Sega Merges With Pachinko Company Sammy

conform writes "The New York Times reported today that Sega Corporation (the Japanese parent company) has merged with Sammy Corp, a vendor of pachinko machines. The Sammy side of things are expected to dominate post-merger operations, and will likely shift Sega operational focuses back to the arcade market. Also, the end of the article notes in passing that SquareSoft has been aquired by rival RPG manufacturer Enix."

Comments

house of pain

[Anonymous Coward]

these guys are just trying to play me up as if my name was Sega

squarenix!?

[OwlofCreamCheese]

sonic the hedgehog on the gameboy... square and enix together...

insaine I tell you! insaine! I remember when the nintendo/sega war was as bad as the windows/linux war is today

Re:squarenix!?

[joe_bruin]

What do you mean, "biblical?"

We mean real wrath-of-God type stuff. Plagues, darkness--

The dead rising from the grave!

Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes--

Riots in the streets, Square bought by Enix, Sega on Nintendo, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

Cool!

[sulli]

So if I win enough at the arcades on the Sega machines, I can win carefully wrapped packs of cigarettes that I can exchange for cash at the shady back window? Excellent!

Sammy's Mind

[burgburgburg]

From here:

" We contribute to creation and development of culture with our creativity and foreseeing in entertainment while moving forward with people."

Ok. ...ugh ...Huh?

Re:Not just Pachinko (sexy)

[$$$$$exyGal]

Pachinko Sexy Reaction

Nice game titles from that company ;-)

--sex

Wow ...

[B3ryllium]

Wow ... this is like Vivendi ... merging with ... Las Vegas! Imagine the kids from THAT marriage. *shudder*

The is Gabby Hayes Big

[Anonymous Coward]

I think this may be the most important merger of Japanese titans since the joint venture of Matsumora Fishworks and Tamorobuchi Heavy Manufacturing.

perfect

[Boromir son of Faram]

I always knew that the DreamCast failed because it didn't have enough disco music and cigarette smoke.

A Sega Pachinko machine could be what we need to save our people.

Re:This is SO cool!

[Anonymous Coward]

Its good to hear your palm is getting some action.

Can't barely wait...

[XxtraLarGe]

I can't wait to play pachinko on my PS2!

Re:pachinko machines...

[Anonymous Coward]

Next thing you know, Nintendo'll be selling playing cards...

Re:OT: Your sig

[The Bungi]

Does the fact that you can recall that at a moment's notice scare you in any way?

Re:What's the name gonna be?

[XxtraLarGe]

How about "Smegy" :-)

A joke, right?

[pla]

Pachinko...

Pachinko?

One of the previous generation's best video game companies has decided to do... Pachinko?

The stupid game which consists of "invert bucket of ball-bearings over machine, watch them drip through, every third bucket or so win a colored ping-pong ball that you can trade for crappy chucky-cheese-esque prizes"?

Nope. This proves it. I have finally lost any sense of contact with the world whatsoever. Time to wander off into the woods and live on skinned squirrels and assorted tubers. You folks have just gotten WAY too sureal for my liking.

And here I considered myself something of an eccentric. Heh. I can't possibly compete with how cracked reality seems.

Re:pachinko machines...

[SimplexO]

Man! I love Bob Barker...

Oh wait, that's PLINKO.

Re:Um hey...

[Kintanon]

So Rumour has it... Much like Rumour will tell you that the Mafia controls most of the Vegas casinos. Of course, Rumour is a dirty little snitch and if he doesn't keep his mouch shut we're gonna cut out his tongue and dump him in the river....

Kintanon