Profits drop 34% for Sega Sammy

[vbt]

This bad result seems to come from the bad sales of the pachinko games (wasn't it the same last year ?). The arcade sales has again increased 🙂 and some games like Yakuza 2 sold well .

 

[mtxblau]

Since Sammy bought Sega, how would it work if the pachinko unit tanked? I suppose they'd have to spin Sega off as part of a bankruptcy proceeding (if it were ever to happen... 34% is quite a significant drop).

This is a roundabout way of shamlessly prognosticating - Microsoft will buy Sega, in five years time. That is my guess. 😀

 

[cww80]

It doesn't help that Sega hasn't been releasing too many quality titles either.

The only AAA title I can think of that came out recently is Virtua Fighter 5 for PS3. (Coming to Xbox 360)

They also, (more or less) destroyed the "Shining" series with mediocre crap on PS2 and GBA. They should have just re-released what they had with improved graphics and sound.

Where the hell is Dragon Force for PS2?! Or the Phantasy Star remakes collection?