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RAIDED BY THE POLICE | Investigating Nintendo, Sega, & Devkit Arrests

SUPPORT GN: 2 days left on the AI DYSTOPIA SERIES campaign https://store.gamersnexus.net/ai-dystopia Grab a Retro IO Coaster Pack! https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-drink-retro-io-coaster-pack-4-custom-3d-coasters-100x100mm Or a copper-plated stainless steel mule mug: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-copper-plated-stainless-steel-mule-mug-thermal-conductivity-of-copper 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. Grab a GN Project and Soldering Mat! https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-project-soldering-mat Or one of our Inductor E-Waste gaming dice kits for DND! https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/inductor-full-tabletop-mtg-dnd-premium-dice-set-7-piece-dice-wooden-box-token-card WATCH ANOTHER INVESTIGATION! Black Market GPUs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H3xQaf7BFI Tariffs Impact on Hardware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W_mSOS1Qts Thanks to Scott Ross (Stop Killing Games) for the tip on this story. Watch our interview with him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ahH6HrtTc The best way to support our work is through our store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - CORPORATE POLICE COOPERATION and RAIDS 00:03:52 - A Dystopic Story 00:06:46 - WE NEED YOUR HELP 00:08:19 - SEGA History and Collectability 00:12:43 - The Convoluted Handoffs 00:13:46 - Video Game Preservation Museum 00:18:13 - RAIDED for Devkits 00:27:20 - SCRAPYARDS 00:38:00 - Corroborating the Story 00:45:56 - FRAME THE SUBCONTRACTOR 00:51:47 - SHADY POLICE-CORPORATE RELATIONSHIPS 01:00:43 - Steve Makes a Point ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Lead Editor, Writing, Host Vitalii Makhnovets: Sr. Editor Tim Phetdara: Editing Andrew Coleman: Art, Camera Ben Benson: Research, Writing