Sega - It's more than just Sonic Autism

[Gatdam Animal Person]

Are you warming up to that idea of mine of just sticking Skies of Arcadia in as a playable bonus within Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth?

It'll be like with Homefront: The Revolution with the full Timesplitters 2 game as an easter egg, but considerably easier to do since it'll be a ROM and emulator (instead of a source port).

Plus, they could potentially get more sales and get more people into both Yakuza and SoA.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

272 page PDF of Internal Classified Sega documents from 1997 leaked

Attached as a local archive. Was briefly discussed in the Sony thread, but since this pertains to Sega, I figure I'd stick it in it's proper thread

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

272 page PDF of Internal Classified Sega documents from 1997 leaked

Attached as a local archive. Was briefly discussed in the Sony thread, but since this pertains to Sega, I figure I'd stick it in it's proper thread

"We are killing Sony. In every [store in Japan], Saturn hardware is sold out and there are stacks of Playstation. The retailers commented they can't compare the true sales rate because Saturn sells out before they can measure accurately. [...] I wish I could get all our staff, sales people, retailers, analysts, media, etc. to see and understand what's happening in Japan; they would then understand why we will win here in the U.S. eventually."

I dunno, I feel a bit of passive-aggressiveness there from good old Tom.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

So the Union won... it's now an official thing

https://archive.li/t0rCp

 

[DocAwe]

Whelp, I may never buy a Sega product again.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

So the Union won... it's now an official thing
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https://archive.li/t0rCp

What are they all about again? Is it the usual LGBT shit or some race hustling?

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

So the Union won... it's now an official thing
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https://archive.li/t0rCp

.......please, by all means, continue ignoring Skies of Arcadia, SEGA. Please disregard my previous pleas for a remake. Dead-ass. Better to be forgotten and un-wokeified than getting your grubby fingers all over it.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Double-posting AGEEEAN:

Sega President Explains Why A Sega Saturn Mini May Not Be On The Cards Just Yet​

"The Sega Saturn is surprisingly high performance, so the difficulty of miniaturisation is [...] high.
“I don’t think it’s a case of saying ‘let’s make another one because it sells well’, it looks like it’s going to be a little longer.

“I’d like to think about it when we’re in a situation where we can openly develop it together with people who have always loved the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast.”

How about directing the resources you're wasting on mediocre Sonic games towards making Saturn emulation easier? Did that ever occur to you, you Jap fucknugget?

 

[TVB]

Double-posting AGEEEAN:

Sega President Explains Why A Sega Saturn Mini May Not Be On The Cards Just Yet​

How about directing the resources you're wasting on mediocre Sonic games towards making Saturn emulation easier? Did that ever occur to you, you Jap fucknugget?

Like with any big name company, Sega is being Sega making huge excuses. Typical DSP move.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

>"The Sega Saturn is surprisingly high performance, so the difficulty of miniaturisation is [...] high.
“I don’t think it’s a case of saying ‘let’s make another one because it sells well’, it looks like it’s going to be a little longer.
fucking called it

I would LOVE to hear their excuse for when they inevitably say they can't/won't. One excuse i can think of that they would probably go with is regards to Porting those games over due to how the saturn is coded would be hard work - Even though these games were already ported onto the PS2 for the "SEGA AGES" collection, so unless they lost the code, there's really no excuse for it. Hell, they can do what Sony did for the PS1 Mini and use an open-source emulator for the saturn (which there are a few)

 

[Pissmaster]

Why not just license some emulator and sell Sega Saturn ISOs, like they do with Sega Genesis Collection on Steam?

You know, considering PC gaming adoption rates in Japan rising, they might be better off just releasing a Steam-based console preloaded with Sega games. Like a small form factor PC that looks like a Dreamcast, with a Dreamcast controller, and all of the Dreamcast & Sega Genesis Collections just right on there. That'd be nice.

 

[SiccDicc]

Double-posting AGEEEAN:

Sega President Explains Why A Sega Saturn Mini May Not Be On The Cards Just Yet​

How about directing the resources you're wasting on mediocre Sonic games towards making Saturn emulation easier? Did that ever occur to you, you Jap fucknugget?

He should just blame it on the union making it too expensive to feasibly accomplish.

 

[Calandrino]

Why not just license some emulator and sell Sega Saturn ISOs, like they do with Sega Genesis Collection on Steam?

That thing sucks. The Minis are at least a well-made products, for what they are.

 

[Pissmaster]

That thing sucks. The Minis are at least a well-made products, for what they are.

Well yeah, it doesn't have to have a front-end. I was thinking more along the lines of how DOSBox games are sold on Steam, all with their own copy of DOSBox and scripts to launch them and keep DOSBox out of the sight of the player as much as possible.

 

[Calandrino]

Well yeah, it doesn't have to have a front-end. I was thinking more along the lines of how DOSBox games are sold on Steam, all with their own copy of DOSBox and scripts to launch them and keep DOSBox out of the sight of the player as much as possible.

Well, it still sucks behind the front-end too, one would think Genesis emulation would be a thoroughly solved problem and yet here we are. The Saturn ports to modern systems that exist are often plagued by input lag, maybe less important for rpgs and such, but even Sega they did some modern Saturn ports I wouldn't count on them to be done very well.

 

[TVB]

Fusion is an obviously very easy Genesis/Game Gear/Master System emulation for me.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Fusion is an obviously very easy Genesis/Game Gear/Master System emulation for me.

Genesis Plus GX is good too

 

[TVB]

Genesis Plus GX is good too

Amen to that

 

[Celebrate Nite]

but even Sega they did some modern Saturn ports I wouldn't count on them to be done very well.

Even their not-so-modern Saturn ports didn't fair well either.

Nights Into Dreams being prime example #1 with the way the character controls. Rather than doing perfect circles, the PS2 (and even PC versions) had the characters perform rounded squares.

The PS2... with analogue controls that could do 360s with ease... couldn't perform 360s with ease. Let that sink in.

 

[TVB]

Even their not-so-modern Saturn ports didn't fair well either.

Nights Into Dreams being prime example #1 with the way the character controls. Rather than doing perfect circles, the PS2 (and even PC versions) had the characters perform rounded squares.

The PS2... with analogue controls that could do 360s with ease... couldn't perform 360s with ease. Let that sink in.

It's like Sega really shat on the Saturn a whole lot