SEGA of America Move First Time In Nearly 20 Years

30 January, 2015 18 March, 2021

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By now you may be aware of the breaking news happening with SEGA. It’s not good at all. This is a move that SEGA has not done in a long time. It’s been so long that they were still developing hardware at the time.

And yet they were in the exact same situation that they are now. Financially troubled. On June 11th, 1998 SEGA announced that they would be moving to San Francisco and signed a 10-year lease there. The move didn’t occur until January 4th the following year. Just two years later SEGA dropped out of the hardware business.

Coincidence? Of course. But to be located in San Francisco for so long only for another move to be done for exactly the same reason is never a good sign.

We’ll keep you up to date on things as they continue to unravel.

This post was originally written by the author for TSSZ News.

Donnie

A chao that wears a news reporter hat, Donnie has been a part of LMC since 2012, LMC's main news writer Donnie is also a part of the Uncutting Crew commentary series.

5 Comments

Sega is not financially troubled at all. Sega of America has been on thin ice since 2009. It is time for it to restructure and go with the flow of what Sega of Japan wants.

Also Sega of America transferred to SF in 1998, because they had PREVIOUSLY been Headquartered there in the 80s. They relocated to Redwood City after the Loma Prieta Earthquake.(Sega’s S. San Francisco office was at the epicenter.)

… …What a coincidence. It almost makes me speechless.

Sign the petition to save Stephen Frost’s job!
https://www.change.org/p/sega-keep-stephen-frost-at-sega-of-america

Hifihedgehog says:

30 January, 2015 at 9:07 PM

We’re currently sitting on 30 signatures at the Stephen Frost petition. Please guys, you know how well and how much Frost has helped the community. His enthusiasm and undying dedication to the series helped us get where we are today. Without him being there, I know all the games, whether bad or good in your book, would have turned out much worse. Just take a moment to fill out the petition. While you’re at it, also share it from the same page. Consider it your good turn for the day, good karma or brownie points. Visit this link now and help make Frost’s day (and year):
https://www.change.org/p/sega-keep-stephen-frost-at-sega-of-america
1. Hifihedgehog says:
  
  31 January, 2015 at 12:28 AM
  
  Just as clarification to everyone here wondering about the Stephen Frost petition:
  https://www.change.org/p/sega-keep-stephen-frost-at-sega-of-america
  
  We are making a statement here: we, as their own customers, care for their own employees more than SEGA themselves. That is just to openly go out and prove how very insensitive and out of touch (the non-politically correct term others would use is “evil”) of a corporation SEGA truly is.
  
  Yes, we are helping Steven Frost out which is the primary focus here, but the overall theme or lesson to be learned is that this should not be happening to begin with. To be quite frank, the more publicity and signatures this petition gets, the more greedy, racist and heartless we make SEGA out to be.
  
  Accomplishing either goal is a win-win in my opinion. Besides, employees knowing we really do care for them in spite of their employer’s lack of competence makes those employees realize we are in it for more than a game alone–we value them and their hard work. In the end, we will earn their mutual friendship and trust as a result.

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