Sega is reportedly working on big-budget reboots of Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio

A screenshot from Jet Set Radio HD.

Sega has reportedly started work on big-budget reboots of two cult titles: Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio. According to a report from Bloomberg citing people familiar with its plans," the Japanese game giant wants to create new games that can become global hits like Fortnite and deliver recurring revenue.

Fortnite, of course, has built its success on a number of attributes. It's cross-platform, free-to-play, and generates money for publisher Epic Games through the use of cosmetic micro-transactions. Bloomberg doesn't state that Sega is following this mold exactly, but it's hard to know how you'd create a Fornite-like hit without ... replicating Fornite's key traits.

Sega wants to reboot old games to boost flagging video game revenue

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