Sammy

Sammy
Type	Subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings
Founded	November 1, 1975 (Sammy Industry) 1997 (Sammy)
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Hajime Satomi, founder
Industry	Video games
Products	Video games
Number of people	7,535
Website	http://www.segasammy.co.jp/

Sammy Corporation (株式会社サミー, Samī Kabushikigaisha), trading as Sammy, is a developer and publisher of pachinko and pachislot machines. It is a subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings.

Sammy Industry Co., Ltd.

Sammy Industry Co., Ltd. was founded on November 1, 1975 by Hajime Satomi.

Sammy Corporation

Sammy Industry Co., Ltd. was renamed Sammy Corporation in 1997.

Merger of Sega and Sammy

2003, Sega and Sammy announced their intentions to merge, with Sammy founder Hajime Satomi leading the new company. However, before the end of the year, the deal fell apart.

Satomi purchased a controlling share of 22.4% of Sega through Sammy and forced out Sega's executives. Satomi was installed as chairman. In May 2004, Sega and Sammy again announced intentions of merging. Sammy's hostile takeover of Sega finalized on October 1, 2004, forming Sega Sammy Holdings.

Hajime Satomi owns a majority in Sega Sammy, with 11.97% of shares.

Video games by Sammy

Title	System	Released	Notes
Anchor Field Z	Wonderswan	1999