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Sega Merges With Pachinko Company Sammy

Posted by timothy on from the such-nice-names dept.

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."

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  1. Wow ... by B3ryllium · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  2. Re:squarenix!? by joe_bruin · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!

  3. A joke, right? by pla · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.