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A follow-up thread from Midori, the Sega/Atlus leaker who recently spoke about Sega’s plans to reboot a bunch of legacy franchises has made another thread talking about the specifics of the remake/reboot plans specifically as it pertains to Crazy Taxi. Read it here.

There, they talk about how there are plans to both “remake” and “reboot” Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio, and they clarify that “remake” means a more traditional retail game, while “reboot” refers to a “games as a service” free to play release, citing Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto Online as primary inspirations for the model.

This is important as it pertains to Virtua Fighter, as when asked, they stated that ”a Virtua Fighter reboot is in development.” So I guess this means the next Virtua Fighter is likely to be a free-to-play title - which might actually be a pretty sensible move. The initial PS+ release of VF5 Ultimate Showdown worked really well for Sega, and the free-to-play model has shown promise thanks to releases like Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising.


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