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On November 1, 2000, Sega changed its company name from Sega Enterprises to Sega Corporation. [317] In December 2000, The New York Times reported that Nintendo and Sega were holding discussions regarding a potential US$ 2 billion buyout, though the two companies denied this; a Sega spokesman called the report "absolutely outrageous". [318]
Sega Corporation [a] [b] is a Japanese multinational video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo.It produces several multi-million-selling game franchises for arcades and consoles, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Angry Birds, Phantasy Star, Puyo Puyo, Super Monkey Ball, Total War, Virtua Fighter, Megami Tensei, Sakura Wars, Persona, and Yakuza.
Sega got an early lead with the Dreamcast first released in Japan in 1998. [106] It was the first home console to include a modem to allow players to connect to the Sega network and play online games. [29] However, Sega found several technical issues that had to be resolved before its Western launch in 1999.
Sega's official logo. Sega is a video game developer, publisher, and hardware development company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with multiple offices around the world.The company has produced home video game consoles and handheld consoles since 1983; these systems were released from the third console generation to the sixth.
The console was never popular in Japan (being regularly outsold by the PC Engine), but still managed to sell 40 million units worldwide. By late 1995, Sega was supporting five different consoles and two add-ons, and Sega Enterprises chose to discontinue the Mega Drive in Japan to concentrate on the new Sega Saturn. [14]
The Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive [b] outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. Sega released it in 1988 in Japan as the Mega Drive, and in 1989 in North America as the Genesis.
The Sega Saturn [a] [b] is a home video game console developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994, in Japan, May 11, 1995, in North America, and July 8, 1995, in Europe.
Sega releases House of the Dead 2 and is the first game running on Sega's NAOMI hardware. Like the Neo Geo arcade hardware, it became a standard for many 3D arcade games during that time. [48] 1999 Rush 2049 is released, the last arcade game to bear the Atari Games logo. Atari Games in Milpitas is renamed Midway Games West, and closes its coin ...