Sega has told revealed today that the company is very keen on creating sequels for Bayonetta, Aliens vs. Predator and their latest game Alpha Protocol.
President of Sega West, Mike Hayes said:
"We want to get the core games right before anything else. We've got our shooter with AvP and our RPG with Alpha Protocol - we really want to make those into franchises.”
"If you think about it, we can sequel-ise Bayonetta, AVP, Alpha Protocol and we can make a hit of something like Vanquish. Add that to Football Manager and Virtua Tennis - we actually have a broad portfolio."
That’s a good idea, Sega but we think we’ve got a better one. Here it is: why not bring back classic franchises like Streets of Rage or Crazy Taxi? Just a thought.
President of Sega West, Mike Hayes said:
"We want to get the core games right before anything else. We've got our shooter with AvP and our RPG with Alpha Protocol - we really want to make those into franchises.”
"If you think about it, we can sequel-ise Bayonetta, AVP, Alpha Protocol and we can make a hit of something like Vanquish. Add that to Football Manager and Virtua Tennis - we actually have a broad portfolio."
That’s a good idea, Sega but we think we’ve got a better one. Here it is: why not bring back classic franchises like Streets of Rage or Crazy Taxi? Just a thought.
Hayes also admitted that the company need to increase its popularity on 360 and PS3. He said that Madworld was "mismatched" to the Wii and that the company regrets the use of it’s classic IP in under whelming titles such as Golden Axe (the less said about that, the better.)
"It's important that on our old IP that is respected, we need to deliver a good product. And in some instances we have done that - look back at when we re-did Sega Rally.” said Hayes. “It scored well and was moderately successful commercially. But then with other great franchises like Golden Axe we didn't produce a great game at all.”
"Going forward, if we're going to look at any existing IP to bring out the locker, we have to make sure we get the quality to a level we now expect. I'm not saying which IP it would be - Streets of Rage, Crazy Taxi, whatever. What we have to do now is build something that is 85 per cent plus [rated]. We can't just get away with PR."
Huh! Guess he was listening to our idea after all. Touché!
"It's important that on our old IP that is respected, we need to deliver a good product. And in some instances we have done that - look back at when we re-did Sega Rally.” said Hayes. “It scored well and was moderately successful commercially. But then with other great franchises like Golden Axe we didn't produce a great game at all.”
"Going forward, if we're going to look at any existing IP to bring out the locker, we have to make sure we get the quality to a level we now expect. I'm not saying which IP it would be - Streets of Rage, Crazy Taxi, whatever. What we have to do now is build something that is 85 per cent plus [rated]. We can't just get away with PR."
Huh! Guess he was listening to our idea after all. Touché!
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