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Hark! Sega's mysterious and vague "Super Game" is dead, though its Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi reboots live on
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Hark! Sega's mysterious and vague "Super Game" is dead, though its Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi reboots live on

Rock Paper Shotgun·Oisin Kuhnke·20 days ago
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Image credit: Sega Oh now! Say it ain't so! Sega's mysterious and vague "Super Game" is… dead? I'm afraid so, kiddo, so bust out the shovel. This Super Game has been a part of Sega's long-term strategy for a while now, in fact it was even meant to be out by the end of the last fiscal year. That didn't happen! Sega even said their goal was to "create a game so revolutionary that it attracts far more active users than any of the Group’s games to date." Except as of the studio's latest financial results, this is all coming to a head, as the game has been cancelled. This comes as part of an overall review of Sega's games as a service strategy. Namely, it's not been going well; their newer free-to-play games like Sonic Rumble Party haven't performed very well, for one, with Sega not having found much economic value through their work with Rovio. And delaying some of these free-to-play games hasn't helped either.…

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