Sega president and COO Shuji Utsumi has explained why the company decided to cancel its much-hyped Super Game, five years after it was officially announced.
Back in May 2021, Sega said its Super Game project would span multiple “triple-A titles that cross over Sega’s comprehensive range of technologies” and “go beyond the traditional framework of games”.
In November 2021, Sega then said it would consider investing up to ¥100 billion (then the equivalent of $882 million) over five years to achieve its Super Game ambitions.
In its financial results in May 2026, however, Sega quietly confirmed the cancellation of Super Game in a slide detailing a review of its live service efforts.
Now, in an interview with Nikkei, Utsumi was discussing Sega’s transmedia plans when the topic of the Super Game came up.
Utsumi explained that Super Game was an attempt to make a popular live service game, but because the current state of the games industry meant the amount of investment was becoming too great, it was decided that releasing the game wasn’t worth the financial risk.
“While our transmedia strategy centers on expanding IP-related businesses beyond the gaming sector, Sega is, after all, a company built on games,” Utsumi said (via machine translation).
“Within the gaming industry, Games as a Service is an area we simply cannot ignore. If we can successfully roll out an IP we created from scratch on a large scale globally, the rewards would be immense.
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