Sega: Critics like our games but sales remain stagnant

Sega Sammy has released a new set of financial results and a Q&A that highlight a gap between positive critical reception and actual sales. Over the course of 2025 Sega released a bunch of critically acclaimed titles, including Virtua Fighter 5: R.E.V.O., Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Two Point Museum, Yakuza 0: Director's Cut, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S, and Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army.

The company says the "high valuations," meaning review scores and user feedback, simply didn't translate into increased sales and that things are "stagnant." "While the development costs per title for our mainstay titles are lower compared to so-called AAA titles in the industry, we recognize that our strength lies in the relatively high acclaim we receive for quality," says Sega Sammy president Haruki Satomi.

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