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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Speaking with SEGA of America president Simon Jeffery earlier this week, he was pretty excited about how well Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has been selling.
Worldwide SEGA has sold about 10 million copies and, as Jeffery pointed out, the upcoming Olympics will likely provide a boost to sales of the game when they kick off.
Will there be another Mario and Sonic collaboration? Jeffery was being coy about the details, but he’s certainly all for it.
“We would be delighted to do another game with Mario and Sonic”, he said.
Talking with Sega of America president Simon Jeffery today, we asked the inevitable question — Is Sega ever going to release Shenmue III? The Yu Suzuki helmed adventure that saw two releases on the Dreamcast and Xbox has yet to see its epically planned story fully resolved. Unfortunately, the fate of Ryo Hazuki and another taste of “Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment” will have to wait.
“There are no plans for [Shenmue III]right now”, Jeffery told us. Despite being one of the most requested Sega “fanboy” titles, it certainly didn’t sound like the publisher has much interest in or resources dedicated to the project.
Jeffery was at least less final on Shenmue III‘s fate than he was on a North American release of Seaman 2. We asked about the still unpublished PlayStation 2 oddball’s Western release, to which Jeffery flat-out said “No”.
Sega’s trying. Trying its best, trying to make good games, trying not to suck. Good for Sega! While many Japanese publishers keep up the same old song and dance, Sega is releasing a diverse smattering of games, some of which seems directed towards Western tastes, some of which were made by Western devs and some of which we actually want to play. Says Sega US president Simon Jeffery: Much of the product that comes out of Japan isn’t really suitable or appropriate culturally for the Western market, and Sega has become the first of the Japanese gaming companies to recognise that the global market has various tastes and isn’t necessarily just one great big Japanese market.
Give this man a gold star. He sounds like a smarty! Simon Jeffrey Interview [Game Daily via Go Nintendo]
