The departure of Sega of America COO Simon Jeffery has sparked worldwide leadership consolidation for the company, with Sega of Europe President and COO Mike Hayes now presiding over North America as well.
In our last video featuring Sega of America’s Simon Jeffery, the president of the company explains why we haven’t seen any System 16 or System 24 games on Xbox Live Arcade or the PlayStation Network. He also talks about his reluctance to put some of those games on Live due to Microsoft’s requirement to update a game’s graphics before porting.
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Among the revelations: Sega starting courting the former Clover folks as soon as there the problems with Capcom became public and Mad World was created mostly behind closed doors on Sega’s faith.
Check out our other Jeffery and Sega stuff here: Another Mario Sonic Collaboration in the Works? Sega: The iPhone is as Powerful as the Dreamcast Sega E3 Coverage
