St1ka | THE YAKUZA IS IN CONTROL OF THE GAMING INDUSTRY! @st1ka | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
How Sega, the studio behind Sonic the Hedgehog was tied to the Yakuza and how they used that in their favour during the Console Wars against Nintendo and the SNES. It certainly brings a new light to the 16-bit console wars as well as other generations like the Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, Playstation, etc.

00:00 - Sega's Dark Past
00:32 - Beating its own Employees
03:01 - Intercepting Super Nintendo / Super Famicom Shipments
05:59 - Confining Workers
08:07 - Kidnapping a Nintendo Developer's Sister
12:37 - How Did Sega Establish Ties with the Yakuza?
14:07 - The Yakuza STILL Dominates Japan in 2023

#retrogaming #SuperNintendo #megadrive