Sega Sorry That It "Betrayed" Fans, Hopes To Win You Back With A New Game Announcement This September

I love the pic of Sonic from the SatAM toons! And as far as Sonic winning the hearts of gamers... only time will tell.

Does SEGA even know what made their "brand" so successful? Judging from earlier and recent outputs alike, I'm doubtful. But, who knows? Maybe Sonic Man rushed into the offices screaming "BOUNCE PADS!!!", and that might've been enough of a hint to tell them what went wrong...

Sega is at the point where the only reputation they have is one you DON'T want.

Let's face it. They'll do what they always do. Show a new game. First trailer will only have Sonic and Tails. Then next trailer with have like 6 friends, 2 new ones. Then you'll see the new stupid mechanic where he changes colors and it will dictate how fast he goes. And then it won't be a 2D platformer and the fans will erupt again.

Dreamcast 2 confirmed

They never lost my trust. I still love Sega games!

Oh and YES to Dreamcast 2 !!!!!!!! We really need Sega to make the comeback they deserve!

Let's just hope that what they have to show will be something good. I played a crapton of Sonic games as a kid (thanks to Gems Collection and Mega Collection, I probably own more than half the games), and he still holds a special place in my heart for being the main character of the first video-game I've ever played. I'm not too excited for the new Sonic BOom game (Can you really blame me?), but let's just see if what they have to show will be more...enticing.

Great to hear a higher up admitting their failings like this (Although admittedly they're still doing great on PC and mobile). Honestly, I'd love to see Sega get on the HD/Digital re-release bandwagon. I know a lot of people get frustrated by them, but there are SO many great Sega games that are very hard to play these days, either due to the games being rare or the hardware being rare and/or hard to hook up to modern TVs.

@MrPuzzlez That's from Sonic Underground, buddy...and suddenly I feel bad for knowing what it's from.

1.sonic adventures remake for 3ds and PS vita with Genesis vcand classics for both.
2.sonic adventures 3 for Dreamcast 2.0 and NX

They need to stop messing up character design. Modern Knuckles is an abomination.

@MightyKrypto yes I buy one

Come on Nintendo game!

They should make a new console, I'd buy it. Maybe Nintendo could get rivalry again since they claim to not be against Sony and Microsoft.

Just don't screw up Atlus and we're fine.

Maybe they'll finally announce Shenmue 3... Oh, wait.

I'm just shocked you guys are still alive and kicking.

Or make a Sonic Adventure like game, I want to play as other characters, not just Sonic. Just not like Sonic 06. xD

Sonic 5, as an old school 2D platformer without any lock on BS would be nice!

With another Sonic Boom game in sight? Highly unlikely.
Have Atlus make me a real Shining Force game, and then we can talk.

Maybe the NX is a Sega/Nintendo console, kinda like the Nintendo/Sony console prototype. How cool would that be???
Sigh, not gonna happen, i know...

Referencing the 90's, talks about home consoles, when they were a brand (pre 06 and boom). Sega back in the console business? Probably not. It's most likely going to be a 2D platformer with pure sonic gameplay like the good old days. New console would be cool too. Even if it was just an attachment to the NX or something.

I want an offline Phantasy Star for Wii U, but I'll take an Alex Kidd platformer for 3DS too.

The porch light is always on for you, Sega. My Genesis and Saturn are always ready to go. Take me back to those Sega console days, or as close as you can get me

Also M2 deserves props for reminding us with the 3D Classics games and awesome interviews just what the Sega brand was all about back then

@MightyKrypto Even after Sonic Boom and them killing off all of there actually good series like Jet Set Radio, Space Channel 5, Gunstar Heroes, ect? As much as you complain about Nintendo you have to admit Sega is doing rather crappy these days, take that from a ex Sega fanboy. And the Dreamcast 2 will never happen, ever. Sega probably doesn't even have half the money to become more than a third party company.

Nintendo please collaborate with SEGA to make Dreamcast 2 a reality instead of this nonsense NX stuff!

I love SEGA and still love them. They constantly release great 3D Classics on the 3DS, and their mobile offerings and rereleases of games like Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio on Xbox Live and PSN have been good as well.

I'm glad they recognize that they have not been pleasing long term fans and have been faltering. That's the first step. Now, I hope that the second step is actually following through and repairing the trust that was damaged by games like Sonic Boom.

I'm willing to give them a chance because I love their brand and franchises.

If Nintendo isn't careful, they could end up like Sega faster than they think...

@Chaoz I only complain about Nintendo, because i know they could do a lot better, especially recent months/years. Sega recently made Alien Isolation which was awesome! Sure the Sonic Boom games were...mediocre, but c'mon they're still pretty relevant, and i'd love to see them make a comeback in the console market.

If it's a platinum developed streets of rage or golden axe or atlus making a new panzer dragoon saga id be pretty happy.football manager and total war make them plenty of money take a risk on one of those many beloved non sonic ip's!

If it was a Sonic game that included something like the daytime stages from Unleashed, running stages from Adventure 1 & 2, classic side scrolling, or the chao garden, that would be nice. Basically, the elements from past games that really stood out to me. I think they can safely go back to "old" ideas now, they've had way too many new ones that were a flop.

Sonic Boom 2?

I just love it when Sega starts talking 90's. Nostalgia drug. I hope there's some cool small projects going in for those of us who still consider ourselves Sega console gamers to this day

They went from hardware to software. Okay that's fine. Now cut out the filler and focus on 3 killer games each year. When Steve Jobs went back to Apple in 97 he pulled the plug on nearly everything and focused on a select core lineup. I'm no CEO but this feels standard when you have a company that's losing sight on what it needs to do.

Feel like Sega hasn't been relevant since the Dreamcast days. Here's to Sega - that they can ignite the flames of past.

2D Sonic game with only spinning jump and spindash. No boost or anything like that. Can also be played co-operative but having tails to complete game is not necessary.

Fooled me once, shame on me. Fooled me twice, shame on me... fooled me 237 times, hmmm... shame on you? Honestly, I lost count, I don't know who is to shame the most.

Quickly fall back on my good graces by releasing "Valkyria Chronicles" on Wii U, thanks.

After owning a Dreamcast on Day One and them scrapping it so soon, that's when I lost my trust in SEGA.

Others have said Dreamcast 2. As much as I'd love them to bring a new console out, I doubt it will happen. It would have to be as powerful and feature rich as the Xbone/PS4 to even be recognised by more than old SEGA fans these days.

As much as I love Nintendo I do wish sega would make a new system I mean the dreamcast died for something that we aren't bothered about these days for example a lot of ps4/xbone gamers don't watch Blu Rays

(1) HD remakes of the original Saturn Panzer Dragoon games
(2) HD remake of Panzer Dragoon Saga
(3) True modern sequel for Panzer Dragoon Saga
(4) True modern sequel of Golden Axe
(5) True modern sequel of Space Harrier
(6) Modern HD remakes of the original Phantasy Star games 1, 2, 3 & 4
(7) True modern sequel to Phantasy Star 4, Phantasy Star 5!

If they did this, I know not only would I be happy but they would have earned back many, many gamers

Oh yeah,
(8) The completion of the Shenmue series!

And

(9) HD remake of the original Burning Rangers and a sequel would not hurt

All I want (and need) are two games; A HD update to Panzer Dragoon Saga and Panzer Dragoon Saga 2...please Sega...pretty please.

It's going to take a few good sonic games in a row with the franchise going back to its roots to fix all of the mistakes they made recently.

@DarthNocturnal I know, but I really, really wanted to play it on Wii U... =(

Valkyria Chronicles 3 localisation and Kid Chameleon 2 confirmed!

I'd like to see a new Streets of Rage game or Phantasy Star Online! I still love Sega, even though I fear their more modern attempts at games. They often don't quite hit the mark. I do also wonder if it might be a Shenmue 1&2 HD collection...

All they had to do was give us Shenmue 3 for Wii U. C'mon Sega make it happen.

Phantasy Star Online 2 in America maybe? New Jet Grind Radio? Skies of Arcadia?

@NintendoFan64
The background looks SatAM, but I don't ever remember Sonic crying during that cartoon. I never watched much Underground.

Why does everyone want another Segs system? It would die as bad as the Dreamcast did. With Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Mobile games, PC, and other hybrid consoles (steam machine and Amazon TV), they wouldn't get a piece of the market. And big name titles would be needed for it (which Sega don't seem capable of making).

@MakeMyBiscuit (8) is already happening on PS4.

Re-release Shenmue 1+2 and I might consider it.

Gain my trust with 3D Knuckles Chaotix.

The one positive thing Nintendo can say these days is at least they are not Sega. But unlike Nintendo, Sega will at least own up to their mistakes.

Until I see PSO2 come to the US, a new JSR game, or just something other than repetitive Sonic and mobile games, Sega is gonna stay dead and non relevant.

Call me naïve, but I'd still give Sonic another go in the future despite the past 10 years or so not being as impressive as the first 13 or 14 years of him being around. I've always been a huge fan of the Adventure games, and I've enjoyed many of the sidescrollers as well, especially Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic Advance. This may not be THE thing that make it less interesting to most, but I just honestly haven't liked the 'style' (for lack of better terms) the newer games have taken. I feel like since about Colors (though the gameplay was pretty good) they have taken cheesy to an all new level, minus Generations perhaps. Lost World's 'Deadly Six' were more annoying than anything, especially the overly depressed guy that I never could beat since the platforms under me would disappear before he'd die, despite being hit 400 times already. Compare them to say, someone like Biolizard or Chaos. Not near as threatening interesting in my opinion anyway. Would like to see the Chao garden make a strong, updated return too, along with playing as different characters. I know that seems to be very unpopular, but I always enjoyed that.

Shenmue 1+2 HD and I'll reconsider my stance.

Don't need more crappy Sonic games - Freedom Planet is coming to the Wii U!

@Ryno Like driving Sonic into the ground and self-destructing their console divisions?

This announcement will most likely be another Sonic game, which at this point is a broken record.

@MightyKrypto
I was thinking just that too.
That would be soooo cool.

@Splatmaster I know right?!? NX being a Sega/Nintendo console... THAT would put both companies back on the map!

And the game they are showing will be another Sonic Boom probably, I used to love the games, i still do, but the most recent ones, they're total fancy disco music, if you are looking for new fans, keep the old sonic(modern or classic) and use old elements from the games that received the best treatment from fans and merge it into one game or even a spin off, Sega you can make a comeback, but only if you go with "quality" and not "quanity".

Remake Sonic Adventure on 3DS
VC 3DS how about Phantasy Star 4.

Now That's What I Call 90s SEGA: Volume 1 (Multiformats) Confirmed!

I appreciate the frankness, but when was the last time we could really trust Sega? 1995?

@LztheQuack you could argue Nintendo's doing exactly the same by introducing NX.

"We hope you enjoy the announcement of Sonic 06 HD remaster only for the Playstation Vita"

Please, PLEASE a new and worthy Super Monkey Ball game that is in quality of the first 2 for the gamecube.

Give us a good game! Stop dragging Sonic through the mud.... He used to be cool.

As long as it has Sega blue skies and isn't Sonic.

Did he really say " we're seriously considering quality" ? That would be a nice place to start.

SEGA, when will you give us sequels to Vanquish, Binary Domain, Virtua Fighter, Universe at War: Earth Assault etc.?

@Gridatttack please.....keep talking! I am praying to whichever god will listen (anti god if needs be!) to bring SMB 1 and 2 to Wii U VC.

"We're seriously considering quality..." You know how you do that? Produce a proper Sonic game. Give us a nice looking 2.5D side-scrolling platformer without janky controls. That's all we want. Oh, and classic Sonic too, not this edgy, tall and lanky one.

You know what, just redo Sonic CD with some updated good looking graphics. Put it out on all consoles. Have it control as fluid as it should. I'd shut up for like a decade.

This one little news made me excited a bit.......pity that even this little good news is still bad news.

Ever since The NX rumors, lots of the comments seem so negative and I was hoping for positive news in this one but....negative.....wow.

@GrailUK Thinking about the GC library (including 3rd party games ) brings back lots of memories. SEGA supported that console so well!

@BLPs The original Rayman was a big part of my childhood... I have a huge nostalgia bias for it.

Here's to a true sequel to Sonic Adventure 2!

..........Didn't they basically say this before already? >.>

@opeter YES! Another Vanquish! Though Platinum Games sound quite busy at the mo.

Sonic lost world was at least more inmovative than the tedious new super mario bros on wiiU.... Pity that it sold so badly... It was too hard and unique for the average player....

as long as it's not the term "Sonic" with "Boom" in it, then you still have my trust.... for now

Make a proper game on ps4/Xbox one and I'll be happy And whenever NX comes out, port it to that.

@MikeW yeah, us SEGA fans lost SEGA to bad decisions and SEGA is dead.. This shouldn't happen to Nintendo, since you N fans would go crazy and blow up the N headquarters!

It could be just an HD collection of Colors, Generations, and Sonic 4 for Wii U, PS4, and Xbox One.

@CrazyOtto Sold!

Sonic Boom for Wii U was just flat out garbage. It's a shame because the 3DS version is actually pretty decent. I think they need to release a Sonic game like Colors again. That game truly felt like a return to form.

I still love you sega! But give me skies of Arcadia HD!!! Oh and more valkyria chronicles too!!

@MightyKrypto How 'bout Nintendo makes a come back first! Really we need some more stability in the gaming market; with all the games being "patched," after release.

Could this be the fallout from the shock discovery that there was all along a market for games like Shenmue 3?!

Win us back with just an announcement? No way. Sonic Boom didn't even look that bad until the terrible release version dropped. I'll wait for both reviews and a representable demo before I even start considering touching the case in a store.

Good to hear them finally admit how bad they've been. Hopefully they'll release something good.

I still like them more than most other third party companies.

I'd like it if they started releasing older games on Wii U. The 3D games on 3DS prove that they sell. I want to see things from Master System all the way up to Dreamcast, and maybe even some arcade stuff. That would give them enough time to develop something good.

SEGA NEEDS to cash in on the Shenmue 3 hype and bring out a HD Collection of 1+2. Cash in on those curious minds who want to see what all the fuss is about and those gamers who want to play them but don't want to fork out for the now overpriced Dreamcast versions....

I'm not even sure I can trust a company that published Sonic Boom on Wii U

Streets of Rage 4?

A true Phantasy Star Online that's not PC subscription based.

If the game comes to Wii U/3DS I'll waitfor reviews. Sega has done terribly las of late, I won't spend 60 bucks without some opinions previously.

First thing Sega can do it gather up all those arcade games you created and stick them either on disc or as a download package on eShop, PSN and Xbox Live, ideally both. Then start producing proper quality new titles in each of those franchises.

If you can't do it yourself then get an outsider who has a good history of high quality like you did when using Sumo Digital.

Erm..there is a super duper easy way they can gain the trust of roughly ten million gamers.................

................F-Zero U.

@andrew20 If Sega made a new console, why on earth would they release their mascot's new game on another console? Exclusive all the way.

@NowhereMan11 The real question is, if Sega released a new console who on earth would buy it? Especially with not having a great reputation for producing great games anymore.

I'm certain it will be Shenmue 3, but wait, are they talking about Wii U fans specifically? If so, Shenmue 3 falls into that betrayal, and an announcement that it will come to Wii U would definitely right a lot of trust. Not to set lofty expectations, but other than a brand new Sonic (in the vein of Colors/Lost World) is about the only other big name from SEGA I can think of that would right any kind of wrongs. Reputation indeed SEGA-- ever since you showed a downward spike of quality, you guys put yourself under the microscope. While not all bad, you've got to do better as a whole.

Bring PSO2 to the West, already. And it had better be up to date with the JP servers.

When will SEGA realise that Sonic just doesn't work in 3D? They should stick to 2D games.

@Jellitoe PSO2 is a true PSO game and it's free to play, not subscription based; you obviously haven't even played it.

The only thing that will make me remember SEGA is a new IP. If it's another Sonic game, I'm going to flip out.

I want Shining Force. The GBA remake of the original, the second one, the Sega CD one, the gamegear exclusive one (translated) and the three saturn games (translated) in a package and will pay lots of money.

Sega needs to lay off the hedgehog for a while. It is clear that they have long since run out of interesting ideas for the franchise, and, as any reasonable person knows, you're not going to get any water out of a dry well.

Coffee? Tea? SEGA!

A really good new street of rage, an awsome shinoby and one freaking kick ass house of dead and they will rock the house. I now that i would be like a kid again and pre order the 3.

@MakeMyBiscuit
I like the cut of your jib. I'd also add some more ecco games, Jet Set Radio and a Skies of Arcadia sequel to that list

Sega hasn't released any good games during the 256 bit era except Sonic Colors, a 128 bit game.

@WaveBoy
Please add Virtual On, Revenge of Shinobi and Jet Set Radio to that list!

I have to be honest though, those games wouldn't sell, but SEGA would win buttloads of good vibes from fans.

All I want is a new 3D or 2D sonic game. I'd even take a sonic 4 episode 3 at the least.

@Trikeboy Sonic colors, Adventure 1/2, Generations? They didn't work in 3D?

SEGA I'M WAITING FOR YOU TO PUT SOME CLASSICS UP ON WII U, PS4 or XONE!! Please?!?!?

@CrazyOtto "It could be just an HD collection of Colors, Generations, and Sonic 4 for Wii U, PS4, and Xbox One."

I would pre-order this instantly, just for the HD Colours. Sonic 4, despite the absymal controls, was passable. Generations is HD already, so nothing gained there.

Let me guess, Sonic the Hedgehog 5?

@LilC I'll give you Generations but the others weren't that good. Sonic games have always been best in 2D.

Either Jet Set Radio 3 or Skies of Arcadia HD or 2 please

Dreamcast was a great console. If it had lasted a couple of more years it could have been my all time favorite. I really didn't pay attention back then to developers - other than Squaresoft - but it had some great games.

And laugh if you must, but Sega Marine Fishing w/ the rod controller was great - whales, sharks, rays, barracuda - that game had everything. Haven't even bothered w/ a fishing game since. I want HD sharks. Why can't we get a "shark week" videgame and why is Endless Ocean 3 not out in HD making use of the Gamepad as a camera?

Skies of Arcadia not having a sequel is borderline criminal, but Grandia 2 was great as well. It also made be go back and play the first, and the Lunar games, and several other older games I would have skipped. Granida 3 was meh though, still haven't played Granida X as I read it was all grind, no story.

Ooga Booga back then was the equivalent of Spaltoon now - just all out vs fun, no guns. That game needs an HD remake - boar riding, tornadoes, shrunken heads, lighting, it was just so damn fun. And online multiplayer in 2001.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn83iZdNj2A

@Shiryu
I would give anything for more Valkyria chronicles.

Sega at the moment you owe all goodwill to M2. Loving all of them except space Garry and after dinner 2

House of the Dead.

@FragRed Agreed. Unless they prove they can bring back franchises like Shining (in NA), Panzer Dragoon, NiGHTS, and revitalize Sonic, they shouldn't even consider entering the hardware market again.

I'm not mad at the people that are left at Sega, just very disappointed as a life-long Sega fan, starting with their arcade games back with Pengo and Up 'n Down and later on Wonderboy, followed by every system they released in the west.
This past decade has been so depressing when looking how everything just went downhill with them.
I really hope he's able to follow up on his words as I want to seen them get back to their glory days no matter the cost.

While I would absolutely buy and support a new Sega console, I think it's obvious that's not what he was referring to in the article (though I do hold out the faint hope that Sega and/or other Japanese publishers will ally themselves with and support Nintendo's NX platform). He's referring to a game. Some possibilities that would no doubt excite fans:

1) A new Skies of Arcadia
2) A new console Valkyria Chronicles
3) A new offline, Algol-based Phantasy Star
4) A new proper SRPG Shining Force
5) A new Dragon Force
6) A new LandStalker (the only Sega IP that ever gave the Zelda series a run for its money even though there were certainly differences)
7) A new Panzer Dragoon Saga

Of course Sega could also bring back any of their mountain of other popular IPs such as Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Daytona USA, etc,, but it's their incredible RPGs (look no further than the fan response to Shenmue III) that would truly bring the house down if they were announced.

Just PLEASE, no more Sonic games for the foreseeable future or everything he said would be rendered meaningless.

I don't really care. We will never seen an series that will tie the cartoons and animations together.

We will never see Grounder or Scratch in action. We will never see the PLANET MOBIUS. We will never see the Princess Sally evar again...asides in xxx related stuff
and our xxx imaginations. We will never ever ever ever see any of the odd-ball characters or extras from the Sonic series.

SEGA/Nintendo keeps playing this dripping water game with us. Which is they release an little at an time instead of making something worthwhile. Take BG&E. Where is my "Beyond Good and Evil" part 2 and part 3??? Was an demo released??? It was one of the few games I kept from my Gamecube collection.

I could still imagine playing my heart out with it.

I feel so betrayed about everything. I HAVE THE GREATEST IDEA FOR AN SONIC GAME DAMMIT. MY IDEA WOULD BLOW EVERYBODIES IDEA AWAY. I AM TELLING YOU WE CAN MERGE ALL THE GAMES TOGETHER IT IS POSSIBLE.

Hopefully this means they've got Generations 2 in the pipeline. But deep down, I want SEGA to make a new console. It wouldn't be easy for them but I'd certainly buy it - providing it was at least as cool as the Dreamcast. But I grew up in Europe - Noone played Nintendo when I was a kid. Sega was king.

@MeloMan Shenmue 3 isn't coming to Wii U. I'm pretty sure Sony is backing it with the exception of the $4 million from kickstarter. It'll be either PS4/PC or PS4 only.

Apology accepted... following the receipt of Skies of Arcadia HD on Wii U followed by a stunning sequel.

Tips Hat

Re boot of one of their classic driving games by Sumo Digital.
SEGA - go back to your original characters of Sonic etc. the Japanese versions of past were much better

@Dr_Corndog guilty! I trusted them in 1999 for dreamcast never thinking it was gonna fall apart for them....and us

It's puzzling to me that sega hasn't still touched the wii u eshop yet!! If Nintendo was smart they'd grab Sega and line them up exclusive to the NX which would not only include disc based retail games but ALL their classics (and there's a ton of em) from ALL SEGA systems and their ARCADE ( you know Nintendo - VIRTUAL CONSOLE ARCADE remember from the wii??) gems exclusive to the eshop as well!
Not bad huh? 😜 I would love that!

I loved SEGA as a kid but post-Dreamcast they really haven't impressed - even this 'mea culpa' feels somewhat lacking. I wouldn't go so far to describe myself as feeling 'betrayed' (more disappointed than anything), but regardless of my own feelings on the matter I do not believe that you can "partially" betray someone. I'd love to be proven wrong, but the use of qualifiers like that suggest that it's nothing more than lip service.

As for a wishlist of SEGA '90's quality revisits', I definitely agree that it's time to tap into something that isn't Sonic. Don't get me wrong, I loved a lot of the older Sonic games, but bringing out another new Sonic that will inevitably make all the same mistakes really isn't the way for SEGA to show people that they've changed. Lots of people have made great suggestions here, I'd like to see another Alex Kidd game myself

It fascinates me that Sega went from a console powerhouse to a company that essentially just does the odd Sonic games, and pretty much every other notable title they have is on PC, and typically nowhere else.

It's a weird transformation.

Make Chao Garden its own Hub game, with sub games giving rewards to it.

Just GIVE ME MY CHAOS BACK!!!

I think Jason Griffith should voice sonic. Overall he suited the character very well, so did the other cast from Sonic X. Since Sonic colors all the voices sounded forced to me. With that said I though Sonic Unleashed was intresting, not only did it make sonic go way fast we traveled the world as a werehog it had a good story. SEGA will do Justice if another game is made like that. Plus Consoles like Xbox 1 and Ps4 needs some Sonic speed as well.

I'd love see a new Sega console

I love Sonic, easily my favorite video game character and im glad to see Sega realizing their mistakes. .. but that's not enough. I really hope this new game isnt some one and done gimmick or reboot. Sega needs too stick to a solid foundation for Sonic games. Nintendo is known for innovativing but their core franchises have more or less stayed the same for decades, Sega needs to create Sonic games which focus on speed and platforming a la Sonic Generations, Unleashed (day)? The adventure series Hedgehog levels-no gimmicks just a solid base of consistency to get Sonic back on top.

If you read this long fanboy rant, you deserve a reward

Here's how you do it SEGA. Stop releasing crap Sonic games. Realise that you have an awesome back catalogue of classic games besides Sonic that fans would love to see again. Then make them, but make sure that they are good and ready before releasing them. And If you go multi platform, don't leave Nintendo out. Not that hard really.

I'm still salty about how SEGA killed Phantasy Star in the West.

I'm surprised at how little SEGA tapped into their old IPs after going 3rd party. For a while, we got Jet Set Radio Future, Shenmue 2, Crazy Taxi 3, House of the Dead 3, etc. It made having an Xbox worth it, to me. But now it has gotten to the point where they mostly use their name, release the occasional Sonic game, and little else westward.

Almost makes me think this is what Nintendo will be like in several years now.

How did they betray it's fans? You know besides not giving us sonic adventure 3.

As long as it's not Sonic Boom, I'll be looking forward to it. Nothing wrong with the cartoon, it's just that I've been pining for another game like Unleashed, or Colors, or Generations, or Lost World.

I can't help but feel cynical and I know for a fact it's going to be a generic Sanick The Headhoge game. Competent maybe but still generic.
That said I'd want at least Sonic's Ultimate Saturn/Dreamcast Collection.

Valkyrie Chronicles 4, Skies of Arcadia 2, and Crazy Taxi please.

I'd even take a 3DS port of Valkyria Chronocles 3

But come on, Sonic is their stupid monkey on their back that they refuse to let go of. "Sonic sells" everyone says, well nobody bought lost world or boom.

Seriously though. What original IP's have Sega made ever since going 3rd party

Realistically speaking I predict it to be a 3D Sonic Game with appearances by Shadow, his gang, Dr Robotnik, and a new "friend"

So pretty much every Sonic game since 2000

There was once a time creatively when Sega competed with Nintendo, Squaresoft, Enix, Namco, Konami, Capcom, EA, Sony, Activision all at the same time and they were. I miss that Sega.

Just make Sonic Adventure 3, put all of your best people on it, invest a crap load of money into it and dont release it until it's ready like Nintendo and you'll do fine!

I still love Sega and still support them, but I would love to see some new games in the following from them: Toe Jam And Earl, Green Dog, Kid Chameleon, Bonanza Bros, Streets Of Rage, Ecco The Dolphin (could look incredible graphics wise now) and a better Golden Axe then what Beast Rider Was. I'd also love to see a new title in the Evolution and Skies Of Arcadia series. Other than that, I'm still happy that they are making Shenmue 3 for PS4!

Virtua Fighter 6 confirmed.

At least they're coming out with Shenmue 3 and keeping up with the SEGA 3D Classics series. This new game announcement does intrigue me. New Jet Set Radio? New Phantasy Star? New, um... Altered Beast? Or could it be the long-awaited return of Alex Kidd?

Actions speak louder than words, Sega...

Storm the Albatross hasn't been in any recent games and that's where they're going wrong!

90's sega across the megadrive and saturn eqs one of the greatest eras in video game history and on of the best companies ever. If they could even get back to 10% of that standard I'd be happy, right now they are ROCK bottom

@SwaveSays Sonic CD was already remade like around when sonic 4 came out.

@Mona-Reggie Lost world actually wasn't that bad of a game tho, the problem was they took a step back from colors and generations.

I agree with everyone that asks for something other than Sonic. New Skies of Arcadia, Panzer Dragoon, or Shining Force would be my preferences. I would also like Valkyria Chronicles 3 localized. Plus an HD Shenmue 1&2 to capitalize on Shenmue 3's announcement would be a good idea.

@RegalSin "We will never see the PLANET MOBIUS. We will never see the Princess Sally evar again."

THANK. GOD.

@LilC
There was aliens isolation

@mjc0961
Never played Lost World but I'll take your world for it. But even then it still had the problem of low sales

I don't get it, Sega has a backlog nearly as rich and diverse as Nintendo, how could they not be cashing in on that.

Altus has so much to give than just more Persona games.

Course the best apology would be to give us great games other than Sonic

Although I feel like we've heard this before. They promise a return to roots and we get a decent 2D sonic game, fans cheer and then Sega releases a slew of terrible 3D games

Sega bought Atlus & gave us the amazing Alien Isolation. They're ok in my book

@LilC Is an enhanced port really considered a remake? It was just made to look a little better with a few features that were mostly available on other versions of the game prior.

I suppose my Ecco the Dolphin, Sonic 1, and Out Run ports for the 3DS should also be considered remakes then?

Lip service. Nothing but lip service.

Yakuza 0 Wii U edition!!! Yeah right.

I hope it's a localization confirmation of yakuza 0 but I know they'll wait to see yakuza 5 sales, damn it sega why can't I quit you.

I'll see it when I believe it. Sega has been making talk like this for over a decade with nothing to show for it. When I see something good, and I mean truly good, they'll win my faith back.

I hear they're saving major Sonic announcements for early next year, so I think that eliminates the probability of a September Sonic announcement. I hope it's something new.

@yoshinatsu Sorry dude, they already announced it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Boom:Fire%26_Ice

@Koopa-King Sadly, I would actually buy that.

@SuperMalleo Unfortunately, that's not enough. Sega is in the gaming industry, and they need to understand what people expect of them.

Hopefully it will be something along side the Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice announcement. I think if Sega brings themselves back to the core elements of what made them good, that could be a major improvement. The franchises they run appeal the the 1990's crowd, and they could really set themselves aside to make SEGA a big name again. Throw in some new and old, spit shine, and you've got yourself a good company again.

interesting article

A sequel to the DS Rush games would be nice or at least an open world platform for Sonic on all consoles would be sick! X3

I want Princess Sally back. Who here is with me. It was the most greatest Sonic game ever. Imagine if they made "Sonic: Beyond Good and Evil" do you see what I mean???

Hi Sega.
Shenmue 3, please port it to the Wii U/NX.
That'd be awesome, please please please.
(I hope it isn't entirely Sony funded.)

"win back its core fans "

Where do we even begin? How about new:

• Daytona USA
• OutRun
• SEGA Rally
• Virtua Fighter
• Panzer Dragoon
• Shining Force
• Virtua Cop

MY interpretation of SEGA hardcore is arcades!

Aside from Panzer Dragoon and Shining Force, of course

Toejam & Earl 4

Welp, it's September. grabs popcorn

@Tedikuma
the shenmue serie was happen to be 7 episodes.
the messed eveything up, the dreamcast suport, too much crappy sonic games. basicly alot of carbage games.

its time for them to launch a new ip game, a new caracter, a massive openworld adventure game with proportions of final fantasy and breath of the wild.
i know it costs alot of money, but do it right and they make a new start.

also sega needs to think put of the box, i realy hate their caracters they are hysterical not cool, and please stop this heavy metal ingame music.
music is very important in games, so search for great artist and smash that casio synthesiser on somebodies head in the sega department.
those days are over. games has to be more polished and balanced.

@NintendoFan64 Don't feel bad buddy, you're not the only one. Now had you said The Adventures Of..., we would need to have words.

Edit: Just realized the date on this post... Removed Sonic Mania reference to accommodate.

If you do it once or twice fine, but they made the same mistakes and same horrible unfinished games over and over again. Even with the same bugs in them. It took fan and outsiders to make Mania and it was one of the best received and highest voted Sonic games in many many years. I dont see how they could possible earn back trust when the whole dev team and the whole dev cycle is wrong.

Don’t really recall any Sonic games being announced at the Tokyo Game Show in 2015. The franchise was nothing like it in 2015, I always thought that there were new Sonic games every year similar to with Mario.