'Sega Was a Sweatshop' — PlayStation Architect Mark Cerny Recalls Working in Tokyo in Late 1980s, and Seeing Sonic the Hedgehog Creator Yuji Naka Get 'Yelled At a Lot'

Tom Phillips
12/2/2025

PlayStation hardware architect Mark Cerny has recalled his time working at Sega in the late 1980s, a period in which he likened conditions at the company behind Sonic the Hedgehog to a "sweatshop."...

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