SEGA Cutting 300 Jobs, Moving to Digital Space

SEGA is cutting 300 jobs as 'early retirement,' as they restructure their business to focus more on mobile and digital PC titles.

Around 300 staff are to be offered early retirement following plans to completely restructure Sega's business.

"Local organisations managing packaged game software in Western markets will be streamlined", the company has said, with its San Francisco already confirmed for closure.

Sega intends to alter operations to focus on mobile and online PC games, which it deems to be its growth areas, as well as its Sonic and merchandising businesses.

Cutting jobs is terrible, and SEGA moving to completely digital is terrible. :/ I suppose it makes sense, they really aren't profiting off of games on consoles. But at the same time, they're taking no risks, and making horrible games like Sonic Boom. (I mean how could they make a game received even worse than Sonic 06 >_>)

It was Sonic Boom that caused this.
Sad.
First out of the console making, now console gaming.

=/ I never thought I'd see this day come. But sadly it has. Next thing I know; SEGA will be nothing more then just a memory.

This is unfortunate, I really hope those who got fired will be able to find work again quickly.

I feel bad for the people who will be out of a job. I'm sure Sega will keep putting games out on systems though if someone gives them cash.

Ugh, this is unfortunate. That  **cough**sonicboom**cough**soniclostworld**cough** probably caused this.

^Sonic Lost World is actually a great game.

Sonic Boom didn't do any good, that's for sure...

Sonic is SEGA's only surviving hope. And that hope is little by little being torn away. 

I highly doubt Project Diva is faring better.