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Originally posted by Stonecutter
I think it would be better for Sega if they were bought out. They don't make much money on anything now as it is. I don't think it would be better for gamers however.
If, for instance, ms buys out sega. Do we still see games like sonic adventure coming to xbox? I doubt it.
You must also look at games like GV and PDO. Two awesome games that didn't sell very well. Will a company like MS who takes Sega under its wing even allow these games to come out, knowing that there will be little chance of them moving very many copies? I doubt it.
I also really fear for the future of sega sports if they're bought out. NFL Feaver is an awful game when compared to nfl2k3 (come to think of it, so is Madden.) Are we still going to get the 2k games after sega is no more?
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Well if MS bought them out I think would be the BEST company which could possibly do that. They are already losing so much money to simply break through into the market.
They would sponsor games like Shenmue, Jet Set Radio, Headhunter even if they didn't sell great just to increase thier userbase as much as possible.
A company like Nintendo or Sony would stamp them as "unprofitable" games and would never make sequels. Microsoft would market them, to appeal to niche market. This would be very important next gen.
Also why would the Sega Sport series disappear?? Konami has 3 or 4 different soccer titles her in Europe and all of them compete with each other. So basicly Microsoft could easily sponsor 2 parallel games... this could only look good in the eyes of the public.
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