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Nightengale · 2014-01-01, 08:47

SEGA knows. The problem is that SEGA did not treat VC like a mothership franchise.

Mothership franchises always have 'flagship' titles that pivot their franchise, and these are games that are usually the most profilic, that lead the charge for the franchise's direction moving forward.

Persona is such example. There's many, many Persona games released over the years, but none of them were their flagship numbered series. They treat their numbered titles with the respect and elevation that a numbered title does, and that makes a big difference. There's many spin-offs, but the flagship games always push the series forward.

SEGA does this with Yakuza too. A lot more liberal, with more frequent releases, but it's clear that SEGA at least respects the franchise enough that it's always been true to the core of the series.

With VC, they didn't treat subsequent games in the franchise with the same respect that a mothership franchise should. Rather than push the second game with the same foundations as the first game to elevate the franchise upwards, they decided that stinginess was better, and instead made their franchise less valuable by migrating it entirely to handheld.

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Nightengale ~Night of Gales~ Author Join Date: Dec 2005	SEGA knows. The problem is that SEGA did not treat VC like a mothership franchise. Mothership franchises always have 'flagship' titles that pivot their franchise, and these are games that are usually the most profilic, that lead the charge for the franchise's direction moving forward. Persona is such example. There's many, many Persona games released over the years, but none of them were their flagship numbered series. They treat their numbered titles with the respect and elevation that a numbered title does, and that makes a big difference. There's many spin-offs, but the flagship games always push the series forward. SEGA does this with Yakuza too. A lot more liberal, with more frequent releases, but it's clear that SEGA at least respects the franchise enough that it's always been true to the core of the series. With VC, they didn't treat subsequent games in the franchise with the same respect that a mothership franchise should. Rather than push the second game with the same foundations as the first game to elevate the franchise upwards, they decided that stinginess was better, and instead made their franchise less valuable by migrating it entirely to handheld. __________________ *Night~and~Gale: ~ The Final Mythology of the Man who Defied Destiny.* The sleeping lion shall awaken beyond the depths of time, crossing ten billion lights, come to Terra.