Keep in mind this is a country where heritage citizens are forced to watch migrant invaders freely rape and torture their children and are forbidden to speak about it.
Potentially lost for game preservation forever, as SEGA will request for it to be destroyed.
raided the reseller
Reseller is a greedy retard who gets what he deserves, as if he sincerely cared about game preservation he wouldn't have been trying to make more money off this.
Not the first time this kind of stupidity has happened that meant game history was lost, won't be the last either, unfortunately.
if he sincerely cared about game preservation he wouldn't have been trying to make more money off this.
Do we know the collector hasn't provided dumps to the community or is this only a guess? I have no problem with the dealing or rare and unique items so long as it's not held hostage behind a real-life paywall.
Apparently he bought them from whoever SEGA hired to liquidate the office. From the looks of it he's also a bit of a ... well ... simpleton. Lots of empty threats to police without even hiring a lawyer, i.e. he'll just be ignored by police and the courts.
Dude bought from the source, tried to resell knowing the items worth, gets busted for non-piracy.
He literally owned nothing and was told to be happy about it.
If you can't purchase via legitimate means...?
One of the worst things in gaming is the artificial scarcity nonsense to keep prices high.
They kind of deserve digital distribution.
Oi you got a loisence for that rubbish?
Oi you got a loisence for that
rubbishpersonal property?Keep in mind this is a country where heritage citizens are forced to watch migrant invaders freely rape and torture their children and are forbidden to speak about it.
I'm a migrant!
Oh sorry to bother you sir, you're allowed. Also let me introduce you to my daughters.
Arrested and robbed by the police at the direction of a corporation, just another day in the failed state of Britain I guess
Reseller is a greedy retard who gets what he deserves, as if he sincerely cared about game preservation he wouldn't have been trying to make more money off this.
Not the first time this kind of stupidity has happened that meant game history was lost, won't be the last either, unfortunately.
He did not deserve this if from his side, he purchased those legally.
Calm down.
Sega is basically DOA at this point. Only collectors and antiquarians are even aware it exists anymore.
Do we know the collector hasn't provided dumps to the community or is this only a guess? I have no problem with the dealing or rare and unique items so long as it's not held hostage behind a real-life paywall.
There's an article with some more info in the replies: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/sega-accused-of-using-police-to-recover-nintendo-dev-kits-it-had-negligently-disposed-of
Apparently he bought them from whoever SEGA hired to liquidate the office. From the looks of it he's also a bit of a ... well ... simpleton. Lots of empty threats to police without even hiring a lawyer, i.e. he'll just be ignored by police and the courts.
The UK is getting as bad as the US for the amount of corporate simping from bent judges.