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Nivek

Paradox-less said:
And would that apply to Sega of America?
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All of those fall under Sega Of Japan domain since 90's so yeah, even if managerial independance, economically, japan always called the shoot(that is why kalinske always fought hard to get defferet profit back for SoA projects)
 

RySenkari

Nevermore said:
Oh snap.

But I have to say I'm unsure if Jobs' scheme is legally feasible. Doesn't Japanese law state non-Japanese companies can't buy out Japanese ones?
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Apple wouldn't be buying out Sega, just the rights to all their video game properties. Sega would still exist as a toy company. A good team of corporate lawyers could hash it out fairly easily.
 

Nivek

RySenkari said:
Apple wouldn't be buying out Sega, just the rights to all their video game properties. Sega would still exist as a toy company. A good team of corporate lawyers could hash it out fairly easily.
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Again Demand more info, again legally Sega would be like what Atari become OTL(and ITTL), a two brand Company, there would be Sega(who absorbed the dead body of bandai) as a toy-arcade company and a sega-apple who is the consumer(legal and internal name for all consoles made by sega) so yeah we're fooling the law too(if that exist), jejejejej
 

RySenkari

Also, it's not a done deal yet. We've got at least one update planned about negotiations and possible offers from other companies as well. So right now it's just a meeting.
 

Nevermore

Nivek said:
I need to see the recipts, maybe is just a rumor was invented to see how here in the americas we give up our companies so easy, that is how economics works so again sorry if sound rude but besides the token nationalist is just will be yellow press and forum debate thing.
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Don't worry: I'll try to find something for you guys in the near future regarding the laws in question. Admittedly, I've heard it secondhand from others so I might be totally off and I have no real knowledge of the business side of the Japanese legal system (or their legal system at all, really) but I thought I'd bring it up now before things progress any further.

Looking forward to seeing who the other vultures hovering over poor Sega's head are.
 

RySenkari

I know there were some reforms in the 2000s to allow foreign companies to purchase Japanese companies in certain situations, but those were post OTL 2003. Again, this is more of an asset purchase, so I think it would go through okay.
 

Coiler

RySenkari said:
I know there were some reforms in the 2000s to allow foreign companies to purchase Japanese companies in certain situations, but those were post OTL 2003. Again, this is more of an asset purchase, so I think it would go through okay.
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Plus non-Japanese companies (and plenty of native ones) have (As Chrysler and now Nissan has done with Mitsubishi) have simply grabbed 34% controlling stakes in their "targets" and turned them into de facto subsidiaries that way.
 

Pyro

My money's on either Apple or Samsung. In the case of Apple, part me wants to see something akin to an iPhone/DS hybrid.
 

eldandythedoubter

Well if the deal goes through within the next six months, we could see katana model 2's with itunes support. (the itunes store officially opened in April 2003 for Mac's and October for Windows iotl)
 

RySenkari

Clorox23 said:
So, Wave's Mario Kart isn't TTL's Sonic '06, that's nice.

Meanwhile, Steve Jobs buying Sonic is a thing that's happening now.
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Correct, Mario Kart: Double Dash ITTL is about 10 Metacritic points worse than OTL's Double Dash. It's still a good game, at times a great game, just not the outstanding, fully polished game OTL's Double Dash was.
 

Clorox23

RySenkari said:
Correct, Mario Kart: Double Dash ITTL is about 10 Metacritic points worse than OTL's Double Dash. It's still a good game, at times a great game, just not the outstanding, fully polished game OTL's Double Dash was.
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Does this mean there will be a Mario Kart: Double Dash 2 to make up for it in the future?
 

PunMaster

Well, I'm glad to see there's some future for Sonic, NiGHTS, and all the other wonderful characters Sega made. Still, either way, this is a bitter pill to swallow. Wait, wait! Will Sega still have the right to produce shows and toys for their former characters if they get bought by Apple? Sega's toy department will take a major hit if not, and besides which, I still want to see that NiGHTS anime, dang it!
 

Azure

Man, things are really starting to heat up, can't wait to see how the North American launch of the Nintendo Wave goes!

Also, can I just take the time to tell you guys that this is the TL that got me to actually register an account on here? Seriously, I like it that much! It's a very intriguing timeline and it also helps I'm a massive fan of video games in general. I do have one question to ask. What's the state of Emulation at around this time frame? Last I checked, emulation was really kicking into gear at around this time OTL. Sure it was around earlier but I do remember seeing cases like Sony Computer Entertainment of America v. Bleem for them selling a commercial Playstation Emulator in 2000. Was there any attempts at making something like "Blam!" to try and capitalize on the success of the Ultra? Additionally, CDs are a bit more complex, larger and thus harder to emulate than cartridge based games so did that slow development of Emulators down? Sorry for being so long winded, I'm just curious and if this question was already asked, sorry for repeating!

tl;dr What going on with Emulation?
 
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