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Hideki Sato, Visionary Behind Sega’s Iconic Consoles, Dies at 75

He led Sega’s most influential consoles and later steered its exit from hardware

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The world of video games mourns the death of Hideki Sato at the age of 77, who served as President of Sega, and father of the company’s main video consoles. Hideki Sato joined Sega in 1971 and, over several decades, was the mastermind for the creation of both recreational and home consoles. He was in charge of the research and development team that brought to life emblematic systems such as SG-1000 (1983), Sega Master System (1985), Mega Drive (…

NewsGaming.net Hideki Sato, to whom one owes the SEGA consoles, died It is decidedly a very sad day for the industry, who mourns another veteran in addition to Shutaro Ida. The Beep21 site reports that Hideki Sato, described as the father of the consoles made in SEGA, died this weekend. A man who changed the trajectory of SEGA Hideki Sato was a real legend within the industry, and especially at SEGA, of which he was president between 2001 and 20…

Hideki Sato is dead. The Japanese engineer and interim boss of the game manufacturer Sega recently died at the age of 77. Sato and his team were responsible for the development of all Sega game consoles. (Continue reading)

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RTVI broke the news in Moscow, Russian Federation on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
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