Sega said the company plans to launch fewer games in the next fiscal year (April 2025-March 2026), but will focus on games such as Sonic, Persona and Dragon.
Sega has released more than 7 complete games in the current fiscal year (as of March 31, 2025), including "Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble", "Metaphorical Fantasy: ReFantazio", "Sonic × Shatter Generation Reboot", "Royal" derivative works "Royal 8 Legend: Pirates of Hawaii", etc.
Sega has announced the "complete games": "Sonic Racing: Cross World", "SHINOBI Counterattack Slash", the new work of the Rulong group Project Century, and some classic IP resurrection games, such as "VR Warrior 5 R.E.V.O.", "Crazy Taxi", "Street Graffiti", "Tomahawk" and "Raging Iron Fist".
"The plan is currently under development, but we expect the number of new full-game games to be lower than the current fiscal year. On the other hand, we expect the repeat sales of new full-game games to continue to bring revenue, and free new games will also bring full-game revenue contribution."
During the Q&A session, Sega was also asked whether it was considering acquiring an external studio to strengthen its development efforts.Sega replied that she hopes to strengthen Persona studios Atlus, Rulong Studios and Sonic Team through recruitment and mergers.
Sega said that in the first three quarters of the fiscal year (the nine months ended December 31, 2024), its new game sales were close to 20 million, of which "Sonic × Shatter Generation Reboot" sold at least 2 million copies, and "Metaphorical Fantasy: ReFantazio" sold at 1 million copies.
The company also sold nearly 12 million old games."In addition to Persona 5: Royal Edition and King of Holy Beasts, previous works in the Sonic series have also contributed to repeated sales," Sega said.