David Rosenthal: evaluation

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…Wild. Part of the strategy that Sega adopted during this time, they're like a truly international company because the arcade business was a truly international business. They're thriving in the US, they're thriving in Japan, they're thriving in Europe, all over the world. They start not only building and creating these games, these arcade cabinets, but they start building out their own arcade centers that they operate. They're like, we're going to make money every which way in this industry. They're called Family Fun centers in Japan and Sega centers in the US. The Sega centers in the US changed hands a few times, went on to get rebranded, and Sega always stays involved. These become timeout arcades, which is one of the biggest chains of arcades in the US. Sega has got hundreds of these arcades that they are just printing cash out of because they're making money from selling the cabinets to their own arcades, other arcades, and then the arcades themselves are hugely profitable businesses. Yeah. There's a lot of arcades that when you look at the side of them have a gigantic Sega logo plastered over it. It's clearly a company-focused not just on home consoles, but making games.…

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