All of Sega's development teams will become one?

[Michael Bluth]

All seven of Sega's internal development teams will be merged into just one following Sammy's 93.5 percent share takeover of Sega. That means AM2, Smilebit, Sonic Team, Wow, Hitmaker, Digitalrez, and Amusement Vision will be under one house. The internal merge is expected to take place July 1st.

Who will lead the formed company is uncertain, but it could lead to power struggles amongst former individual heads. Redundancy layoffs are also likely.



http://www.tssznews.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1084925415&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&

Not the most known source, we shall see

[Freeman_JI]

Yu Suzuki ... has to ... nay must lead.

[shadowrunner]

beat me to it, i was about to nomitate the same guy. problem is if he does get in charge then every single sega game will be called Virtua something. ^_^

[Freeman_JI]

let's see virtual racing, virtua on, virtua tennis 1&2, virtual fighter 1,2,3,4,evo
lol

[shadowrunner]

OMG i forgot! there`s an Outrun2! i dont know if i told u that or if u already knew or whateva.

[Michael Bluth]

Yeah, and it's Xbox-exclusive and complete with Live play. Can't wait for that baby.

[shadowrunner]

i am playing it whever i want in the japanese arcade so kudos to me ^_^

which group made the panzer-dragoons?

[Freeman_JI]

^^ hmm smile bite made PD orta, not sure who made PD I & II

[shadowrunner]

smile bite..... they did jsrf didnt they?

[Michael Bluth]

Smilebit = Jet Set Radio Future, GUNVALKYRIE, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Ollie King

[Mach]

I think this merger is only going to bring more troubles to Sega at least in the short term ala AOL TimeWarner debacle.

[speed stick]

^It may. But why would they all merge when they were doing fine before? I don't really know how this is going to help them out.

[Sendok]

a merger of design teams means less people are needed.