Native name 株式会社セガゲームス Area served Worldwide Headquarters Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan | Industry Video games CEO Hajime Satomi (Jun 2004–) Parent organization Sega Sammy Holdings | |
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Romanized name Kabushikigaisha Sega gēmusu Type Kabushiki gaisha
Subsidiary Key people Hideki Okamura
(Chairman)
Haruki Satomi
(President and CEO)
John Cheng
(COO, Sega of America)
Jürgen Post
(COO, Sega Europe) Founded 3 June 1960, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Subsidiaries Sonic Team, Creative Assembly, Sports Interactive Founders David Rosen, Irving Bromberg, Martin Bromely, James Humpert Video games Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Streets of Rage 2, Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Profiles | ||
The launch of the sega saturn 1995
Sega Games Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社セガゲームス, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Sega gēmusu), originally short for Service Games and officially styled as SEGA, is a Japanese multinational video game developer and publisher headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with multiple offices around the world. Sega developed and manufactured numerous home video game consoles from 1983 to 2001, but the financial losses incurred from its Dreamcast console caused the company to restructure in 2001, and subsequently focus on providing software as a third-party developer. Nonetheless, Sega remains the world's most prolific arcade producer, with over 500 games in over 70 franchises on more than 20 different arcade system boards since 1981.
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- The launch of the sega saturn 1995
- The launch of the sega master system 1986
- Company origins 19401982
- Golden age of arcade games 19781983
- Entry into the home console market 19821989
- Expansion and mainstream success 19892001
- Shift to third party software development 20012005
- Continued expansion and acquisitions 20052013
- Company reshuffling and digital market focus 2013present
- Other products and services
- Sega of Japan
- Sega of America
- Sega Europe
- References
Sega, along with their sub-studios, are known for their multi-million selling game franchises, such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Virtua Fighter, Phantasy Star, Yakuza, and Total War. Sega's head offices are located in Tokyo. Sega's North American division, Sega of America, is headquartered in Irvine, California, having moved there from San Francisco in 2015. Sega's European division, Sega Europe, is headquartered in London.