WhileSEGAhas had a string of hits when it comes to game releases with titles like Metaphor: ReFantazio, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and more, don’t expect the company to have the same output next year when it comes to volume of game releases.
The publisher confirmed they are planning to release fewer games in the next fiscal year, which runs from April 2025 to March 2026.
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SEGA Aims To Release Fewer Games Next Year And Lean On Key Franchises
In SEGA’s earnings Q&A (viaVGC), the publisher was asked about its plans for the next fiscal year, to which the reply said, “The plan is currently being formulated, but we expect the volume of new titles in Full Game to be lower than this fiscal year. On the other hand, we expect continuous revenue contribution from repeat sales of new titles in Full Game this fiscal year and full-scale revenue contribution from new titles in F2P”
Currently, SEGA’s lineup of “full games” (those that aren’t free-to-play) include Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Project Century, and also the new Virtua Fighter game, a new Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Golden Axe and Streets of Rage.
SEGA was also asked whether they were interested in acquiring any external studios, and the company said they are looking to bolster Atlus (Persona), RGG Studio (Yakuza) and Sonic Team.
The publisher answered, “Atlus is an important studio for us to expand Japanese IPs overseas and we think it is necessary to strengthen it, and the studios involved in the Sonic and Like a Dragon IPs are also short of staff, and we are looking to reinforce personnel through additional hiring and M&A.”
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Aside from cutting back on its game releases, SEGA seems to be looking for other revenue streams. Last year, SEGA president Shuji Utsumi said the company is looking tolaunch a Netflix-like subscriptionservice.
Outside of games, SEGA is also busy with its highly successful Sonic the Hedgehog film franchise. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 isplanned to be released in March 2027, as the third movie has already crossed $425 milion in revenue.
When it comes to premium game releases, the latest one is Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, which was pushed out on consoles and PC last month. RGG Studio has released yet another banger,as our review gave it an 8.5and said, “RGG has done a marvelous job capturing the old-school Pirate era with naval combat that feels arcade-like and simplistic to have fun with and sea exploration to get lost in for a few hours.”
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