Sega Restructure Takes Place This weekend

<p>Sega has announced that it will be closing some of their game studio&&num;8217&semi;s&period; So far the studio&&num;8217&semi;s which were named are France&comma; Germany&comma; Spain&comma; Australia and Benelux&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jurgen Post&comma; COO of Sega Europe said in its statement&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sega is entering a new and exciting phase that will position the company as a content led organisation maximising sales with strong and balanced IP such as Sonic the Hedgehog&comma; Total War&comma; Football Manager and the Aliens franchise”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Koch Media will take over sales and distribution duties in Germany&comma; Switzerland&comma; Austria&comma; France and Spain for there packaged goods&comma; and Level03 Distribution and 5 Star Games&comma; will take over the distribution across Benelux and Australia&period; This will come into effect on July 1st 2012&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also said was&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The company will benefit from a clear focus and realigned strategy for our digital business and packaged goods and we are confident that this will lead to a successful future&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>What do you think viewers&quest; Do you think this is a good move by the company&quest; Or is it on the way out&quest; Let us know in the comment section below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a title&equals;"ShopToNews" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;shoptonews&period;net&sol;2012&sol;06&sol;28&sol;sega-closes-many-european-studios-as-part-of-restructure&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitterfeed" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">ShopToNews<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;