Namco

The 'Namco' audio database entry represents conflation of two distinct Japanese companies: 1) Namco Limited - the famous multinational video game and entertainment company founded in 1955 by Masaya Nakamura (originally Nakamura Manufacturing Company), known for creating Pac-Man, Tekken, and Ridge Racer franchises, which merged with Bandai in 2006 to form Bandai Namco Holdings and continues as a $6.5 billion entertainment conglomerate; 2) A separate, obscure Japanese hi-fi manufacturer also named 'Namco' that produced vintage speakers in the 1970s including models NSQ-551, NSQ-221, NSQ-331, and NSR-300, featuring specifications like 160W maximum input power and 12-inch bass units. The audio equipment Namco is now defunct, with vintage units like the NSQ-551 appearing in collector markets, while the video game Namco evolved into Bandai Namco Entertainment. This database entry exemplifies the systematic data integrity problems affecting audio industry databases, where companies with identical names from completely different industries (electronics entertainment vs. hi-fi audio manufacturing) are incorrectly merged into single entries, creating research confusion and compromising commercial intelligence accuracy in the audio equipment sector.