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 of Sega Mega Drive model I.^[1]^[2]

From 1994, Sega sued numerous Mega Drive clone producers in China like Shenchu Electronic.^[3]^[4]In 1995 Chinese government took actions against piracy of Sega games.^[5]^[6]

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.^[7]

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.^[8] It isn't known if Sega achieved that.

Sega Huahan Culture Entertainment dealt with the service of entertainment facilities.^[9]

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

In 2002, Sega of China^[10] became a representative of the company and continues that to this day. In the same year, Sega began selling Pico in China.^[11]

AtGames has been distributing games since 2005.^[12]^[13]^[14]

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Asia
Afghanistan \| Armenia \| Azerbaijan \| Bahrain \| Bangladesh \| Bhutan \| Brunei \| Cambodia \| China \| Georgia \| Hong Kong \| India \| Indonesia \| Iran \| Iraq \| Israel \| Japan \| Jordan \| Kazakhstan \| Kuwait \| Kyrgyzstan \| Laos \| Lebanon \| Malaysia \| Maldives \| Mongolia \| Myanmar \| Nepal \| North Korea \| Oman \| Pakistan \| Philippines \| Qatar \| Russia \| Saudi Arabia \| Singapore \| South Korea \| Sri Lanka \| Syria \| Taiwan \| Tajikistan \| Thailand \| East Timor \| Turkey \| Turkmenistan \| United Arab Emirates \| Uzbekistan \| Vietnam \| Yemen
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South America
Argentina \| Bolivia \| Brazil \| Chile \| Colombia \| Ecuador \| Guyana \| Paraguay \| Peru \| Suriname \| Uruguay \| Venezuela
Europe
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Australasia
Australia \| Fiji \| Guam \| Micronesia \| New Zealand \| Papua New Guinea
Africa
Algeria \| Botswana \| Djibouti \| Egypt \| Eswatini \| Ghana \| Kenya \| Lesotho \| Libya \| Mauritania \| Morocco \| Mozambique \| Namibia \| Nigeria \| Sierra Leone \| Somalia \| Sub-Saharan Africa \| South Africa \| Tunisia \| Uganda \| Zambia \| Zimbabwe

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

[2] ttps://www.telecompaper.com/news/sega-to-test-market-mega-drive-machines--8854

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

[4] ttps://www.telecompaper.com/news/sega-wins-copyright-dispute-with-shenzhen-shenchu--35740

[5] ttps://www.telecompaper.com/news/govt-takes-action-against-piracy-of-sega-games--51523

[6] ttps://www.telecompaper.com/news/police-seize-pirated-audiovisual-products--49954

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

[8] ttps://www.telecompaper.com/news/sega-to-sell-saturn-games-console--114366

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

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

[11] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140921201103/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-91099802.html

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

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

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

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