Does Sega Lose Money Because of VF Console Ports?

Does anybody know if PS3 VF sales and Xbox one VF Sales in Japan caused Sega to lose money
for Virtua Fighter i the arcades?

Are there any articles of interviews about this?

 

Interesting question.

 

Related to the question, there was an interview with Bernie Stolar, where he talked about the dangers of console ports of sega games, like VF3tb being given online play, which in his mind, would have threatened VF in the arcades, and segas arcade business on a whole back then. Which is why VF3tb on dreamcast didn't get online. I know alot of people, wanted the dreamcast port of VF3 aka VF3tb, to have online back then. Some gamers might call it a wasted opportunity, but as much as it sucks, he had a point, especially with the arcade business in Japan, slowly spiralling down back then.

 

offline will always be the preferred way to play and players who get into it because of online access are more likely to becoming offline monsters. It's a net win to have good online for the offline scene.

 

The online would've been awful in those days though. I can't imagine it would've had any negative impact on arcades as a result.