Post by Jeff on Mar 23, 2004 23:38:59 GMT -5
Sega Plans Private Exhibition For April
By David Smith
3/23/2004
Sega plans to hold a pair of private exhibitions in Tokyo and Osaka next month, retail sources in Japan report today. The "Sega New Work Private Meeting 2004 Spring" will take place in Tokyo April 7-9 and Osaka April 13-14, with the latest of Sega's products on display.
Exactly what Sega will show is an interesting question, since its slate of upcoming console titles is remarkably bare at present. With the recent release of Astro Boy for PlayStation 2 in Japan, Sega has only three PS2 games announced for release in 2004 (Blood Will Tell, Virtua Fighter Cyber Generation, and Sakura Taisen V ), and only one game each for Xbox and GameCube (Puyo Puyo Fever and Virtua Fighter Cyber Generation, respectively, both of which are ports of titles for other platforms). Even taking into account its recent reorganization, Sega has a good deal more development resources than its current release schedule suggests.
We'll see what news of Sega's upcoming games trickles out this spring, hopefully in anticipation of a strong showing at E3.
Hopefully if not at E3 (which probably wont happen looking at history) it can show up here. Once again dont hold your breath but this is another chance for Shenmue III to make an appearance.
By David Smith
3/23/2004
Sega plans to hold a pair of private exhibitions in Tokyo and Osaka next month, retail sources in Japan report today. The "Sega New Work Private Meeting 2004 Spring" will take place in Tokyo April 7-9 and Osaka April 13-14, with the latest of Sega's products on display.
Exactly what Sega will show is an interesting question, since its slate of upcoming console titles is remarkably bare at present. With the recent release of Astro Boy for PlayStation 2 in Japan, Sega has only three PS2 games announced for release in 2004 (Blood Will Tell, Virtua Fighter Cyber Generation, and Sakura Taisen V ), and only one game each for Xbox and GameCube (Puyo Puyo Fever and Virtua Fighter Cyber Generation, respectively, both of which are ports of titles for other platforms). Even taking into account its recent reorganization, Sega has a good deal more development resources than its current release schedule suggests.
We'll see what news of Sega's upcoming games trickles out this spring, hopefully in anticipation of a strong showing at E3.
Hopefully if not at E3 (which probably wont happen looking at history) it can show up here. Once again dont hold your breath but this is another chance for Shenmue III to make an appearance.
