20 Facts About Sammy Corporation

Sammy Corporation is a Japanese developer and retailer of pachinko and pachislot machines, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo.

Sammy Corporation is a subsidiary of the entertainment conglomerate Sega Sammy Corporation Holdings.

Sammy Corporation primarily dealt with slot machines and arcade cabinets in Japan.

Sammy Corporation expanded into video game development in the 1990s with games such as Viewpoint, Survival Arts, and The Rumble Fish.

Sammy Corporation largely abandoned the video game industry by the late 1990s to focus on its pachinko and arcade management operations.

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In 2004, Sammy Corporation merged with video game developer and publisher Sega to form Sega Sammy Corporation Holdings.

In 1978, Sammy Corporation Industry built a factory in Itabashi-ku, Tokyo in order to take advantage of the growing popularity of video games, specifically Invader games.

In 1981, Sammy Corporation joined a subsidiary called "Nippon Dendousiki Yuugiki Kougyou Kyoudou Kumiai" and established a subsidiary called Sammy Corporation Sales and Marketing Co.

In 1982, Sammy Corporation Industry started to market and sell pachislot machines.

In 1989, Sammy Corporation Industry relocated to Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture.

In 1990, Sammy Corporation Industry created a video game software and marketing division called Japan Soft Technology Co.

In 1996, Sammy created an American subsidiary called Sammy USA Corporation.

In 1998, Sammy Corporation created a Corporate-owned building which was used as a logistics centre in Sapporo city, Hokkaido in order to increase their market and distribution share.

Sammy Corporation created a subsidiary called Sammy Amusement Service Co.

Sammy Corporation opened another amusement arcade called "Sammy's Street 118, " in Oji Kita-ku, Tokyo.

In 2000, Sammy Corporation opened nine sales offices around Japan in order to increase the market share of pachinko and pachislot machines.

Sammy Corporation aided in the establishment of Joyco Systems Corporation, a company dedicated in the development of equipment for pachinko and pachislot machines.

In 2002, Sammy Corporation developed 3D graphics display system for their pachinko and pachislot machines.

Since then, Sega and Sammy Corporation became subsidiaries of the aforementioned holding company, with both operating independently, while the executive departments merged.

Sammy Corporation handed its video game business to Sega to focus on pachinkos and pachislots only.