Topic: Why does SEGA make mediocre games?

Do they know how to make great quality games like how they used to do before or is it because they are publishers now and don't seem to want to make games but rely on devs instead?

Really, most of their games are just mediocre at best. What is wrong with them?

Its an uncanny mix of Money Problems, rushing development, outsourcing and, what many many people cry out for: "Going with the times"

Its simply not "in" to make games like you used to make them. You get accused of rehashing your franchises, you see this with Nintendo a lot too, only that Nintendo luckily dont gives a goombas foot about it.
Much like Capcom, Sega tried to reinvent themselfes time and time again, going by whats cool and in at the time, instead of simply doing, what they do best. Also much like Capcom, they simply lost their way, their identity over time.
This paired with one of the worst fanbases out there, can lead to many many problems.
Games like Sonic Generations showed, that Sega is very well able to listen to their fans. To me, this game was a charming love letter to Sonic fans of any generation, old and new. And still, it wasnt enough to get people to say "what a fine effort, maybe not the seccond comming, but were back on track".

When youre trying to find your way, to develop your own schtick and nothing you do seems to please your audience, the fealing of "whatever we do is wrong, so why should we care at all" could come up very quickly.

So, in my opinion, its not really "just" Segas fault. They are trying. But their fanbase is a big part of this problem. A Problem, that seems to arrise among Nintendo fans as well. And its a sickening sight.

Sega published some of my favorite games last generation, Valkyria Chronicles, Resonance of Fate, House of the Dead Overkill, Castle of Illusion HD, plus the Football Manager series, and now they own Atlus who was a powerhouse on itself.... I'll say SEGA is one of the top publishers in the whole industry

Whose saying they make mediocre games? You?

You're the one who has the best standards in the world so you get to classify games as mediocre?

They're doing their job.

Why does Nintendo make mediocre games? Why does Sony make mediocre games? Why does any developer make mediocre games?

I very much doubt any developer chose to create mediocre titles. It's just something that happens depending on how development goes.

I wouldn't know about the current state of SEGA games. I haven't bought a SEGA game (that's not a Virtual Console release) since Sonic Advance on GBA.

Glad to know I'm not crazy for saying Sega's "fanbase" tends to exaggerate. A LOT.

AM2 still are doing what they always did - it is just not getting ported. Even All Stars Racing Transformed they only spared 4 people from that team which is the best part of Sega. (They made 100,000,000$ from Border Break just selling Arcade machines).

More Sega bashing from Artwark. Joy.