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Re:LegoGPT: Generating Physically Stable and Buildable Lego by makeitdouble on Friday May 09, 2025 @04:23AM (#43934812)
Sega's [0] main business is pachinko (so gambling). To them Sonic brand being used by fans has very little consequences, if not building most needed goodwill toward their other brands.

That's where Nintendo is fundamentaly different.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Sammy_Holdings

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Re:LegoGPT: Generating Physically Stable and Buildable Lego by foobahhhhh on Friday May 09, 2025 @06:54AM (#43935447)
Did that start with that merger in 2004 so back in the Sonic heyday it wasn't in to gambling?
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Re:LegoGPT: Generating Physically Stable and Buildable Lego by makeitdouble on Friday May 09, 2025 @07:35AM (#43935696)
Yes.

Sega was mostly into normal arcade games, and Sammy baught them for their expertise to improve Sammy's much more profitable gambling machines. It's Sammy's CEO that took the lead, and Sonic and console games became a mere side business.

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Re:LegoGPT: Generating Physically Stable and Buildable Lego by MrsPeaches on Friday May 09, 2025 @04:52AM (#43934968)
Interesting that many of Sega’s games are now mobile focused.

Also don’t forget that Sega was “originally an importer of coin-operated arcade games to Japan and manufacturer of slot machines and jukeboxes”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sega

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Re:LegoGPT: Generating Physically Stable and Buildable Lego by andrewchilds on Friday May 09, 2025 @10:43AM (#43937346)
TIL the pachinko connection perfectly explains the visual/sound/game design of the Sonic games.
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