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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2004 1:56 pm    Post subject: Sega buy-out Reply with quote

So we knew it was coming, even with all those delays and rumors, it finally happened. Sammy has purchased Sega for $1.4 billion. The new company will be called Sega Sammy Holdings. Now Guilty Gear and Virtua Fighter will be under one roof.

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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2004 2:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

*twitch* I'm...not sure if I like that or not....*twitch* I've been a Sonic fangirl for a while...and if they mess with Sonic...*twitchtwitch*
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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2004 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

*bursts out laughing* You have to admit the company name is sure weird, I can already picture: "Hey dad, could I have some money for a Sammy Sega Holdings game?" "And this month's top selling game is Sammy Sega Holding's Sonic Heroes" *cracks up some more*

For the most part I couldn't care less about the merge, but if Sammy pressures Sega to leave the console business for the arcade industry, I'll have to add Sammy to my personal hit list Mad
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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2004 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MorwenLaicoriel wrote:
*twitch* I'm...not sure if I like that or not....*twitch* I've been a Sonic fangirl for a while...and if they mess with Sonic...*twitchtwitch*


same, my brother made me play sonic games when I was young so I am a sonic fanboy Very Happy , but not as much as Zelda, LOTR, StarFox and TOS..And someother stuff, but it is on my top 10 Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2004 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The merge COULD be better, maybe we'll get sonic games with better plots? I prefer the SA2 style plot myself...Maybe a bigger one with more stuff would be nice with a better story too...Hmm but I dunno much about sammy in the first place except that Guilty Gear OWNZ
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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2004 11:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

aw man....i was a sega fan....genesis, arcade....
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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2004 11:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Sega buy-out Reply with quote

A while ago I thought Sammy was a dumb nickname for Sega Razz

I can't see future Sega games with "Sega Sammy" on them. It just sounds wrong. SquareEnix, now that worked out well.
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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2004 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I might be misunderstanding the article...but I think it says that "Sammy Sega Holdings" is just what they'll be called on the stock market. I think the respective games will still be either 'Sammy' or "sega'...but I dunno...
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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2004 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MorwenLaicoriel wrote:
I might be misunderstanding the article...but I think it says that "Sammy Sega Holdings" is just what they'll be called on the stock market. I think the respective games will still be either 'Sammy' or "sega'...but I dunno...


I hope so, but it probably isn't likely, I mean take a look at Squarenix, but at least Squarenix sounds okay.
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2004 2:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It doesn't sound so good
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Take a look at the Sega Sammy Holding's logo:



I miss the old Sega logo already Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the new logo, especially how they bridged the two A's together with that arch... really nice. I'm also glad that Sega will merge all their developers together.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

they're going to have to fire some people if they do do that.

Sega still gets to keep it's name right? Sega-sammy is the name of the parent company, right? So we still get hear seeeeeegaaaaa and sega (said really fast) in video games, right?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That logo seems dated to me. I think its the colours....
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

it's fine.

i just like the Sega logo better for nostalgia's sake.
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