Meet Stan Thomas, the Sega President Who Spearheaded One of the First Game Streaming Services - Because of Them We Can

Meet Stan Thomas, the Sega President Who Spearheaded One of the First Game Streaming Services - Because of Them We Can

He paved the way for modern gaming! Long before Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Now, there was Sega Channel—the world’s first console-based game streaming service. And at the center of this innovation was Stan Thomas, a pioneering Black executive who took the helm as Sega Channel President in 1994, Time Extension reports. A Yale graduate, Thomas came over to the gaming giant from HBO, where he served for 11 years. One of the few Black executives i…