Sammy Finally To Purchase Sega

roadies writes "USAToday/Reuters has a story indicating that Japanese videogame/slot machine company Sammy is finally going to acquire Sega, following 'an unsuccessful attempt last year'." Gamesindustry.biz notes regarding the stock deal, worth $1.4 billion: "[Sammy president] Satomi-san, who will be president of the new merged company, has previously expressed his desire to see Sega focusing increasingly on the arcade market, and hopes to use the company's development talent and wealth of intellectual property to build on the success of Sammy's low-cost Atomiswave arcade system", and it's also argued: "The Sega acquisition will also give Sammy a strong base from which to build its overseas operations."

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Re:Well one more out.

[Daetrin]

I agree, this is kind of sad. I wasn't happy when Sega was forced out of the console market, and this is just one more step down for them. Especially since as you said, Sammy has expresed interest in them focusing more on the arcade market.

If Sega had to be bought out, i was hoping that Nintendo would get a clue and make the purchase. Between their rivalry back in the day and their more recent teamwork on some great games (Super Monkey Ball, F-Zero GX, the Sonic GameCube games, the Skies of Arcadia remake, etc) i think they have a lot of common. I would have trusted Nintendo a lot more to deal with Sega the way in which they deserve.

Re:[snarl]

[dancingmad]

Did either of you actually think this through before making wild guesses or stupid, racist comments? Why would Sammy buy SEGA to gut it of its key franchises? That's ridiculous. I imagine SEGA will continue to have a lot of freedom to do as it pleases, including making Sonic games, will get some much needed cash from pachinko king Sammy, and Sammy will slowly use SEGA to enter the game market. If I'm not mistaken Sammy develops Guilty Gear X; Sammy probably wants to consolidate pachinko style gaming and video games into one business both conceptually and on site (makes sense, especially in a Japanese context) and SEGA is a well known, quality developer who needs some cash.

Again, I ask you, how would it make sense, considering those facts, that Sammy would gut SEGA?