In what's arguably the weirdest piece of gaming news to pop up over the last couple of days, SEGA's lawyers are reportedly threatening the wrong website for pirating one of their games. Specifically, Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
SteamDB Removes Yakuza: Like a Dragon Amidst SEGA Pressure
SEGA is one of the largest and most successful multinational video game corporations in the world. It's collectively responsible for bringing gamers some of the most iconic franchises and consoles of all time. Most recently, they've worked on titles such as the
, which is essentially Grand Theft Auto but in Japan, and PERSONA.
With that said, it's understandable that they're concerned about unscrupulous individuals trying to pirate their games. However, going as far as to threaten a website without double-checking first seems unbecoming of a company as big as SEGA.
For those that do not know, SteamDB is a website maintained and created by Pavel Djundik. It is solely devoted to recording and providing useful statistics to interested individuals based on the Steam digital distribution platform. This means that it is, in no way, involved in anything illegal. This is also a point that Djundik made in his most recent Twitter post.