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Sega Delisting Over 60 Classic Games From Virtual Stores (eurogamer.net) 38

Over 60 classic Sega games are being delisted from digital stores, including Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe and Jet Set Radio. From a report: Starting on 6th December at 11:59pm PST (so, 7.59am on 7th December, for those of us in the UK), the affected games will no longer be available to purchase. Of course, if you already have a game in your library, it will remain available to download and play as and when.

In a FAQ, Sega noted select individual classic titles will remain playable for those among us who have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. No explanation was given for why these changes are being made.

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Sega Delisting Over 60 Classic Games From Virtual Stores

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  • Nintendo makes monthly subscription fees by renting out their older titles and promising future ones. Of course the rest of the industry is going to try to replicate it.

    The real question is whether or not gamers are that stupid to allow .... fuck it. Prepare for Sega Online, EA Online, Activision Online, Square Enix Online, .....
    • by mysidia ( 191772 )

      No.. and the only reason I ever paid for the Nintendo sub is since it provides Multiplayer support for a certain game and the ability to obtain some games at lesser cost due to vouchers that saved more than the subscription fee.

      There is no room to pay for a subscription to each publisher. I don't think anyone else would either.

      You just find the rom images from Usenet or some FTP server and load them up in emulation programs.

      • the only reason I ever paid for the Nintendo sub is since it provides Multiplayer support for a certain game and the ability to obtain some games at lesser cost

        And by eliminating choice Sega has the perfect opportunity to make a subscription service for people to sign up for if they want to play Sega's games cheaply.

        There is no room to pay for a subscription to each publisher. I don't think anyone else would either.

        That never stopped Disney+, CBS All Access, HBO Max, etc... from trying. Hell, the gaming industry itself already has Uplay, the Epic Games Store, XBox Live, PS Plus, Nintendo Switch Online, etc. Those last two are platform exclusives to their respective hardware products where no other choice is allowed similar to iOS devices. In Nintendo's case the

      • There is no room to pay for a subscription to each publisher. I don't think anyone else would either.

        We said the same about streaming television when Netflix first fired up the servers and some were predicting doom and gloom. "Nah. That'll never happen." And yet? Here we are.

    • Uh, well, you're probably close, but some of these titles at least are already on the Nintendo Online service. My guess is the others are coming soon.

  • by Comboman ( 895500 ) on Thursday November 07, 2024 @10:55AM (#64927759)

    I guess Trump has already started punishing his enemies. [reddit.com]

  • Instead of delisting they should open source those games. What harm can it do? It would make them look good. Retro gamers aren't going to play newer more profitable games either way.

    • by _merlin ( 160982 )

      Crazy Taxi already had the soundtrack changed because their license for the songs from Bad Religion, the Offspring, etc. expired. They probably can't open source it due to other third party content.

  • They say "Of course, if you already have a game in your library, it will remain available to download" like that statement is a given. It has been proven that this statement is not a given.
  • by OrangeTide ( 124937 ) on Thursday November 07, 2024 @11:44AM (#64927883) Homepage Journal

    The staff that created the game was paid decades ago. They aren't going to see any of the money when you buy re-released games.

    If you give money to "buy" a game that is then removed from the cloud at a later date. You're supporting an anti-consumer relationship and encouraging these businesses to continue to rip people off. Saying you "purchased" something but then you have no permanent rights to use fails to fix the metaphor of ownership we try to apply to digital content.

    Go ahead and pirate the ROMs and ISOs. It's the only ethical way to play these old games. There is no correct way to legally perform a fist sale purchase for an old game in most cases.

    • The staff that created the game was paid decades ago. They aren't going to see any of the money when you buy re-released games.

      You seem to be implying that the creative staff deserve some kind of residual income, and I agree. But unless they negotiated for residuals, they aren't owed anything further. Residuals are common in Hollywood, where actors, writers, and directors sometimes negotiate a share of future profits for their work. As the lines between gaming and Hollywood blur, perhaps residuals could become a way to address this concern within the gaming industry as well. However, until that happens, those who own the intellectu

  • ...it's /bundle/10143 and /bundle/14082, the "SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics" and "Dreamcast Collection" bundles, to see if you're missing anything you want to pick up.

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