Sega Sports Drops GameCube Support
- February 07, 2003 14:13 PM PST
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The company's sports division decides that enough is enough and it's time to concentrate on platforms where their games actually sell.
Sega Sports confirmed earlier today what most sports gamers had already guessed: starting with World Series Baseball 2K3, they will stop releasing their games for the Nintendo GameCube, concentrating instead on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox."Sega has been evaluating its resources and product lineup to ensure it is bringing the right games to the right platforms as the company builds towards becoming a profitable, independent content publisher," the company said in a statement today. "After careful examination, Sega has made the strategic decision to support Nintendo GameCube with a priority on delivering its leading entertainment properties such as Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Monkey Ball, proven franchises which have been top sellers on the system. Sega is committed to Nintendo GameCube and will continue to support the platform with its leading entertainment properties including the recently announced Sonic Adventure DX, as well as many other titles yet to be announced."
The move to drop GameCube comes as Sega recovers from low overall sales for the 2K3 series, which lost out to Electronic Arts' sports titles in nearly every system they were released on. This put Sega in second place on the GameCube sports front, already a much smaller market than the other two systems. This combination likely sounded the death knell for the sports division's "platform agnostic" strategy.
World Series Baseball 2K3 will be hitting the PS2 and Xbox on March 13.
