SEGA will delist over 60 titles of their SEGA Classics games from virtual storefronts

urbanman2004 · Friday at 2:42 PM

DragonMals said:
I see. So, are the shareholders to blame for this situation? In fact, I remember hearing something about this being made for the Switch, but I haven't heard about it since.

Buy SEGA Genesis Classics from the Humble Store (For Nintendo Switch)

yaykittykitty · Friday at 6:56 PM

There is a strong argument for media preservation but these companies don’t care. I’m glad I own nights in to dreams before it was delisted but it’s mean.

Marc_LFD · Friday at 8:19 PM

ShadowOne333 said:
It's possible that they are working on a new collection with better features and more games, which could explain why they're doing this, as they have done with other games like Sonic Generations.
The reasoning should have been included in the FAQ, but they gave no indication as to why they are delisting them.

Even if it's that it's still annoying and these are essentially roms people can grab off the internet. Sega being stupid.

ChronosNotashi · Saturday at 5:42 AM

Whole lotta love said:
Genesis Classics is a laggy mess so nothing lost there.

Yes, but at least it was a way we could legally own the games in some form. And once December 6 rolls around, that legal method will be gone from all platforms. And even if they do come back, they're likely to have Denuvo permanently glued onto them. Truly annoying.

shadow1w2 · Sunday at 9:12 AM

Dumb to remove a good legal rom resource.
Even if I don't play it I'd want that legal resource just to have it and justify my use of the games elsewhere and the feel goods of owning them in some form anyway.

Guess they'll put them all in a Yakuza game later so we have to commit virtual crimes just to play them.

Actually if they made an arcade hub much like the arcade sections of the Yakuza games complete with Yakuza characters then sold the games as seasonal packs in an ongoing effort to provide classic sega games otherwise lost, especially if previous owners get their games back, that might not be too bad.

Though I suspect they'll just do nothing with the games so eh.

Guacaholey · Sunday at 9:47 AM

EDIT: Nevermind, I thought the collection was the same as Switch. I didn't realize it's a glorified emulator where the individual games are basically DLC.

Which games are worth getting. I'm gonna buy the Streets of Rage games, Golden Axe ones, Altered Beast, the 3 Ecco games, Ristar, and Alex Kidd.

Jayro · Monday at 6:33 AM

So what's the reasonings behind all the de-listings? I didn't see any given in the original post.

Whole lotta love · 2024-11-12T21:33:40+0000

ChronosNotashi said:
Yes, but at least it was a way we could legally own the games in some form. And once December 6 rolls around, that legal method will be gone from all platforms. And even if they do come back, they're likely to have Denuvo permanently glued onto them. Truly annoying.

You can just download the roms from the same sites that Sega got them from. Who cares about legality? People aren't prosecuted over illegal copies of Comix Zone.

Latiodile · 2024-11-12T22:03:50+0000

Whole lotta love said:
You can just download the roms from the same sites that Sega got them from. Who cares about legality? People aren't prosecuted over illegal copies of Comix Zone.

i don't even think sega cares that much about piracy for these old games either tbh, the steam workshop for the genesis/mega drive classics collection is full of "conversion" roms that replace games with entirely different ones

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