Sega rules out Alpha Protocol sequel

Sega has ruled out the possibility of it publishing a sequel to Alpha Protocol – as it admits that the game’s sales were lower than expected.

The Obsidian-developed spy RPG won some good reviews – but ended up with a sub-70 average on Metacritic.

Sega West president Mike Hayes told CVG that the game didn’t sell as well as the publisher expected – but that the firm was proud of the “concept” of the title.

“Let’s speak very commercially; the game hasn’t sold what we’ve expected, therefore we won’t be doing a sequel,” said Hayes.

“The concept was brilliant, though,” he added. “You know this whole thing with Metacritic where you have to be in the high 70s to mid-80s minimum [to have any success] – well, with RPGs you have got to be in the late 80s.