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Sega has posted its latest quarterly results, and things aren’t looking so hot for the house that Sonic built.
Overall, the company posted an operating loss of $102 million and a net loss of $105 million, in spite of a 90 percent increase to $305 million of sales in its consumer division.
Meanwhile, Sega Sammy’s pachinko backbone posted an operating loss of $43 million. Again, not looking good.
Additionally, Valkyria Chronicles, easily one of Sega’s most anticipated titles, sold an abysmal 147,000 copies in Japan. But hey, at least Iron Man kind of saved the day. The critically-panned man-in-an-iron-mask simulator sold 1,840,000 copies in Europe and the US.
Well, as Iron Man said, “It’s always darkest before dawn.”
Actually, that was Batman.
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OrphanageExplosion said:
My god… Iron Man sells 1.8m copies… it’s one of the worst games of the year. I feel like David Aceveda in The Shield after being orally raped.
patlike said:
Amazing what a license can do. See also 7 million Mario and Sonic sales.
Robo_1 said:
How on Earth are they managing to post a loss with 7 million units worth of Sonic & Mario sales. I blame Arsenal ; )
No_PUDding said:
Valkyria Chronicles
Better buy it, becuase it will be an unsung success and be worth a few in the future if it sold badly.
Poor Sega, that game looks awesome. Wanna see the NA and EU sales now, when it finally comes here.
Blerk said:
147,000 copies isn’t exactly a ‘bomb’. It’s not great by any shakes, but considering how few PS3s there actually are in Japan and the fact that most people don’t seem to buy any software for them, it’s no bad. MGS4 only did half a million copies and that’s apparently the biggest game in the universe. Valkyria, on the other hand, is a brand new IP.
Don’t expect it to do well in Europe, btw. The Americans might buy a few. But not many.
Vahn16 said:
But MGS isn’t all that popular in Japan anyway. With development costs what they are these days, I can’t imagine Sega’s too happy about Valkyria.
And it may be a new IP, but since it tanked the first time around, I doubt it’ll be anything more than a one-off unless it does well in Europe and America.
No_PUDding said:
Well… there are 2 million PS3’s in Japan.
So 7.35% of PS3 owners bought it. Great if the suer base were larger.