Sega Sammy Holdings

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Sega Sammy Holdings.
セガサミーホールディングス株式会社
Type Public. TYO: 6460
Founded October 1, 2004
Headquarters Shiodome Sumitomo Building 21F, 1-9-2 Higashi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Revenue [1]
Employees 7,774 (as of March 31, 2006)
Website Sega Sammy Holdings Inc.

Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. (セガサミーホールディングス Sega Samī Hōrudingusu TYO: 6460) is a Japanese holding company formed from a merger of Sega and Sammy. They were both very involved in the arcade business (Sega with games, Sammy with Pachinko), and Sega's main fame comes from their console systems.

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[edit] Background

Sammy Corporation (サミー Samī) was established on November 1, 1975 and is a leading developer and retailer of pachinko and pachislot systems in Japan.

In 2001, Sammy Corporation created subsidiary Sammy Entertainment, Inc. Sammy Entertainment would later change its name to Sammy Studios in 2002. Sammy Studios is responsible for developing and publishing next-generation video games. They are perhaps best known for publishing the Survival Arts series of fighting games .

In 2004, they acquired noted game company Sega under a new company called Sega Sammy Holdings Inc.

On March 7, 2005, Sammy Studios, Inc. broke away from Sammy and renamed itself High Moon Studios.

[edit] Affiliated companies

  • Sega Sammy Holdings Inc.
    • Sammy Amusement Service Co., Ltd.
    • Sammy Corporation
    • Sammy Design Co., Ltd.
    • Sammy Europe Ltd.
    • Sammy Golf Entertainment Inc.
    • Sammy Holding Co., Inc.
    • Sammy NetWorks Co.,Ltd.
    • Sammy USA Corporation
    • SEGA Corporation
    • Sega GameWorks L.L.C.
    • Sega Entertainment USA, Inc
    • SEGA of America, Inc.
    • SEGA Australia Ltd.
    • TMS Entertainment, Ltd.
  • Algeria Corporation
  • APANDA Inc.
  • Dimps CORP.
  • IP4 Inc.
  • Japan Multimedia Services Corporation
  • Nissho Inter Life Co.,Ltd.
  • RODEO Co., Ltd.
  • RTzen, Inc.
  • Shuko Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • SI Electronics Ltd.
  • Underground Liberation Force Inc.

[edit] References

  1. ^ CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

[edit] External links

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