Sega has officially abandoned the Super Game project, which was first announced in 2021. Information about the initiative's closure appeared in the publisher's latest financial report, where Sega summarized the results of its strategy in the service-based and free-to-play games segment.
According to the company, the reason for the course correction was the weak performance of the mobile game Sonic Rumble Party, as well as the unsuccessful acquisition of Angry Birds creators – Rovio Entertainment. After the acquisition, Rovio's sales significantly declined, forcing Sega to reduce the priority of games-as-a-service in the coming years.
Amidst these changes, over 100 developers who previously worked on free-to-play projects have already been transferred to teams working on "full-fledged games" for the company's key franchises. Sega emphasized that remakes and reboots of classic series, including Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Golden Axe, and Streets of Rage, remain in active development.
The Super Game project was announced in May 2021 as a large-scale initiative combining several AAA games and "going beyond the traditional understanding of video games". Sega later stated that it was ready to invest up to 100 billion yen (approximately 882 million dollars at the then-current exchange rate) over five years to implement this concept.