SEGA in favor of Disney/Marvel merger

SEGA in favor of Disney/Marvel merger

First Stan Lee, now Sega gives the thumbs up to Disney/Marvel

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By TheMightyAvenger - Sep 07, 2009 02:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Video Games
Source: Digital Spy

Sega president Mike Hayes has pledged his support to Disney's acquisition of Marvel Entertainment, reports Newsarama.

The gaming giant currently holds the publishing rights to release titles based on "Iron Man 2," "Thor," and "Captain America." According to Hayes, this licensing agreement is to remain in place.

"We congratulate Disney on its acquisition of Marvel and look forward to working with both companies on future ventures," he said. At this time, there are no changes to Sega's existing licensing agreement for the "Iron Man 2," "Thor," and "Captain America" video game titles.

"We're hard at work on the "Iron Man 2" game and committed to making all three of these titles hugely successful working right alongside the combined forces at Disney and Marvel."

It was previously reported that the development of video games based on Marvel properties could move in-house to Disney Interactive.

So it seems Sega is happy.

But after the Captain America game, Disney will probably get a hold of all Marvel games from then on.

Good thing or Bad?

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TheBumblingIdiot
TheBumblingIdiot - 9/7/2009, 6:28 AM
i dont no has sega ever had a good game
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/7/2009, 7:01 AM
darkknight @ They have many good games!

AVENGER @ Cool, maybe we can see a SONIC THE HEDGEHOG VS MICKEY MOUSE VS WOLVERINE game an comic book! ; D

Cool article man!

Hey, things are looking up, DISNEY'S back to doing a ANT-MAN movie YAY!!!

LIVE ACTION, DISNEY only lol! ; )
jimthefan
jimthefan - 9/7/2009, 10:17 AM
who knows anymore
jimthefan
jimthefan - 9/7/2009, 10:20 AM
but the last couple of games have been good so i think theres sum light over the hill
flames809
flames809 - 9/7/2009, 11:02 AM
thats great news
shiftysharp
shiftysharp - 9/7/2009, 2:01 PM
i can se a super smash bros style game on the cards or a newer version of kingdom of hearts with marvel chars included.
the kiddies will be happy
48and2
48and2 - 9/7/2009, 2:58 PM
Man Kingdom Hearts with Marvel characters would be unbelievable...

I grew up in the Golden Age of Sega, where they were the main competitor with Nintendo. Had the first Mortal Kombat on Sega Genesis, so yeah they've had a good game or two.
LukeStar
LukeStar - 9/7/2009, 3:12 PM
@48and2 mortal kombat was made by Midway Games, but the last good game they came out with was sonic when it was 2D graphics.
48and2
48and2 - 9/7/2009, 3:31 PM
Well I was sort of aware of that, but the Genesis was the first console Mortal Kombat was adapted to from the arcade version, as far as I know, and it was THE SHIT when it came out. Most kids I knew got a Genesis just for that game. But Sonic is their own property and always was their lynchpin.

I remember I had a rich friend who would get every single console and game the day it came out, and I'd never played Sonic. So I went to his house, and there he had it. I got a couple hours with it and was captivated.

But I always by far preferred Nintendo anyway, so I'm no expert on the subject and I should probably quit while I'm ahead =)
48and2
48and2 - 9/7/2009, 3:57 PM
I do know that had it not been for poor management, and the Sega Saturn, they'd have a console right up there next to the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii.
LukeStar
LukeStar - 9/7/2009, 4:00 PM
My bad man, I thought that you thought Mortal Kombat was made by Sega. Besides that, you're right mortal kombat was the shit when it was on Genesis. That and Street Fighter II were the only games I remeber playing on the Genesis, I never really got into Sonic.
AvengingAngel1022
AvengingAngel1022 - 9/7/2009, 5:18 PM
cool
WeaponX
WeaponX - 9/8/2009, 6:01 AM
Any company that stands to have future business with Disney/Marvel are pleased with the merger. It's good business to kiss the ass of future employers.

As for Sega, they can't really handle potential well. They tend to screw it up. They had Working Designs in their pocket way back in the Sega Saturn days bringing over great Japanese games like "Dragon Force" and "Albert Odyssey" to a North American audience and Sega pissed on them for it, so they left Sega. Then Sega came out with Dreamcast - a system that allowed online gaming, again another project with huge potential, and they botched the marketing on it until they had no choice but to call it quits on the consoles and just make games.

If there is a potential to make great games chances are Sega will screw it up. Regardless of one of the Marvel suits pledging that they will no longer make crap games based off their movies, I'll believe it when I see it so Iron Man 2 better step up.
Ryden
Ryden - 9/8/2009, 6:31 AM
who cares what sega thinks? they cant make decent games anymore because its like they cant handle next-gen consoles, iron man would have been a MILLION times better if it was free-roam, sadly there was no free-roam and the hulk kinda sucked to
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