SEGA is working on a reboot of Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio, according to Bloomberg. According to anonymous sources, it is related to “big budget” games and is part of SEGA’s Super Game initiative. With the Super Game, SEGA aims to create games with “recurring revenue.”
The new Crazy Taxi game has been in development for a year now, Bloomberg writesThe company aims to launch the game within two to three years. The publisher already indicated in the annual figures that it was looking into Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio. No target year has been set for Jet Set Radio. Sources confirm that the games are still in an early stage of development and therefore could still be cancelled.
The two games fall within the Super Game, a company’s plan to create games and “services” that can connect a “large community”. The Super Game should generate $780 million in revenue from SEGA and should generate “Fortnite-esque” revenue from SEGA. In addition to Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio, SEGA is said to be working on an FPS and another unannounced game. This photo frame is developed by a European studio. SEGA announced at the end of last year Work with Microsoft and Azure for the Super Game initiative.
Crazy Taxi first appeared as an arcade game in 1999. Later, there were also console versions for Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and GameCube, and a version for PC was also released. The latest Crazy Taxi game is Crazy Taxi: City Rush, a free-to-play game on iOS and Android, announced in 2014. In Crazy Taxi games, as a taxi driver, users have to transport passengers to their destinations as fast as they can, and get Extra points for performing stunts.
Jet Set Radio first appeared on the Dreamcast in 2000. In this game, players must ride roller skates through Tokyo, spray graffiti and defeat rival gangs. In 2012 A new high-resolution edition appeared from the game.
Screenshots of the Jet Set Radio replay
