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[kruis]

This is a wild story. Sega UK dumped a bunch of old stuff at a scrapyard, collectors picked it up and then Sega hired Nintendo's favorite solicitors to let the police raid the home of the seller.

The London Police raided a citizen's home for possession of devkit consoles, including those from Microsoft (e.g. Xbox), Nintendo, and Sony. SEGA hired multiple contractors to clear out its office prior to relocating in London, with those contractors and subcontractors being tasked, we're told, with getting rid of the devkits and consoles. In at least one instance, those were taken to a scrapyard and then sold to a reseller, who arranged to sell a lot worth $82,000 USD (61,000 GBP) to the Video Game Preservation Museum. Hiring a PI firm, SEGA coordinated with Fusion 85 and London City Police to raid the home of the reseller, seizing the devkits. In an email erroneously sent to GamersNexus by a waste removal contractor, though, we learn that it may not be theft at hand, but rather, corporate negligence by SEGA or the waste contractors.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Every UK news or video is absolutely retarded. What a dystopian shithole.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Awesome news and I'm glad they got the reseller who got hold of a bunch of ancient shit from a dead platform.

Now they've got this villain locked up they can look into the generations of young ones who were raped, abused and denied justice.

 

[Bojji]

Every UK news or video is absolutely retarded. What a dystopian shithole.

Yeah, I don't think I heard anything positive about it in the last few years.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Every UK news or video is absolutely retarded. What a dystopian shithole.

I want out.

 

[Skifi28]

Sounds like an onion article.

 

[nkarafo]

Awesome news and I'm glad they got the reseller who got hold of a bunch of ancient shit from a dead platform.

Now they've got this villain locked up they can look into the generations of young ones who were raped, abused and denied justice.

They still have their hands full with people who post mean things on the internet.

Maybe someone needs to plant some old dev kits and scrap hardware to the rapists and abusers.