Sega cancels unspecified titles amid business streamlining

Sega has announced that due to a large expected operating loss, it will be canceling unspecified titles, streamlining its business, and focusing more on digital development.

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Sega expects to post a 7.1 billion yen (approximately $85 million) loss for the year ending March 2012, and has announced it will be streamlining its business and canceling unspecified games as a result. The company says that the "challenging economic climate" necessitates a structure shift, including more digital content development. We don't know which games are on the chopping block, but we know a few that aren't.

The company says that IPs like Sonic the Hedgehog, Football Manager, Total War, and Aliens are expected to perform strongly, and indicated no plans to cancel those games. Other unspecified games are being canceled, but those could be projects that haven't been publicly announced yet.

Sega didn't give indication of how this might impact its studio structure or if layoffs are expected. Presumably, the renewed focus on digital games means we'll see more output to download services like PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade, along with more games in the mobile market. Shacknews has contacted Sega regarding the game cancellations, and will update as more information becomes available.

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    March 30, 2012 9:00 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Sega cancels unspecified titles amid business streamlining.

    Sega has announced that due to a large expected operating loss, it will be canceling unspecified titles, streamlining its business, and focusing more on digital development.

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      March 30, 2012 9:01 AM

      Was there anything good in the pipeline ?

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        March 30, 2012 10:21 AM

        Rumors of an HD Skies of Arcadia and Shenmue which I'm sure have been axed now.

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          March 30, 2012 10:24 AM

          Well, guess I've still got my copy of Shenmue somewhere...

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          March 30, 2012 10:26 AM

          wish i could find my skies DC discs :( and that i had a working vmu...

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          March 30, 2012 10:30 AM

          Rumors for the HD Shenmue I and II are that they have been done for a long time.

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          March 30, 2012 11:14 AM

          Those are the ones I'd actually bet on.

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      March 30, 2012 10:50 AM

      That's a shame, I hope no good original IPs suffered because Binary Domain looks really good and I'll definitely be picking it up when it's out on PC.

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      March 30, 2012 11:09 AM

      that sucks. I was really looking forward to unspecified title.

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      March 30, 2012 11:28 AM

      Hooray for more sequels and fewer risky new IPs

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      March 30, 2012 11:38 AM

      Digital Development - In short, more old Genesis games ported to iOS and Steam.

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      March 30, 2012 3:32 PM

      Hopefully none of those were related to Platinum Games

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        March 30, 2012 8:12 PM

        Agreed with that. Really love that studio. I gotta say that I've enjoyed every part of the Shogun 2 releases. Really hope they recover from this.

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