Pachinko machines are a type of gambling game popular in Japan, similar to pinball machines. Players shoot small metal balls into the machine and try to win more balls or prizes. Full definition
Due to sales of Pachislot and Pachinko machines in Japan, SEGA has adjusted the overall company profit for the year all the way to March 31, 2018. (seganerds.com)
Core franchises like Silent Hill, Castlevania and Metal Gear Solid were turned into Pachinko machines. (wccftech.com)
The most troubling allegation coming out of the Nikkei story suggests that video game developers at Konami who were no longer seen as useful, especially as the company shifts focus to the mobile game market, have been reassigned as security guards, custodial staff at Konami fitness clubs, or working on assembly lines for pachinko machines. (dailydot.com)