Sega is Happy With Results of Xbox Game Pass - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 June 2021 / 2,784 Views
Sega Europe senior vice president of commercial publishing Anna Downing in an interview with Eurogamer says that Sega is "really happy" with the growth of its games that have been made available on Xbox Game Pass.
"We're really happy with the results and we hope [Microsoft] are too," said Downing. "Ultimately, they wanted quality titles, we wanted to take advantage of a great new opportunity."
Downing mentioned Two Point Hospital as its release on Xbox Game Pass helped the series to grow to over three million players worldwide.
"[It] helped propel the franchise to over 3 million players worldwide," she said. "That's a huge benefit of being on Game Pass, it strengthens the exposure you get to a huge first-party audience.
"That surge in engagement in turn helps to further establish your product in the marketplace. It's great for us and it's great for consumers who get to experience something they may not have engaged with outside of the Game Pass model."
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I wonder if that means Sega is willing to port games like Persona and such to Xbox. We've already seen stranger things happen with titles like Yakuza.
Given that they've only ported 1 game (P4G) to Steam and none to Switch, I wouldn't hold my breath.
Maybe Sega finally realized they can make a ton of money bringing Persona to more platforms.
That's great news! Hopefully we'll start to see more ports later this year then.
Or maybe the next game (if he likened it to Yakuza) will be Judgement. More than likely I'd bet it's Judgement. The Persona series itself hasn't left PlayStation consoles for the most part outside of Golden, but it would be huge if it did.
Oh really?! Hmm... I didn't know Sega was thinking about it officially. That's awesome news. Oh and I missed the news. When was Judgement confirmed for Xbox?
Good looking out! I know the fellow Xbox fans are over the hill with these game launches and announcements. I saw quite a few of them ragging on the PS bunch about them losing their exclusives and such. I honestly don't even think they're "losing" them, but it's being shared like it should. It's not like it was 1st party titles anyway.
Not sure what Sega is gaining with locking franchises like Persona on one platform.
Gamepass at least assures Sega games will get above average attention and guaranteed money from Microsoft. I can't help but wonder if MS is bankrolling many of these ports, just to lower any potential risks. Because MS has done an amazing job with support in recent years.
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