Sega has announced that it will be substantially cutting its workforce to come into line with the company’s restructuring programme.
This is not a good time to work for Sega.
A statement issued by the company said: “Sega.com would be reducing its workforce effective immediately as it focuses its business in accordance with previously announced plans by Sega Corporation. Sega continues to remain committed to SegaNet, the world's first high-speed online console gaming network and ISP, and there will not be any interruption of the SegaNet service as a result of this headcount reduction.”
This news will be a great worry to the many gamers to have recently bought a Dreamcast. As well as supporting arguably the best software around at present, the console’s connectivity was a big selling point.
Sega’s online operations have been in some doubt for a while now. Since the Dreamcast was officially canned earlier this year, Games like Daytona USA 2001 and Eighteen Wheeler American Pro Trucker have lost the online gaming functions originally promised.
“At present, nothing has been made official but it is looking likely that the company is planning on phasing out European online play with immediate effect” said our anonymous Sega insider when Daytona first looked under threat. “Everyone is worried about the reaction of the public and the press if Sega of Japan decides to pull the plug on Europe. There are many gamers that bought the Dreamcast solely for online gaming and Daytona was supposed to be a fine example of this with full online racing.”
We can only hope that Sega keeps good its promise of continuing to support the Dreamcast with online play.
This is not a good time to work for Sega.
A statement issued by the company said: “Sega.com would be reducing its workforce effective immediately as it focuses its business in accordance with previously announced plans by Sega Corporation. Sega continues to remain committed to SegaNet, the world's first high-speed online console gaming network and ISP, and there will not be any interruption of the SegaNet service as a result of this headcount reduction.”
This news will be a great worry to the many gamers to have recently bought a Dreamcast. As well as supporting arguably the best software around at present, the console’s connectivity was a big selling point.
Sega’s online operations have been in some doubt for a while now. Since the Dreamcast was officially canned earlier this year, Games like Daytona USA 2001 and Eighteen Wheeler American Pro Trucker have lost the online gaming functions originally promised.
“At present, nothing has been made official but it is looking likely that the company is planning on phasing out European online play with immediate effect” said our anonymous Sega insider when Daytona first looked under threat. “Everyone is worried about the reaction of the public and the press if Sega of Japan decides to pull the plug on Europe. There are many gamers that bought the Dreamcast solely for online gaming and Daytona was supposed to be a fine example of this with full online racing.”
We can only hope that Sega keeps good its promise of continuing to support the Dreamcast with online play.
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