Kaze_Memaryu

It's this kind of stuff that often sounds like an average crime story for some japanese gangster movie or Law & Order episode. Mainly because japan themselves tend to glorify the Yakuza side of business with overly dramatic and cool media representation. But the reality often isn't very far away from such fiction.
I've read numerous reports on organized crime in japan and how much they actually control across the country, and let's just say, it's actually really scary to find them behind even the most popular things almost in plain sight (especially the music and idol business, for starters).
What really is unsettling to me, though, is how popular Yakuza themselves are in japan, despite their criminal tendencies. Much like the whole ghetto gangster trend in the US, the Yakuza have various recurring styles that young people imitate to boost their own "tough" image among their friends - stuff like tattoos, piercings, clean-shaven heads, stylish suits, and all that kinda imagery that is almost a cliché, is actually a trend, as well.

As for the company involved in the incident of that interview, I have an idea which one it could be, but I won't share until I'm 100% certain, since this is a very touchy subject.

Eh, that'd basically mean any game since the launch/reveal of the PSX might've never happened, or happened elsewhere. It's all relative, so there's no telling what might've happened. But one of the main things would be that region-locking would be a normal thing for all of us.

Man, this sounds really good! A shame Nintendo didn't budge back then...