History of Sega in China

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History of Sega in China


Official Sega distributor(s): Hiroshima Trading (198x-199x), WKK (199x-199x), Huaxing Electronic Technology (199x-199x), Stone Group (1997-199x), Zhongxun (199x-2000), Sega of China (2002-present), AtGames (2005-present)

Hiroshima Trading sold Sega Master System model I in the 80s.

WKK through his division WKK Industries China distributed Master System II but sales were minimal. Since October 1993, WKK began distribution od Sega Mega Drive model I.^[1] From 1994, Sega sued numerous Mega Drive clone producers in China like Shenchu Electronic.^[2]

Huaxing Electronic Technology (华星电子科技有限公司) was responsible for the sale of Mega Drive 2 and Game Gear.^[3]

In August 1997, Sega got along with Stone Group (四通集团) to distribute Sega Saturn in China and sell 40,000 units in the first year. It isn't known if Sega achieved that.

Sega Huahan Culture Entertainment dealt with the service of entertainment facilities.^[4]

Zhongxun (中讯) distributed Sega Dreamcast until June 2000 when consoles were banned.

In 2002, Sega of China^[5] became a representative of the company and continues that to this day.AtGames has been distributing games since 2005.^[6]^[7]^[8]

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[1] ttps://www.cbronline.com/news/sega_starts_test_marketing_new_machine/

[2] ttps://www.cbronline.com/news/chinese_sega_pirate_punished/

[3] ttps://www.gcores.com/articles/99611

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20001202153600/http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/corp/kaisha/group.html

[5] ttp://edition.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/asia/06/07/tokyo.segainchina/ Sega's first plans

[6] ttps://www.change.org/p/sega-revoke-atgames-s-pc-games-distribution-right-in-greater-china Failed petition

[7] ttps://www.zhihu.com/appview/p/39495468

[8] ttp://bbs.a9vg.com/thread-5171571-1-1.html

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