Sega Sammy is restructuring to prioritize "Digital Games," a reform that'll see it make job cuts including "soliciting voluntary retirement" for around 300 employees; 120 employees are due to be approached about voluntary retirement next month. Sega of America is among those to be hit by layoffs as it relocates from San Francisco to South California in the coming months.
Sega Sammy plans to now pursue growth in smartphone and PC online gaming, an area that's seen rising results for the company in recent years. Despite the success of some packaged games such as
million-seller Alien: Isolation, Sega Sammy's consistently reported favorable results from the likes of
Phantasy Star Online 2,
Puyo Puyo Quest and
Chain Chronicle.
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