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Sega-Sammy Annual Report 2016 Includes Total Games Sales for Various SEGA and Atlus Franchises

Draikin November 30, 2016 1 Reply

Sega-Sammy’s annual report 2016 has been released today (UPDATE: one of our followers on Twitter pointed out that it had in fact been released earlier, and was only updated on November 30), and it’s a lengthy 146 page document with a lot of detailed information on the performance of the company and their outlook for 2017. While I haven’t read the entire document yet, it often repeats information that we’ve read before from Sega-Sammy, such as their growing focus on the digital market. One interesting piece of information however are the lifetime sales for several SEGA and Atlus franchises.

First Impressions From the New Yakuza 6 Demo

Draikin November 29, 2016 Leave a reply

The Yakuza 6 demo has been released today on the Japanese PlayStation Store, and it’s a massive 36.27 GB in size (although you can start playing as soon as you downloaded 12.646 GB). Below you can find my impressions on the demo after playing it for around two hours.

Atlus CEO Naoto Hiraoka Comments on Growing Popularity of JRPGs in the West and Spreading the Atlus Brand in Europe

Draikin November 27, 2016 Leave a reply

In an interview with MVC, Atlus CEO Naoto Hiraoka has offered his view on the release of Persona 5 and the declining console market in Japan, as well as their plans for the West. Saying that Persona 5 has “obliterated all expectations” in Japan, he also notes that Atlus has “very high expectations” for Persona 5 in the West, further noting that:

PlayStation Store Black Friday Sales Includes Atlus Games for EU, Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls for US

Draikin November 27, 2016 Leave a reply

The Black Friday sales on the EU and US PlayStation Store will end soon, and since they include several Atlus games (on the EU store) and also Idea Factory International’s Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls (on the US store), we decided to make a quick article with an overview of what’s on offer. You can view that list below! The Black Friday sales end Tuesday, November 29.

Digital Foundry Retro Revisits Shenmue 2

Draikin November 27, 2016 Leave a reply

From time to time Digital Foundry revisits classic games in their Digital Foundry Retro articles, and the latest one features Shenmue 2. Around a half our long it’s the longest Digital Foundry Retro video yet, and explores not only the original Dreamcast version, but also the Xbox version, its emulation on Xbox 360, and emulation on PC via DEMUL. They also compare the Japanese and English voice acting and the work of the modding community on the Shenmue Dojo forums. It’s definitely worth watching for anyone interested in Shenmue, Dreamcast or just video games in general. You can find the DF Retro video of Shenmue 2 below, as well as their video for the original Shenmue. It’s worth noting that DF Retro also took a look at Daytona USA some time ago.

SEGA of Japan Has Uploaded the First 7 Minutes of Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas to YouTube

Draikin November 25, 2016 Leave a reply

Ahead of the release in theaters in Japan, SEGA have uploaded the first 7 minutes of the first part of Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas, the new anime based on the popular mobile franchise from SEGA, on their YouTube channel. Evidently that means it will contains spoilers. The first part also includes a somewhat disturbing scene involving one of the game’s main characters. You can watch it below.

Segalization Is Celebrating Its 3rd Anniversary!

Draikin November 24, 2016 3 Replies

Segalization is celebrating its 3rd anniversary today, after a rather busy year for our team. This anniversary article will be a bit different, as I’m not going to talk about the SEGA and Atlus related news from the past year. I’ll reserve that for another article, and instead talk about Segalization itself a bit more.

You Can Now Nominate SEGA Games for the Steam Awards

Draikin November 24, 2016 2 Replies

Along with their Autumn Sales, Valve have now launched its own Steam Awards, and are asking the Steam community which games should be nominated for each of the 8 different categories. This provides an interesting opportunity for fans to nominate their favorite SEGA games. There’s also an opportunity to submit your own category, and the Steam Awards Selection Committee will review the most popular user submitted entries and select the best ones. Nominating can be done simply by searching for a game in the Steam store, clicking “Nominate this game for an award” and selecting a category for that game. You can find an overview of all the 8 categories below.

Valkyria: Azure Revolution Gets a New Trailer Showing the First Print Bonus DLC

Draikin November 24, 2016 Leave a reply

SEGA have released another trailer for Valkyria: Azure Revolution, this time showing the DLC bonus that comes with the first print of the game. Set one day before the start of the game, it tells the story of how the anti-Valkyria Vanargand unit was formed. You can view the trailer below! Recently, SEGA announced a third demo for the game, to be released in December. Valkyria: Azure Revolution will be released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan on January 19.

Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone Is Getting a New Snow Miku 2017 Module

Draikin November 22, 2016 Leave a reply

The SEGA feat. Hatsune Miku Project team have announced a new Snow Miku 2017 module for Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone. The release of the module is scheduled for mid-December 2016 (an exact release date will be provided later on). You can view screenshots and artwork for the new module below! There’s no announcement regarding this module heading to the PlayStation 4 version of the game, but we can imagine this being released as DLC somewhere down the road. On a related note, SEGA recently confirmed that Project DIVA Future Tone will be released in the Americas and Europe!