Sega Is Delisting 60+ Classic Games from Steam, including Ecco the Dolphin, Crazy Taxi, and Jet Set Radio

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Sega Classics, a compilation of classic Genesis (Mega Drive) and Dreamcast games that include Altered Beast, Comix Zone, Crazy Taxi, Ecco the Dolphin, and Jet Set Radio, will be delisted and unavailable for new purchases starting on December 6 at 11:59 p.m. PST, Sega has announced.

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I assume it costs them nothing to keep those games listed. Which makes no sense to just remove them for no reason. So what's the reason?

1. They're going to start selling them via their own newly made store front?
2. They're making a new console and going to pull all their IPs exclusive to that console.
3. They're smoking crack cocaine.
4. They intend to re-release them at a later date with "improvements" of some sort and don't want to compete against themselves.
 
Tax writeoffs? I think theres such a thing with streaming.
 
LeRoy_Blanchard said:
I assume it costs them nothing to keep those games listed. Which makes no sense to just remove them for no reason. So what's the reason?

1. They're going to start selling them via their own newly made store front?
2. They're making a new console and going to pull all their IPs exclusive to that console.
3. They're smoking crack cocaine.
4. They intend to re-release them at a later date with "improvements" of some sort and don't want to compete against themselves.
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Or they contain licensed songs and they don't want to pay to renew the license?
Or they want to sell the distribution rights to classic games
Or they are just pure evil like nintendo

Uvilla said:
Tax writeoffs? I think theres such a thing with streaming.
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You can't do tax writeoff on products made 20-30 years ago because they already been written off to 0 value as depreciation.
Streaming only pulls new shows as tax writeoffs. Older ones are pulled for royalty and licensing reasons.
 
Maybe to create demand for a new round of micro consoles? (I know I'd grab a Dreamcast Mini).

Otherwise - yeah, not seeing the benefit of pulling them from the digital storefronts. I've appreciated how Sega sold their library on multiple platforms, so hopefully this is just a temporary thing (maybe a new compilation pack).

I've got the 'Megadrive and Genesis Classics Collection' (or whatever it's called) and the cool thing about that is they include the individual ROMs with the purchase. I was able to run those ROMs using EmulationStation's built-in emulator instead of the one Sega bundles with the games. Which wasn't terrible, just the interface was very clunky (had a weird 'virtual room' interface).
 
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