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offline thecurbcreeper from United States on 2003-12-18 20:27 [#00997598]
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Is this true? Old news?

I've never heard of any work by this Sammy company. If this
is true, I am saddened.


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2003-12-18 20:28 [#00997600]
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whaaaaAa????

 

offline hevquip from megagram dusk sect (United States) on 2003-12-18 20:28 [#00997601]
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Sammy sounds vaguely familar. i think they might be
responsible for the Guilty Gear series.


 

offline thecurbcreeper from United States on 2003-12-18 20:33 [#00997603]
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As to why the 20-year veteran would choose to resign now,
industry sources in Japan commented to GameSpot that
certainly Nakagawa's departure could be linked to Sega's
purchase by Sammy. If this is the case, sources said,
Nakagawa might be the first in a series of defections by
senior Sega employees. Top staff are both the most used to
the status quo and most likely to resent change, as well as
being in the best position to find new employers, start
their own firms, or simply retire.

here

the above bolded words are what lead me to believe this. i
hadn't heard anything about this before except of a possible
merger between the two companies.


 

offline thecurbcreeper from United States on 2003-12-18 20:34 [#00997604]
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oops

 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-12-18 20:37 [#00997608]
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Sammy made big meaty fancy pinball machines.

Recently Sega have attempted to merger with Sammy and it all
fell through, then they tried to merger with Namco and the
same thing happened. It might be on the cards again that
they might merge with Sammy...I haven't heard anything
recently though, but I do know they are looking for a large
scale alliance.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-12-18 20:40 [#00997610]
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btw Sammy own 22% of Sega which they bought earlier this
month (I think they are the largest shareholder now), but as
far as I know they still don't wholly own the company.

Sammy are a big company though.

 

offline revpersona from Plainfield (United States) on 2003-12-18 21:37 [#00997646]
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Yeah, Sammy is the largest shareholder of Sega. This deal
has been in the works for a long time, but kept getting
dropped.

Sammy just recently opened up a U.S. office somewhere in
California for game devlopment, I'm very curious to see what
else will come from them, because the Guilty Gear series is
a quality 2D fighter.


 

offline thecurbcreeper from United States on 2003-12-18 21:55 [#00997662]
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thanks for clearing that up :)

 

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