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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #540 on: June 03, 2022, 09:01:38 am »
SEGA is so humble.
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but is it a good thing?
Depends who takes advantage of them, that and they probably do have ties with the yakuza.

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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #541 on: June 04, 2022, 08:43:03 pm »

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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #542 on: June 04, 2022, 08:47:07 pm »
Depends who takes advantage of them, that and they probably do have ties with the yakuza.

Speaking about illegal business like ties with Yakuza, SEGA has some dark history too :

https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/the-service-games-syndicate.40982/


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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #543 on: June 04, 2022, 08:47:57 pm »

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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #544 on: June 04, 2022, 09:24:40 pm »

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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #545 on: June 05, 2022, 06:51:34 am »
Speaking about illegal business like ties with Yakuza, SEGA has some dark history too :

https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/the-service-games-syndicate.40982/


Yeah, I heard of Sega of Japan hiring thugs to kidnap game developers in order to convince them not to work for their rival companies. Hard to believe the console wars were that cutthroat.

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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #546 on: June 05, 2022, 08:45:01 pm »

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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #547 on: June 05, 2022, 08:48:24 pm »
Yeah, I heard of Sega of Japan hiring thugs to kidnap game developers in order to convince them not to work for their rival companies. Hard to believe the console wars were that cutthroat.

Yes, but this one was waaaayyy back before that.
Even before these ...



It was back then when SEGA is still named as Service Games.
Also I'm sure few realize  that the "Service" in "Service Games" was referring to, like, military service.

https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/the-service-games-syndicate.40982/

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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #548 on: June 05, 2022, 10:36:09 pm »
We levelled up! Thank you for 62 years with us, SEGA! 💙









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Past gems such as  Space Harrier, Outrun, VirtuaOn among many other titles appear as playable arcade mini-games in the Yakuza series 🎮.

Source : https://www.facebook.com/sega.jp

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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #549 on: June 06, 2022, 12:24:03 am »
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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #550 on: June 06, 2022, 07:23:12 am »
Yes, but this one was waaaayyy back before that.
Even before these ...



It was back then when SEGA is still named as Service Games.
Also I'm sure few realize  that the "Service" in "Service Games" was referring to, like, military service.

https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/the-service-games-syndicate.40982/
I thought the rumours were a bit later than that, during the console wars. Sega would headhunt and threaten developers from joining their competitors and got the yakuza involved.

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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #551 on: June 06, 2022, 09:25:12 pm »
Sega would headhunt and threaten developers from joining their competitors and got the yakuza involved.

Actually the Yakuza ones are more arcade wars than console wars.
Console war was indeed happened in US but in Japan for SEGA's more like arcade wars since Mega Drive has no chance in beating Sufami's dominance anyway.
SEGA's competitor were NAMCO, SNK, and Konami in arcade business, not Nintendo.
And arcade centers' back then aren't a family-friendly places like right now, so no wonder if its handling of business was kinda shaddy.

For console business, Nintendo's actually  the one who's threatened other developers from making games from their competitors.
Most SEGA exclusive games were only from SEGA themself and third party games from SEGA usually also available in other consoles.
If SEGA's involving Yakuza, most likely it's arcade business.
SEGA's threatened arcade centers who prioritizes other arcade games more than ones for them.
SEGA's dominance in arcade business let them have monopolize hundreds of arcade centers in Japan, even around 1,000 arcade centers in the late '90s.

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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #552 on: June 06, 2022, 10:01:10 pm »

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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #553 on: June 07, 2022, 12:06:02 am »

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Re: SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"
« Reply #554 on: June 07, 2022, 09:41:21 am »
Actually the Yakuza ones are more arcade wars than console wars.
Console war was indeed happened in US but in Japan for SEGA's more like arcade wars since Mega Drive has no chance in beating Sufami's dominance anyway.
SEGA's competitor were NAMCO, SNK, and Konami in arcade business, not Nintendo.
And arcade centers' back then aren't a family-friendly places like right now, so no wonder if its handling of business was kinda shaddy.

For console business, Nintendo's actually  the one who's threatened other developers from making games from their competitors.
Most SEGA exclusive games were only from SEGA themself and third party games from SEGA usually also available in other consoles.
If SEGA's involving Yakuza, most likely it's arcade business.
SEGA's threatened arcade centers who prioritizes other arcade games more than ones for them.
SEGA's dominance in arcade business let them have monopolize hundreds of arcade centers in Japan, even around 1,000 arcade centers in the late '90s.
Well, it's decent to know Nintendo were not as clean as Sega if they were involved in crime and extortion to strengthen their business.