last year being salty over timed exclusivity because "it's anti-consumer and more people should play these games" are now the ones who are openly bragging about Microsoft buying up publishers to have permanent exclusivity. Nothing says pro-consumer like monopolies.
Sammy's future value is way lower without Sega, though. So they'd have to have shareholder approval (I think?).
If Microsoft buys Sega, Sony should buy Nintendo and then sell itself to Tencent who will then merge with Google, forming Gotensondo.
If the option is Sega going under or Microsoft putting money behind them, I'm all for them picking them up. I'd rather have a Sega (and their franchises) than no Sega.
However you classify it, studio/team/corporation, I just meant the staff behind the main Sonic franchise since owning Sonic would be a considerable get for MS. And at the same time, it is also one that needs a LOT of work considering how the franchise has gone for years and years.
If there's anything at all to this I think it would just be Microsoft signing a Sega games to gamepass kind of deal, nothing else.
I would like it if Microsoft financed some Sega IP back in to existence though, Finance a new Virtua Fighter the way Sony did with Street Fighter for example.
I would like it if Microsoft financed some Sega IP back in to existence though, Finance a new Virtua Fighter the way Sony did with Street Fighter for example.
Definitely. Sorry for the confusion.
Also, what does "The Slayer is Coming" mean? Is this DOOM Eternal?
Definitely. Sorry for the confusion.
Also, what does "The Slayer is Coming" mean? Is this DOOM Eternal?
I guess that one is related to DOOM?
Is this representative of the Sega arm, or Sega Sammy together? I don't even know if the former would be calculated individually.
I'm gonna just leave this here. This came from the dude who composed the music for the Jet Set Radio games, Oillie King, and more:
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And then Facebook buys Sonintengle for fun after they acquire the entire USA.
You can't just sell off 1/3 of your company without telling shareholders.
Goodbye SEGA is about this
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The KAs keeps on coming to Switch lol
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They'll be no 3rd party studio's left to publish on Playstation at this rate: 😥
my guess is sega catalog, past and future, comes to gamepass rather than an outright acquisition
Sammy is just the Pachinko/Pachislot section. Sega is the rest (Entertainment Content now), the anime studios and toys kind of fall out of order of the traditional Sega videogame/arcade businesses. Since 2015, there has been a resort, and also a casino sector, however that is joint ventures using Segas and Sammys know-how. From the all the businesses, the revenues from toys, anime, resorts and casinos has been small. Video games still make more money overall (console, pc, arcade and mobile), so it's the dominant sector before Pachi.
Traditionally, Sammy has been the big moneymaker with their low cost/high income pachinko machines until very recently with COVID. Sammy isn't satisfied with high profit margins howeve, und use the money for new business/growth utilizing Sega. Sega gets pachinko money from Sammy, and do their thing. That's been how it works since they merged. There has been ups and down compared to the consistency of Sammy, but, generally speaking, that's probably what they expected.
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He's getting drunk so his inhibitions are low enough to sell his house to give Sony the cash to buy Microsoft.
That is totally plausible and was a pretty big rumour before Xbox announcing EA Play coming to Game Pass.
The thing is, EA Play doesn't discard the possibility of a second partnership, so I can see that happening.
It happens all the time, you just need sign off from the board of directors.
MS buying Sega would not be the worst idea. Likely would mean a lot of reverence for the past and making old Sega stuff available again (going by MS track record). Considering the recent "case-by-case basis" remarks, this wouldn't exclude Switch/a Nintendo portable, so this only really drops Sony (for now until Xbox evolves into a streaming service and ends up on Playstation anyway ;P
Regarding the whole "can MS outsell Sony in Japan," I think Sony wants to sell consoles in Japan period. The Switch has helped solidify the notion that Japan isn't doing the entertainment centre thing anymore. MS knows this and needs to make Game Pass Streaming a big deal there. Even if full force, every current studio had a new game lined up each month for the next two years, those games wouldn't sway most Japanese gamers. Add Sega to the mix (including older stuff), and you might be on the right track to success. Small Series X at home, stream to a 6" phone otherwise? Plus, Sega has been investing in Cloud in Japan. I don't know what Azure's foothold is in Japan, but perhaps this is also a benefit of the idea, even if just on a technical level (like Zenimax/Orion).
IF this was to happen: MS buy Sega assets from Sammy, continues Nintendo support on specific games, uses the IP to push streaming in Japan, and expand general Japanese output. Throw a ton of BC content into Game Pass (like, all the way BC) and leverage Sega Cloud and whatever it's getting done. I don't know if Sammy operates casino machines, but allow that to continue happening exclusively with them as a partner if so.
Again - I'm not worried about it for two reasons. Selfishly, I'm an Xbox gamer. Unselfishly I know this stuff will continue on PC at the very least, if not also Nintendo (selectively) and even Playstation in some cases. I think, eventually, Game Pass is just available everywhere (like Netflix). Games will still very likely sell a la carte if you want them that way; it only adds options for entry and accessibility.
Regarding the whole "can MS outsell Sony in Japan," I think Sony wants to sell consoles in Japan period. The Switch has helped solidify the notion that Japan isn't doing the entertainment centre thing anymore. MS knows this and needs to make Game Pass Streaming a big deal there. Even if full force, every current studio had a new game lined up each month for the next two years, those games wouldn't sway most Japanese gamers. Add Sega to the mix (including older stuff), and you might be on the right track to success. Small Series X at home, stream to a 6" phone otherwise? Plus, Sega has been investing in Cloud in Japan. I don't know what Azure's foothold is in Japan, but perhaps this is also a benefit of the idea, even if just on a technical level (like Zenimax/Orion).
IF this was to happen: MS buy Sega assets from Sammy, continues Nintendo support on specific games, uses the IP to push streaming in Japan, and expand general Japanese output. Throw a ton of BC content into Game Pass (like, all the way BC) and leverage Sega Cloud and whatever it's getting done. I don't know if Sammy operates casino machines, but allow that to continue happening exclusively with them as a partner if so.
Again - I'm not worried about it for two reasons. Selfishly, I'm an Xbox gamer. Unselfishly I know this stuff will continue on PC at the very least, if not also Nintendo (selectively) and even Playstation in some cases. I think, eventually, Game Pass is just available everywhere (like Netflix). Games will still very likely sell a la carte if you want them that way; it only adds options for entry and accessibility.
This was my same thought when I first saw all this when I woke up. Especially when I got to the SEGA Twitter parts.
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