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"Uncertainty" Impacts Sega Sammy Results (Next Generation)

Tue, 13 May 2008 20:50:49 GMT

Sega parent Sega Sammy Holdings has posted a year-over-year drop in sales, citing a poor U.S. economy as a contributing factor to the weak results.

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Simon Jeffrey: Sega not interested in merger (QJ.NET)

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:23:52 GMT

Even with the encouraging state of Sega , Simon Jeffrey, chief executive of the U.S. arm of Sega Sammy Holdings Inc., spoke about their company's stand on mergers . With regard to the big news on the merger between Activision and Blizzard , Jeffrey said that, "That's not an area we want to play in right now. We have no interest in being acquired, we are very happy with...

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Sega Sammy in the red: lays off 400 employees (QJ.NET)

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:42:49 GMT

With the next-gen consoles slowly cornering the video game market over the past few years, arcade amusement centers in Japan have been going through some rough times keeping everything in the green. The Sega Sammy Holdings merger was just one of the companies that were forced to cut their losses by laying off 400 employees as a response to their cost cutting initiative. The company...

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Sega To Lose Gobs Of Yen, 5% Of Staff; Wii Partly To Blame [Business] (Kotaku)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:40:01 GMT

Game maker Sega's holding company, Sega Sammy Holdings, announced that the group's pachinko and arcade business were suffering, warning of a 26 billion yen (almost $244 million) loss for the year....

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Sega Sammy Cutting 400 Jobs, 80 Arcades (Game|Life)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:43:05 GMT

Amid news that Sega Sammy Holdings expects to lose 26 billion yen ($243.9 million) during this fiscal year, the firm announced that they will be cutting 400 jobs from their videogame software group. This sad news comes on the heels...

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Sega to Cut 400 Employees Amid Growing Losses (Digital Media Wire)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:20:54 GMT

Tokyo - Struggling video game and pachinko machine company Sega Sammy Holdings announced this week that it will lay off 400 employees at its game software division, or about 5% of its workforce, after stating that it expects to report a $242 million loss for its fiscal year. read more

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Sega Sammy Sees Red, Cutting 400 Jobs (Next Generation)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:41:14 GMT

Sega Sammy Holdings said on Friday that it expects to lose 26 billion yen this business year, and announced plans to cut 400 jobs as part of its latest “turnaround efforts”.

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Sega Sammy posts net loss of $147 million in April to Dec. (Market Watch)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:13:07 GMT

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. posted a net loss of 15.77 billion yen ($146.5 million) in the nine months ending December 31, and said it now expects a net loss for the fiscal year ending March 31. The Tokyo-based game maker, which derives about one third of revenue from its pachinko game business, posted a 49.38 billion yen profit in the nine-month period...

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New Releases This Week - 11/19 - 11/25 (WiiNintendo.net)

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:25:29 GMT

Another game guaranteed to make Wii Sports Bowling that much more valuable Boxing game that's hoping to sidestep Victorious Boxers rumored waggle fest. The showtime licensing isn't promising, though. One of the year’s most anticipated puzzle titles. Lightgun mania continues with this quirky Sega arcade shooter ($30 price isn't anything to scoff at). Zapper infused Zelda. A monster truck game...

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Zombie-blasting screenshots of House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return (QJ.NET)

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:22:24 GMT

It finally looks like we have more solid proof that gamers will be able to use the Wii Zapper for more than just Capcom's Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles . Those of you with an itchy trigger finger will be pleased to know that Sega has released several screenshots revealing the release of House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return for the Nintendo Wii. It was previously announced that Sega will...

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PicoDrive: A Sega Genesis/Sega CD emulator for the PSP (QJ.NET)

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:20:36 GMT

Homebrew developer notaz has ported PicoDrive to the PSP. Based on Dave's (fdave, finalburn) PicoDrive 0.30 for Pocket PC and Stephane Dallongeville's Gens, this application is an emulator for Sega Genesis/ Megadrive and Sega CD/ Mega CD games. While the application lacks some of the "fancier" options such as dynarecs/asm cores, it can run most games at full speed without having to resort...

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House of the Dead 2 and 3 coming to Wii, compilation-style. (Aeropause)

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:00:00 GMT

Word from Sega is that Wii light gun shooters like Capcom's Umbrella Chronicles and Sega's own Ghost Squad, both out this month, will soon be in popular company with a compilation disc called House of the Dead 2 and 3...

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Sega Confirms Wii House Of The Dead (Game|Life)

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:17:53 GMT

From rumor to fact in just one day: Sega confirmed that The House Of The Dead 2 & 3 Return is indeed inbound for Wii in Spring 2008. And the timing's pretty good, too, considering that the Wii Zapper has...

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House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return confirmed for Nintendo Wii (QJ.NET)

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:11:01 GMT

Kept your fingers crossed about the possibility of House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return making its way to the Nintendo Wii console? Developer Sega has just confirmed that this rumor is indeed true - expect this title to explode unto your Wii, Wiimote , and Nunchuck like so much decaying zombie torso soon. The company further disclosed that the game was to feature six modes of play, including the...

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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games gets release for Europe (QJ.NET)

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:12:15 GMT

Sega Europe Ltd. and Sega of America Inc. just announced today that the Nintendo DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games will be heading to Europe early next year! Though the Wii owners in Europe are lucky enough to get the Wii version of Mario & Sonic in just a few days (November 23), the DS version will not roll out for a few months yet. There seems to be no indication of...

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Rumor: The House of the Dead 2 and 3 coming over to the Wii? (QJ.NET)

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:14:47 GMT

Admit it. With Capcom 's Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles doing a good job of capturing that light gun arcade experience on the Wii, as well as Sega 's Ghost Squad also making its way into the motion-sensing console, you couldn't help but wonder if we'd be able to see the House of the Dead series following suit. Well, consider yourself almost psychic, as there seems to be a rumor circulating...

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House of the Dead Series Shuffling To Wii [Rumor] (Kotaku)

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:40:00 GMT

Ghost Squad may not be the only arcade light gun shooter Sega plans to refit for the Wii Zapper, as Go Nintendo has uncovered a listing for House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return at rental service Gamefly....

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Rumor: Wii to suffer like G did (Nintendo Wii Fanboy)

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:15:00 GMT

Filed under: News , Rumors The Wii's status as the home of light gun games is totally cemented, if this incredible rumor is true. According to NeoGAFfer King Zell and a mysterious Sega Europe PR statement that we can't verify, The House of the Dead 2 & 3 have been announced for the Wii as a single-disc collection. What makes this rumor more plausible is a Gamefly listing for The House of the...

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Virtua Fighter 5 Live Downloads (Evil Avatar Forums - News Items)

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:54:39 GMT

Sega sends along a short Press Release announcing the first downloadable content for Virtua Fighter 5 ---Quote--- SEGA of America, Inc. has released the first batch of downloadable content packs for Virtua Fighter 5, the highly-anticipated arcade fighting game now available for the Xbox 360 video...

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What Sega could sell instead of Virtua Fighter 5 clothes (Siliconera)

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:17:03 GMT

Sega is shilling their first pack of Virtua Fighter 5 content and it's a bundle of character accessories for 300 Microsoft Points ($3.75). The move is unsurprising because it's the easiest way to make some extra money. Before we go into the obligatory tearing on microtransactions avenue Sega *could* make good use of the pay-to-play [...]

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