Sega Sports Exclusive to Xbox & PS2

Bond · 11-21-2002, 07:56 PM

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Earlier today in Japan, Sega released its financial results for the last six months, which showed that its operating profit was down 20 percent from the previous year, with revenue down 3 percent. The company still posted a net profit of 1.01 billion yen (about $8 million). Sega said it has been harder than expected to become a cross-platform publisher, and that its initial plans to transition from its hardware-based model were overly optimistic.

A Dow Jones report said that Sega is focusing on improving profits in its "loss-making" sports game operations in the US, which Sega has had big hopes for. While Sega doesn't plan to back down from its fierce competition with Electronic Arts on other platforms, it will completely halt GameCube sports game development as of next year.

Source: Gamespot

Good news for Xbox and Playstation 2 owners I suppose, bad news for GameCube owners.

Joeiss · 11-21-2002, 08:46 PM

Good. This is a wise move considering they will focus on online play next year.

Perfect Stu · 11-21-2002, 10:03 PM

I hope they can somehow make it that each game shares one server so that PS2 owners can play against XBox owners...

that would be really sweet.

until then, I'll probably pick up NHL2K3 for XBox and an XBox Live starter kit...sometime within the next 2-3 months

gekko · 11-21-2002, 10:33 PM

Xbox Live is a closed network. Can't happen.

GameKinG · 11-21-2002, 11:08 PM

Bad news for cube owners? What cube owners? Didnt their games average like... 7,000 in the US for cube?

Of those who buy sports on cube, are likely buying EA sports. I suppose it will just be a biger monopoly for EA.

TheGame · 11-21-2002, 11:25 PM

I owned NBA 2k2 and 2k3 for GCN (even though they are both gone now that I sold my GCN)

Any way you look at it, may it be a few gamers, or a lot of gamers, it's still bad news. What good can come from it? Sega fans who own a GCN now are forced to move to Xbox or Ps2.

Angrist · 11-22-2002, 09:57 AM

If they can't compete with EA sports then they shouldn't.

GameKinG · 11-22-2002, 10:08 AM

Well...less profit for them, not that they made any in the first place. Just a waste of a lot disc.

Perfect Stu · 11-22-2002, 03:42 PM

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Originally posted by GameKinG
Bad news for cube owners? What cube owners? Didnt their games average like... 7,000 in the US for cube?

Of those who buy sports on cube, are likely buying EA sports. I suppose it will just be a biger monopoly for EA.

Sega makes the top notch Basketball game, arguably the top notch football game, the best hockey game, and tennis game...

even if you try to rub it off as nothing, it's still a loss in quality sports titles that Cube-exclusive owners have no chance of playing at home

Crono · 11-22-2002, 03:49 PM

heh heh, it's times like these that it sucks to be someone with only one of the next gen systems.

I feel bad for you 1-console people...

gekko · 11-22-2002, 03:52 PM

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Originally posted by Perfect Stu
Sega makes the top notch Basketball game, arguably the top notch football game, the best hockey game, and tennis game...

Tennis wasn't on Cube.

Bond · 11-22-2002, 04:02 PM

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Originally posted by GameKinG
Bad news for cube owners? What cube owners? Didnt their games average like... 7,000 in the US for cube?

Of those who buy sports on cube, are likely buying EA sports. I suppose it will just be a biger monopoly for EA.

It is bad news for the people that like Sega Sports and only own a GameCube.

But of course it's quality over quantity... haha.

Jonbo298 · 11-22-2002, 05:39 PM

Considering I only own a 'Cube this really doesn't matter to me too much. I don't have the best likening to Sega Sports games. Haven't played any, and probably won't. But I think they will fill in for not making sports games for the 'Cube with a few maybe exclusive games

. Hopefully they fill the little void with great stuff

Joeiss · 11-22-2002, 05:48 PM

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Originally posted by Crono
heh heh, it's times like these that it sucks to be someone with only one of the next gen systems. I feel bad for you 1-console people...

I have one console and I couldn't be happier with it.

And Jonbo, this isn't good for Nintendo. It shows that Sega's products sell better on other systems. I really do not see and thing "filling the little void" from Sega on the GCN.

Perfect Stu · 11-22-2002, 09:49 PM

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Originally posted by Jonbo298
I don't have the best likening to Sega Sports games. Haven't played any, and probably won't.

'fanboy'ish ignorance...