{"id":595603,"date":"2025-11-26T19:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/595603\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:15:20","slug":"sega-finally-admits-low-sales-of-games-may-have-been-impacted-by-players-waiting-for-definitive-editions-like-persona-5-royal-or-smt-5-vengeance-eurogamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/595603\/","title":{"rendered":"Sega finally admits low sales of games may have been impacted by players waiting for &quot;definitive editions&quot;, like Persona 5 Royal or SMT 5: Vengeance &#8211; Eurogamer"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxOZ2o0azdBTjR0MGhEdklmVzhNSGJlNWV1cUdVQWR0aFRuUTNaRWZTVGdCbVFxejJUZ2RwWTl0Q2N1TktHTTFiMVJjc3BKQTR4Nmo0eG8wOE83N09GRGZtMTV1YjcwSlU2ZXNOLXhrWEF6alBwRWZhWkRxdkpVaV9sdWxUdmlKamZVQV9tRjViWllpZEdGZHlGOXV2MVJYSDc3amNpZUtyS2RTQmo5ODFiTDJIUUdacXVqY3pzUERtcjZBeE5iSlUtb1VIY2cwZlNGZDdlcl9LMktYTHh2UENMcFBnSmhhekdqTUlwZE1DSjF6X2F3RVNocDU5LWxEMjg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sega finally admits low sales of games may have been impacted by players waiting for &#8220;definitive editions&#8221;, like Persona 5 Royal or SMT 5: Vengeance<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Eurogamer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2gFBVV95cUxNQkZqR1dXd2dLT2pJWEVRalU3cmJPR1V4VHIwUE1ieWtfU01mR2pFdi1HbXdLQnhubmRjUk1KaHFhS1h3OGdzajg3eFNxRnBYdmFkMGl4SWpodnFZY0tZSVVCX012THlCTU9kYlNCaTRCaWdQUlBfVkpCQU1oR0lPUVBNREhuZ1h6dHBKMUNSVXNLOTVRUnU2SndFUHBGdnlvYzBZQzJOQ1pUUDZjVWJHS1hFZC1nTWlmRjMwY2xvRkJTd0J3akY3RUJGR0hKSWhfSTd2STZqQ1BqZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sega is aware its past \u201cdefinitive version\u201d releases could be deterring players from buying games at launch<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AUTOMATON<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxNSzJFblYtTHZ1dW5hVVJMOW9WbU9WSEFJSW5CcTR4VExUcDJaTGk4N2ZiWEk1VWc4aXlUMTVpeEd0aGdrMThDZ0xIQmNNQ0FFeTB2NUlzT2VyVFBWYkhMUTVKbXVoN2s1enk5QjVIVksxN0RNOXE0ZVpxb210Z2pJTVpDd201ekhONG9LcFdwNVY3a2dScGJkUkUxQk5jWUNVU0pWYUZIczN1cGxTbEJKVXVEdVRmQnlkZWZDUmtjYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sega Suggests Expectations for &#8216;Definitive Editions&#8217; Could be Behind Disappointing Launch Sales<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;IGN<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxOVmdKU05ub3E1VFlhMEp0NWdiSThzQnh4YTVuY2JmVzhBOTF1bWp1WUZGMFpwbDVwYUkwN2lSX0dheUhkSXhsR3BINm92MlJpZlZ3b1pBS0ZhLXltWmJEV3BJcTFwaEVISWNHbE1qamJEUzNCZUZxS2Z5WnFvcHhRYWY5UnhnYWV3MVpDNEhLZ01GYkhPRUJxaG92Z3ZIQVctZWtfbmIwdzVBWGRRWS1V?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEGA acknowledges definitive versions could be deterring launch players<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;My Nintendo News<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwJBVV95cUxORkdvQ0ZzRmMxNjFlemozUXpqWDdleW1Vb2ZjalBpMUtnak5pWUljZVdOQl9OT1dfY0ItTHIzYS1PMWgzSUVjRnpHM20xdW9FbHItMW1RLWdSOU1Ebm9Pc3lTZVpCM0NLQzhuZWxtSFlhQVl5NW0xdWVOaU0xbDFTalJKbHdvTUNRcGt4aDYyeHRrbXJGQWV6RTV6d2wxNmtQVUNXcDduRkRBaGhPb01lS0J3T0E1V1RpbExjcjU5U2ZMRXBfNW5rZi1obWltQ1JNa0o4OF81M1lCYWJjMVVyMVVlLXZPQXNYT0I0VUl4ZGVVRC1WR2VGU2lzS1hNQnBHcUswV1V6R0Z1WWFTb1FiZG5ab3FFQ1k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sega is willing to take risks on &#8220;highly volatile&#8221; new games, and can do so using the &#8220;stable foundation&#8221; created by its strong free-to-play revenue<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GamesRadar+<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sega finally admits low sales of games may have been impacted by players waiting for &#8220;definitive editions&#8221;, like&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-595603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115617603515403038","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}