Sega “Road to 2020” Shows That The Company Intends To Revive Major IPs
Sega held its “Road to 2020” business presentation for the fiscal year which ended March 31st, 2017. In the list of the plans, the company has put an intriguing line: “Revival of major IPs”. It is not yet clear exactly which IPs the company plans to revive.
The “major issue” according to the document is to “create titles that will become global hits”. That includes the before mentioned revival of old IPs, extending already existing ones, creating new IPs and more.
According to Gematsu.com,
Elsewhere in the report, Sega said that sales of Persona 5 and Total War: Warhammer performed well in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, and total unit sales were 10.28 million, surpassing the figure in the previous fiscal year. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, Sega plans to further develop sales of Persona 5 overseas, and plans unit sales of 11.6 million with titles like Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III, Endless Space 2, and Total War: Warhammer 2 set to release.
In other Sega-related news, also check out Knuckles striking out in the latest gameplay video for upcoming action game Sonic Mania. It will release for PC, PS4, Xbox One as well as Nintendo Switch this Summer.
