Sega ha annunciato nuovi licenziamenti per Sega Networks Inc. ovvero la parte Occidentale della divisione mobile.
A farne le spese è stato il team Three Rings Design (team acquisito nel 2011 e responsabile di titoli come Spiral Knights) ed una parte del lato publishing di Sega Networks.
Le motivazioni ufficiali rilasciate da Sega vanno ricercate nel mercato mobile diventato ormai troppo competitivo.
Di seguito le dichiarazioni ufficiali di Sega:

In response to challenging and hyper-competitive mobile market conditions, SEGA Networks Inc., SEGA’s mobile division in the West, has refocused its operations and made a reduction in workforce.

As a result, we said goodbye to our talented friends and colleagues at Three Rings Design Inc. alongside a small number of team members on the publishing side of SEGA’s mobile division. This marks a pivot in our Western business as we focus our strategy on, i),IP-based, high value entertainment experiences, realized through our internal studios and a targeted external publishing model ii) perfecting the Japan to West pipeline, and iii) mass market view-per-play games designed to further SEGA’s network strategy in the West. Our dedicated mobile studios, Hardlight and Demiurge, will play a key role in the new strategy and continue to create quality mobile games.

SEGA’s mobile division will remain headquartered in San Francisco, operating as the publishing arm for mobile games in the West. Other areas of SEGA’s business remain unaffected by this news.