Sega Sammy Holdings sold its old office at Otorii, Tokyo and moved to a new building in Ousaki, Tokyo last year, with former Sonic Team lead Yuji Naka visiting the old site and posting photos online that may have Sega fans feeling just as nostalgic.
This week it was reported that Sega Sammy Holdings has finally sold off the old building and land for the sum of ¥5.2 billion.
Former Sonic Team lead Yuji Naka ventured to the old Sega Headquarters building to reminisce about the good old days with his children:
Seems fitting that the building that once housed Sega during its Golden years is now sold. The company has lost its edge and arguably its soul. It’s not the same Sega that existed during the console wars of old with its Genesis(Mega Drive, Master System), Saturn, Dreamcast and so forth.
I do wonder what Phantasy Star Online 2 would have turned out with Yuji Naka & Sonic Team at the helm. They did the first one, which was enjoyable and not buried in cash shop bullshit.
The Dreamcast showed what Sega truly was – a complete fucking mess of a company that could never move beyond the 90s.
They can’t even deal with their fucking software properties properly – to date there has been ZERO fucking ports of Skies of Arcadia to a console newer than the GameCube, whereas you can buy Sonic cocksucking Adventure 1 (yes they make you PAY FOR THIS FUCKING ABOMINATION) everywhere.
The Dreamcast displayed that Sega were ahead of their time and for a machine that only lasted a few years on the market it was filled with some solid fun exclusive titles.
A few first party examples: PSO, Shenmue 1 & 2, Skies of Arcadia, Virtua Fighter, Sonic Adventure 1 & 2, Craxy Taxi 1 & 2, Rez, Daytona, Sega Rally, Chu Chu Rocket, Toe Jam & Earl, Cosmic Smash, Jet Set Radio.
Also be aware that Sega ported a lot of unreleased Dreamcast projects to Xbox, such as Gun Valkyrie, JSR Future.
Are you serious? The Dreamcast was filled with memorable fun games. Space Channel 5, Crazy Taxi, Shenmue, Sonic Adventure, Sega Rally, PSO, Virtua Fighter, Cosmic Smash, Daytona, Rez, Skies of Arcadia, and these are just a few first party examples.
Add the likes of Metropolis Street Racer, Toy Commander, Ikaruga, Sakura Taisen series, and the countless Street Fighter games among many others and you have a solid lineup of titles for a machine that only lasted a few years on the market.
Sega were inventive and ahead of their time during the days. Who the hell else loved their online portal and online play with the dialup modem provided? Also the VMU was fun too as you could get games that offered functionality like the Chao Garden.
What’s left isn’t much. Gacha s♥♥t, lootboxes, and nickle and diming.
I mean sure nothing against Satoshi Sakai who was heavily involved with the PSO series on the Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox etc But I’ve always felt that Naka adds a little bit of magic to his games.
That clock wall…I want it.
That last pic…indicative of what the industry has become. Mindless gacha mobashit
just launch something like Dreamcast with GD rom i sure SEGA will thrive again. LooooooL.