Sega will produce its “Super Game” in collaboration with Microsoft -apkrig

Microsoft’s efforts to break through in the Japanese market continue. However, not directly, ie through the acquisition of a specific Japanese studio, as was the case with Tango Gameworks, through the purchase of ZeniMax, but through a strategic partnership. Microsoft established this with Sega and concerns the use of the server infrastructure of the Microsoft Azure platform. The interest of both entities is obvious – while Microsoft wants to be closer to Japanese players and bite a little from the cake that Sony sells in the land of the rising sun in its blue stand, Sega intends to lean on a strong partner and enter a new era. It should be framed by the so-called Super Game – a new type of title that aims to reach a worldwide online audience and introduce them to a completely new gaming experience. However, it is not known at this time how Azure’s cloud capacity will be used, but there are several individual and common variants.

“Sega and Microsoft are forming a strategic alliance to explore ways in which Sega could create major global titles in a next-gen environment built on the Azure platform. The alliance should be a key part of Sega’s medium- to long-term strategy and enable it to move forward with the Super Game initiative, “the Japanese company said in a statement. It is based on relatively general statements by the parties that the cloud is the future, which is helped in many ways by the advent of 5G networks. “In this interconnected environment, the ecosystem surrounding the gaming industry is constantly evolving and expanding as increasingly sophisticated tools and technologies are available. Video games continue to grow as the main medium for young people, “Sega underlines his interest. As in the case of the absence of a specific example of the use of Azure, there is also no mention of the benefits of over-charges. for Microsoft. Will he become the publisher of new titles? Will he be able to fill the Game Pass portfolio with them? Or maybe players will get it on Xbox or Windows something in addition?

These questions are not answered by Microsoft spokeswoman Sarah Bond, who in her statement only pays tribute to Sega and describes it as one of the iconic companies in the gaming industry. “We look forward to working together to discover new ways to develop unique gaming experiences using the cloud,” Bond said, promising to work with Sega to change the way games are developed and run. “Our goal is to increase the added value for both the players and Sega,” the spokeswoman concluded, indirectly suggesting that Microsoft could indeed be a link between Sega’s games and the Game Pass. However, the comment of a similar strategic partnership with Sony, which Microsoft entered into in 2019 and also concerning the use of Azure cloud servers, cannot be left out. Both camps heard similar words as they do now, but the result is the progress of xCloud or Game Pass and only a slight acceleration of the interest of the competing PlayStation Now service.