@slider1983 many legendary creators at sega stay at a cushy management job at the top, not having the drive to create, but just getting to do what falls into their laps. the most extreme case in my opinion is having the writer of PSIV and PSO1 supervise the atrocious storylines of PSO2...they don't care anymore
He actually went to America in 1995 to develop the Dynamite Deka series and Alien Front Online. He then went to China with some other fellow/AM1 devs to basically make the new Altered Beast - and in that established Sega Studios Shanghai, which he is heading. He still directed all the way until the PS2 remake of Dynamite Deka (2006)...Altered Beast PS2 (2005) was still a project he was heavily involved with.
Sega Studios Shangahi in itself has a turbulent history...they are a support studio and a game developer at the same time.
It's in the games that they make themselfes which can be more attributed to have more of a profile. They made ports like NiGHTS, Dynamite Deka, SA1&2 HD, HotD 3&4 on PS3 up until 2012.
Then they became a studio developing arcade games like HotD EX, Transformers, Golden Gun, Mission Impossible Arcade and Daytona Champioship USA.
Its actually not well known where the whereabout of Makoto Uchida are now, as the last few Sega games did not have Sega Shanghai credited, which they usually have. I bet he us supervising the new Golden Axe.
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Re: Celebrating Makoto Uchida, Golden Axe Creator And One Of Sega's Longest-Serving Staffers
@slider1983 many legendary creators at sega stay at a cushy management job at the top, not having the drive to create, but just getting to do what falls into their laps. the most extreme case in my opinion is having the writer of PSIV and PSO1 supervise the atrocious storylines of PSO2...they don't care anymore
Re: Celebrating Makoto Uchida, Golden Axe Creator And One Of Sega's Longest-Serving Staffers
@slider1983 well they announced a new one
Re: Celebrating Makoto Uchida, Golden Axe Creator And One Of Sega's Longest-Serving Staffers
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He actually went to America in 1995 to develop the Dynamite Deka series and Alien Front Online. He then went to China with some other fellow/AM1 devs to basically make the new Altered Beast - and in that established Sega Studios Shanghai, which he is heading. He still directed all the way until the PS2 remake of Dynamite Deka (2006)...Altered Beast PS2 (2005) was still a project he was heavily involved with.
Sega Studios Shangahi in itself has a turbulent history...they are a support studio and a game developer at the same time.
It's in the games that they make themselfes which can be more attributed to have more of a profile. They made ports like NiGHTS, Dynamite Deka, SA1&2 HD, HotD 3&4 on PS3 up until 2012.
Then they became a studio developing arcade games like HotD EX, Transformers, Golden Gun, Mission Impossible Arcade and Daytona Champioship USA.
Its actually not well known where the whereabout of Makoto Uchida are now, as the last few Sega games did not have Sega Shanghai credited, which they usually have. I bet he us supervising the new Golden Axe.