SEGA Delisting Multiple Xbox Games This December

Why would they do this?

Whoa that's a lot of games. I wonder why? Shame. And not Nights into Dreams!

I think I have most of those, so no biggie.

Welp i will check and see if i am missing anything.

Perhaps they’re not getting the sales or maybe they’re going to bring out some Sega compilation with all these games included. Kinda like Rare Replay, Who knows?

Most likely they don't make sales anymore and they are delisting them so people will go crazy to buy them "before they are lost forever". That's why emulators should always exist for those money hungry companies.

Xbox is hit the worst here as things like that Streets of Rage collection is fantastic and Crazy Taxi is always good fun, even if not as good as the Dreamcast original

I'd highly recommend picking these up whilst you still can and can only hope this is leading to some new collections from Sega

I'm not seeing a direct link to the Xbox store on the PureXbox page of the linked game "SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive Classics collection".
That would be a nice feature of those pages, especially if PX could get an affiliate kickback on flow through purchase.

@TheGiraffe they're probably gearing up to announce more re-releases.

Removing Sega Mega Drive Classics can only mean that another compilation is coming. The other titles will probably be replaced by remastered versions. I got everything I wanted just in case, including Jet Set Radio that was delisted because of the licenced soundtrack.

Hopefully we will get a sale on these over the next 4 weeks before they disappear.

If this ultimately means there might be a remastered version of Nights coming, I’m all in on it.

They're probably gonna release updated versions and compilations, using better emulation and features.

I own most of these but this is still weird.

Yeah, de-listing so they can re-list as a new package. Nothing is lost, these games are readily available in one form or another. In fact I think I have all of them on a Switch cartridge.

EDIT: Oh, hah. That's the one they're de-listing. I thought it was the old ones from the 360. Carry on, nothing to see here lol.

Gotta be a new Collection coming up if they're delisting this many specifically old things.

@NEStalgia That was my first thought too, and removing a gem like Nights seems especially weird.

Then I thought maybe it does mean a remaster is coming. But obviously, remasters aren't always perfect, some key aspects are changed from the original, not necessarily for the better.

The originals should always be available.

Ok, weirdly specific removals... They are removing all of these but not Fighting Vipers and Virtual-On?

Virtual On is fine?

Really wish they would put the Sega Genesis Collection on sale one more time before it's delisted.

I figured the classics collection would get delisted eventually. Too much good stuff in one place that they want to be able to sell again.

I have it on PS and Switch as well, but I wouldn’t mind getting it on Xbox too if they put it on sale again before it delists.

Otherwise they can go fk themselves.

Yeah, this smells of new re-releases. Kind of how they delisted the 360-version of Sonic Generations a couple of months before the remaster dropped.

Delistings are always sad to see, but I think I have all of these already.

@BadBoyBule My guess is that all of these delisted games have re-releases coming in the near future, while Fighting Vipers and Virtual-On doesn’t.

Sega must be working on new collections for the Dreamcast, Saturn, and Genesis.

@BadBoyBule that would be illegal sir

This is exactly how games should be delisted. Sega has announced about a month ahead of time that these games will be delisted to give people their final chance to buy the game before they are gone for good. Many other developers just suddenly delisted games without any warning and then you can't buy the game again permanently. More companies should follow Sega's example to announce the delisting ahead of time.