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   Andrew Ryan Chang to nospamforted@nospam.com   
   Re: Yuck. Sega outsourcing...   
   21 Aug 06 21:30:57   
   
   From: archang@sfu.ca   
      
   Ted   wrote:   
   >benstylus wrote:   
   >> Andrew Ryan Chang wrote:   
   >> >       So, er, what happened to their formerly (?) well-staffed internal   
   >> > development studios?   
   >>   
   >> An excellent question.  My guess is they've all been working on the two   
   >> upcoming Sonic games, Phantasy Star Universe, and Sega's arcade releases   
   >> (such as Virtua Fighter 5, House of the Dead 4, and Virtua Striker 4).   
      
   	I dunno, it still feels like Sega's limited output can't possibly   
   account for what all their internal studios were/are doing.   
      
      
   >Or been fired so they can go make games like Ninety Nine Nights and Lumines...   
      
   	Mizuguchi left on his on accord, I believe, and N3 was a   
   co-development that's fairly obviously weighted towards Phantagram doing   
   most of the work, I believe.   
      
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