Enough live service games have lost enough money, including Sega’s Hyenas, that at least one company is now scared enough to stop making them. Video games are healing.
Over 100 developers who were working on free-to-play titles have already been transferred to ‘Full Game’ development teams, “focusing on mainstay IPs”, according to the company.
Good to see them doing that instead of massive layoffs.
Finally! Of all the gaming companies, I think Sega is #2 behind EA on properties they own that they are doing fuck all with.
I’d love a current gen Burning Rangers, or Phantasy Star (not online).
The market has shown time and time again there’s a place for good 2D games or 3D games that aren’t using bleeding edge graphics.
Rolling thunder, Golden Axe, Outrun, Eternal Champions, Bonanza Bros…
There are many abandoned great franchises that in the right hands (see the latest Shinobi) would do great IMO.
They’re sitting on IP’s with crazy potential like Jet Set Radio / Crazy Taxi and are doing nothing with them.
Both of those are coming back, but I’m curious to see how you make Crazy Taxi make sense more than two decades after the death of arcades.
Given trends, probably open world online craziness.
Crazy Taxis: World
Well, if the article is any indication…
Planned revivals of classic franchises such as Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Golden Axe, and Streets of Rage remain in production, Sega said.
I have heard that every year for the past several years, I’ll believe it when I see it.
In the meantime, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is goddamn amazing and there’s a “sequel” being made called Hyperfunk
