Sega explained in an article posted on its blog that many games will arrive in Europe in physical and digital form in the future. The publisher said they were in collaboration with Deep Silver, who for example published Saints Row The Third, Zombie IslandAnd Mighty No.9. This alliance will include games such as 7th Dragon III Code: VFD, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse And Persona 5.
The article also explains why it is not Sega Europe which publishes the titles:
We have a European branch, but they are very involved in their own business, and as a business unit, Sega Europe focuses on our Western licenses, that is to say games developed by Western studios, like The Creative Assembly, Relic Entertainment, Sports InteRactive, and in partnership with studios such as PlaySports Games. With the majority of these productions coming out on PC, we have seen a shift in Sega Europe towards a more digital-centric business over the last few years. Regarding Western franchises, they are already partners with Deep Silver to market these titles in European markets. It was therefore obvious to have a partnership with Sega of America for the Japanese licenses, which will have more means of releasing in physical version.
We don’t yet know when these games will be released in Europe. However, Sega responded to fans who asked if the old continent would be entitled to the developer’s Japanese catalog:
For all our European fans, we can finally say that we have worked on the question and we have an answer for you.
