I totally agree

With how well Persona 4G has been selling on Steam these past couple of days, don't forget us PC gamers either. Many console are always on the lookout for the latest and greatest, but PC gamers have always been open to older games due to the platform's inherent backwards compatibility.

I didn’t get that notion that you were implying that about Switch. Just making a valid point that Sega could reach a larger audience.

Everything you said was on point, sir. No sweat!

The people that thought that the point was "The Switch is for kids" completely misunderstood what the argument in that point is. However, I believe the largest market, by far, is actually PC. Almost everyone nowadays has a PC and considering how versatile computers are, SEGA porting/remaking some of their games would probably reach a wider audience that way. We can look at their "Mega Drive/Genesis Collection" or "Shenmue" on Steam. If they were to do that with other games - the soon-to-be Panzer Dragoon remake and others that aren't... well... Sonic - that would be, perhaps, much more of an audience reacher.

@Jeremy Mitchell Don't be stupid. Outrun is six years older and it has received an Ages port to the Switch.

@DejaVoodooDoll Ironically, yeah that seems to be the case. Sega does love to milk the Genesis content. When M2 started releasing Sega Ages stuff on the Switch I was hopeful we'd see mostly arcade games, along with the occasional Genesis/Master System game that kinda needed the quality of life updates (Phantasy Star was a great ages release). Why they gave us ANOTHER Sonic 1 & 2 release I'll never understand. Even Sonic 3 & Knuckles would have been a great addition, because other than on a Genesis or through emulation there's no way to play it (Sonic 3 was on the PS3/Xbox 360 Genesis collection, but not Sonic & Knuckles). But why give us the two sonic games that are already available in the Genesis collection? =/ It's kind of a missed opportunity. And now it seems the Sega Ages line is all but dead. It looks like there's just one more game coming out: Herzog Zwei. Another Genesis game, but at least one they haven't done a million times before. At least we got Outrun, Thunder Force I, Shinobi, and Virtua Racing. Would've been nice to have had Thunder Blade, Turbo Outrun, Outrunners, After Burner, Super Hang On, Revenge of Death Adder, Galaxy Force, Shadow Dancer and some later arcade games on the Switch, though. A couple of those made it to the 3DS, but I'd just love to be able to play them on a big screen. Sega released so many great arcade games that I would buy instantly if they released them on modern systems. I wouldn't even mind if they charged more for later, more advanced arcade games like House of the Dead, Daytona USA, Sega Rally. Really, the list is endless. But like you said, sadly it's really only the 16-bit stuff they seem interested in. I love Sega, they might be my favorite developers/publishers of all time, but being a Sega fan does mean you get to be frustrated a lot. :P I really hope we get to see some of these games on modern systems soon. I'd love to have an arcade machine, but I spend most of my time in bed due to my health (cancer), so it wouldn't really be practical.

Nice. Keep on gaming brother.

You better start using emulation, before you get too old and to play sega games they never released.

And us on Adrena-chrome in our 100's! lol

Bro,thank you for giving us all hope 😂

pff people don't live past 50, quit fooling around

And not even the 16:9 enhanced Taxman version for some reason. Remember when everybody who likes SEGA said "because innovation"?

Riight🙄 as much as I♡sega SMH🙁

@@magicvampirelver1321 i also love SEGA, but it's the truth tho.

I remember when they released it on old mobile phones back in like 2004 and thought it was a good idea even though it played like crap now ot wouldn't surprise me if their are dedicated calculators that play Sonic some where.

Also, Nintendo: "Hey guys! Want to re-buy Super Mario 1-3, Zelda, LTTP, Super Metroid etc. for the 3rd time?!?!"

Modern SNK literally EXISTS off of their back catalog... You'd think Sega would get a clue.

Man I thought I was the only one... I meant I love Sega I really do. I remember how excited I've got with the announcement of Sega Forever. The opportunity to play all of its games was like boom. I started thinking about the ones I like most. Then the ones that I never played like pretty much every saturn/dreamcast/arcade game. And the ones really rare like ds or gba versions. It was superb, really sad that it was left behind. Now I'm excited about this fog gaming. Hopefully will get opportunity to access Sega great games somehow. I'm willing to pay for that.

@@Mike-gu6up The problem with the whole "fog gaming" thing is it seems to rely almost entirely on exceedingly fast internet speeds which simply are out of most people's reach here in the US and elsewhere in the world. I see it as something that has potential although it's something that's almost definitely going to stay predominantly in Japan if not entirely in Japan. The whole announcement of it felt like a slap in the face because it's something that will only really affect business in it's home country and nowhere else. And meanwhile games like the stuff M2 does will be pushed to the side and probably never revisited because they didn't give new exciting games any chance.

Agreed. SNK has given more to the Switch than SEGA. You can virtually play every Neo Geo game in existence on the Switch. The same can't be said for SEGA.

that would be great!

The japanese have a hard time understanding the customer is always right. maybe in 80 years they might get it

SEGA today is not only not the SEGA of the 80's/90's but not the Service Games of the American start-up they sprang out of, in summary, if you dilute/globalize the Japanese pop culture view/depiction of the West, you end up far far away from what made your former I.P's great.

@@carpal08 It's called having a company design philosophy, and philo himself has created a lot of confusion ;)

@@leeboy2k1 idk man im sure if they listened they would still be a power house. Its better to move on then to dull in the past.

@@carpal08 By listened, if you mean follow focus testing? because they won't merely follow fan petitions, then SEGA will become just as greed focused as the other multi-nationals who dominate the market, much to the detriment of what made/makes them SEGA.

Tell me about it. I'm seeing another Genesis compilation coming out on Ps5 and Xbox series x.

Well Genesis was their most successful console.

@retro game fan 1 I know they failed but they should know that these consoles have gotten love over the years and fans are pleading for their return.

@@hpickettz34 What's funny is it wasn't very popular in Japan - the Saturn outsold it by nearly double. Maybe Sega should just ask people what they want, they might get more success that way.

@retro game fan 1 So did the world. Genesis sold better than all the other Sega consoles combined, pretty much.

They should take notes from SNK. They understand and respect their classic heritage of their Arcade IPs while at the same time, creating new versions of them for the generation of now. (KOF XIV, Samurai Shodown and soon KOF XV come to mind. If they get a new Metal Slug in the works, it's a WRAP!)

@@TheyCallMeSledge I bet Money that you'll see Angel, Tizoc, & Raiden Guest Star in a 2K Produce WWE Game at this rate.

And that board needs a change of diapers.

On the whole, Sega is doing great. They just don’t have anyone with a vision for their retro game IPs.

@@billcook4768 I wouldn't say great compared to Capcom

At this point Sonic the hedgehog must have been on more platforms officially than Skyrim.

Totally. For me, Sega have made some awesome games but they shot themselves in the foot back the 90s by releasing too much pricey Mega Drive/Genesis hardware too close together. I'm trying to piece together a collection of Sega's best (in my opinion!) games and it's annoys the living shit out of me that it's spread over a million different platforms- I've only just (yesterday in fact) got Virtua Racing working and playable on MAME and it's one of my favourite games of all time. If they (Sega) got their act together and released all the Model 1, 2 & 3 and more recent (After Burner Climax) stuff on current consoles and/or PC they'd make a fortune. I've stuck with my (RGH) Xbox360 mainly because I'm too cheap to buy a newer console but Id happily fork out for a newer one if I could buy games I actually want to play for it 😎

Agreed, thank God for emulation, English patches & most importantly; the fans. Without them I would have never played Panzer Dragoon Saga, Policenauts, Snatcher, Panorama Cotton, Sakura Wars, etc.

Bang on with that post! Sega is both unmotivated and ignorant regarding their past. When piracy is the only option for a large swath of your back catalog, that's when you know they've goofed. Sad to see because Sega could drum up some interest if they would stop releasing Sonic 1 & 2 for the 200th time! But all Sega wants to do is take the easy way out and go for a quick buck.

I'd honestly pay if they ported the games to not lose resolution going to HD and UHD. Those games didn't look bad on CRT! And CRT is inconvenient nowadays. Maybe it's the best solution still tho.

At least Square Enix has made good things even in their dark age. And they give fans old games that aren't overdone. Like imagine any of those other companies releasing something obscure as Romancing SaGa 2&3 in the west. I don't think Final Fantasy VIII Remaster would have happened if not for fans outrage.

@@Chelaxim I mean, realllyyyy, nah. Like honestly, most of their remakes are not terribly great, a lot of their Steam ports are just sloppy ports of their mobile games. And the Final Fantasy VII Remake is only good if you don't like Final Fantasy VII. I can't even call the last turn based game that had Final Fantasy in the title, World of Final Fantasy, a dumpster fire, because they would malign the good name of dumpster fires.

The CEO of Capcom has been there 36 years and they finally made a new Mega Man and Street Fighter is still going strong 💪

@@joezawinulreviewsandreacti2509 I guess you don't remember a few years ago when they seemly had that systematic campaign to piss off all of their fanbases at once. Like when they made RE6, which was terrible and pissed off the RE fans, and made DmC, which made Dante a huge douche and pissed off the DMC fanbase, and said they were done making Megaman games, which pissed off the Megaman people, and made Decapre, which....for some reason....pissed off the Street Fighter people, And then they said they were gonna release Deep Down, then they never did, and I'm still mad about that.

Konami had the original director of Contra III and Hard Corps create Rogue Corps, if you can believe that. Square still has a lot of its old school staff (lead dev of FF7R is the same as the original game). Not a good example there.

Plus it's easily emulated well for free.

I would vote for him!

Make Sega Great Again!

Yeah 👍

Nah... aim higher, CEO.

He's even got the name sorted!

I thought I was the only one who thought that! So many great concepts in that game.

@@therealfodder Agreed. One of the most overlooked gaming franchises.

Agreed 100% Billy Hatcher on the cube back in the day was one of my personal achievements also I'd love if Sega released Phantasy Star episode 1and 2 HD for all platforms with cross-play.

sega can give a flying #@%$ he's made vids like this before and they still don't get it

@@alonofisrael4802 that's so true...

I bet Sega thinks that if you guys were such good fans, why didn’t you buy more dreamcasts? I mean, the console and games couldn’t have been much better, and it barely sold. So that’s our punishment, Sonic sold, so infinite Sonic rereleases. Oh, the next gen is coming up, can’t wait for the new Sonic super, mega, ultra, really cool this time collection. Sorry for the sarcasm, but I feel the same as you guys.

@@clutchkman i bought the saturn and dreamcast

@@twanbiz7252 Me too, but too many Sega "fans" chose the cheap dvd player instead. Millions.

Still many not on the service.

Except Disney is still a strong brand and Sega unfortunately has fallen quite a bit from where they used to be. Of course given that fact, you'd think they'd be doing everything to give their core fanbase what they want.

Ps5 the same. Gta5 for the third time ffs

@Jenn That'd take too much work to edit him out since he was featured heavily in the early seasons. At the worst, the handful of Apu focused eps will "disappear" like the MJ one. Full on episode edits for the 1-2 scenes he's in though...they'll leave those alone. Not worth the time wasted to edit those, and they'd be stupid to make those disappear over little scenes. We'd lose eps like Krusty Gets Busted, Marge in Chains, where he's in key scenes.

No classic Disney Cartoons being released on Blu-ray like the Silly Symphonies

Without fan lobbying, it's unlikely to come from within their board.

Don’t forget Model 3 games too

​@@leeboy2k1 Even with fan lobbying, they're going to need it financially justified. I'm not pointing fingers, but in general, 'fans' have little to absolutely no knowledge about the costs of any release nor what kind of budget these companies are working with and what their margins are. I'm even more surprised when they claim to be 'fans' and spout such stuff about the financial side of the company yet never seem to own stock in the publicly traded business. (PRO TIP: If you want more say in Sega, try buying SGAMY). I get the frustration and all that, and venting to other people is cathartic and all that, but there are differences between being mad about something and being mad enough to actually do something about it. If everyone wanted, they could form a collective and buy out Sega/Sammy via a stock take over and put whomever they wanted to on the board of directors. Then when the company just releases Sonic over and over again and again, you'll know why: The company likely is recycling tech they already have to just stay afloat and things like Model 2 emulation is simply not financially viable. Sorry for being a stick in the mud and most of what I say here is just hearsay as well, but I'm just pointing out that many fans, myself included, have very little insider knowledge and so forming opinions about 'why' on the basis of these things tends to be speculation that, after parroted by enough people, somehow becomes fact. See Star Wars fandom for absolutely insane examples of this phenomenon. Oh, and one more thing: Businesses aren't guaranteed to last forever and a lot of time when a name is used, especially in 2020, of a well known business from the past, it's not the same company. Case in point, Activision died in 1993. Atari died in 1983, etc. etc. Currently, Sega is actually just a subsidary of Sammy and Sega proper died in early 2000's, so in a way, we're a bit lucky any old Sega titles get re-released, even if it's the same 3 games over and over. I know this doesn't take the disappointment away, but reality is both nuanced and cold. Just an aside, possibly something that would be interesting would be a crowdfunding campaign to help classic Sega staff buy the company's name. Fund Yu Suzuki and others to purchase the name...it's just as much of a possibility of happening as seeing Daytona 2 on Switch at this point and one's just a game and the other is an entire future...

@@heavysystemsinc. Perhaps this is the most objective comment on this topic.

@@Rowjin_ZSuzuki-San should have Outsource Shenmue Sequels/Spinoffs/Prequels to Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.

I think Sega needs to have as many voices as possible on their handling of things. The new management doesn’t realize how important it’s stable of games actually are to people.

They're leaving money on the table when it comes to emulation. I can play Panzer Dragoon Saga on my phone with Yaba Sanshiro. I would pay Sega for the privilege if they offered it. They don't even need the source code; Saturn emulation is advanced enough that they can just wrap the ISOs in an emulator and sell it as its own app. And yet they don't! It's mind boggling!

@@madhatter8508 that's what I'm saying. Those android apps extend to all android boxes also. Tablets etc. I mean shit I beat legacy of kain for the dreamcast on my tablet with a 8bitdo remote like a few months ago but. For real I wouldnt mind paying like 10 bucks for that game. Not even just andriod the retro pi boxes etc

Short of buying expensive arcade PCBs/cabinets, using emulators like MAME with uploaded ROMsets is the most reasonable way for an average person to play most of these rarer games. It's a shame though, as I know a lot of enthusiasts would certainly pay a reasonable price for re-releases of these games. They're sitting on a decent little chunk of potential profit.

It's time the company gets gutted and bought by people who actually care about gaming.

F-Zero, Sin and Punishment and Advance Wars would like to have a word with you

@@bambanmangaka8034 Sin and Punishment is a Treasure game not a Nintendo game.

@@bambanmangaka8034 He said key franchises.

@@bambanmangaka8034 The problem with sin and punishment is it got a sequel on the Wii which I think most people ignored because it was on the Wii. Star successor is exactly the antithesis of why people give crap to the Wii and call it a baby console and you know a Grandma console. All the good (3rd party) games were buried under an avalanche of crap and shovelware.

F-zero, Mother, Shin and Punishment, Kidd icarus, Wario land, Chibbi-Robo: Are we a joke to you?

Because the actual Sega is dead and sold in 2004.

Just think none of those games would have even gotten made of third parties didn't make them as the Wonder Boy games, Streets of Rage 4 and even the upcoming Alex Kidd aren't even published by Sega let alone developed by anyone that is associated with them. Even Sonic Mania wouldn't have become a thing without rom hackers. Sadly Sega has clearly given up on making new versions of their own properties. At least it isn't as bad as Konami if you want to look on that small bright side.

@@freddiejohnson6137 exactly, Sega are a complete let down for me. I suppose if you're a Switch owner it's not as bad but I don't have the time to invest in another echo system. And yes Konami are mind boggling as well🤦🏽‍♂️

🤦🤦🤦!!

They better be much better quality than what A1UP puts out.

I heard Death Adder is getting a 1-up machine.

@21st PSO2 should have come out 7 or 8 years ago, and for all platforms. What they've done with that is too little, too late.

That would be amazing, imagine the Sega arcade 1up driving cabinet.Daytona,Sega Rally and Virtua Racing I would be so happy

@@matthewbown1072 I could see them putting out a regular cabinet with a Saturn racing wheel built in for $400, and having some kind of limited edition Daytona USA or Sega Rally car frame you can put it on, or at least a car seat.

Sega has still been pumping those Shining games out. There was one just released a couple years ago, Shining Resonance.

This is a really big, underlying issue. Nearly all of their old talent is gone, and some of that talent fell off anyway (Yu Suzuki, Yuji Naka). Only Toshihiro Nagoshi is still making games, and he's hung up on Yakuza. Rieko Kodama is apparently still employed at Sega, but the last thing she produced or directed was a 3DS game in 2015.

2004? Sega was already dead by 2004. I think you meant 2001.

I mean, while the way they are treating their classic IPs definitely sucks, they've also been hitting a bunch of homeruns in their new releases, like Valkyria Chronicles 4 (now they just need to port VC 2 and 3 to modern consoles)and everything they've been doing with Yakuza's engine. And that's not even considering everything done by Atlus, which is currently arguably the best JRPG developer around on every console, in terms of both style and substance (though Nihon Falcom is close competition in at least in terms of substance and soundtracks). Now someone just needs to leave a copy of Skies of Arcadia, Panzer Dragoon Saga, and every classic Shining Force game in Atlus' breakroom and easier for them to reflexively remake them for modern consoles.

Rod Munch As far as the quality of their games was concerned, Sega was still making good games after the Dreamcast died. Xbox had Panzer Dragoon Orta and Crazy Taxi 3. PS2 had Virtua Fighter 4. The Nintendo GameCube had Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg. Their Dreamcast games including Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Shenmue II, Crazy Taxi, Skies of Arcadia, and Phantasy Star Online were all getting good ports that in many cases had additional content. They were even taking chances and being experimental with original games like Blood Will Tell on the PS2 and Fell the Magic: XY/XX on the Nintendo DS. In my opinion, 2006 was the end of old Sega and the beginning of the modern mediocre Sega.

@@jon-erich9752 2001 is when Sega killed the Dreamcast. That was the death of Sega. Yes, some parts of the company would continue to roll out some stuff here and there for a bit, but the company died in 2001.

Nintendo isn’t much better when it comes to releasing their classic library. Still no Game Boy games on the online service, and no N64 or GameCube games to purchase. The SNES and NES releases are more sparse than ever now.

@@justinc.5591 Definitely. Nintendo took a massive backwards step they got rid of the virtual console which had a nice library. Now they took the anti-consumer direction of having it be a monthly service instead of a permanent digital download with a one time purchase per game.

Definitely....awesome game!

I’m a fan of Space Harrier. I would put It in the “we’ve seen it plenty of times already” category. Saturn. Dreamcast. PS2.

It's supossed to be a Robocop mock up.

How about Konami, what if they bought Sega? :p Look at how successfully Konami sold the (formerly NEC/Hudson) mini PC Engine/TG16. It goes to show I don't know anything anymore. Put Johnny Turbo in Smash. Make it happen!

@@migangelmart Konami in 2020 lmao

It's too bad Sega don't try to outdo Nintendo on their own console more. They could re-release Crusader of Centy on the Switch or make a new one. Alternatively, they could re-release or remake it on PlayStation or Xbox as an alternative to Zelda for people who don't own a Switch. I personally know a few old school Zelda fans who loved Crusader of Centy. They don't mind that it's a Zelda clone, because it's that good. And yet Sega never even put that game on any of their compilations. They might not even be aware of it in their vast library, and that's a shame.

@@madhatter8508 Totally agree. Would love a re-release or remake of CoC. Only was able to play it years later via emulation. Wasn't aware of it as a kid.

Then you have to answer to Sega Japan..Good Luck ...Release Sonic 1 ..No! your fired. The president of Sega Japan is the issue and the fact Sega as gone smaller as a Company that high Risk could hurt them.

Dude I'm all about Eternal Champions coming back! A reboot that focuses on the special attack fighting system and add a deep combo system as well!

He took sonic three and moved to an island

Tied up in a lawsuit.

Yeah I'm getting tired of seeing Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 can we have just Sonic 3 already?

These are fake news. Michael Jackson never worked in the SONIC3 soubdtrack.

6ft under

More and likely sega lost the source codes for alot of their arcade and Saturn games, so releasing them would be a huge problem.

EA has stoped making games on Nintendo Consoles, and so did Capcom in the Gamecube and no one cared.

@@cnk9822 After going third-party, Sega should have made everything for the PS2, if nothing else. I love the Gamecube, but 22 million lifetime sales says no one cared about it.

@@Sega_Dreams yup, always go to the most sold console.

@@cnk9822 but releasing on the most sold console doesn't guarantee success. The Ps2's library was saturated at the time and alot of great games got overlooked anyway. Sometimes exclusivity to another platform can bring attention to it. But hey we'll never know.

Didn't Sega quit hardware business since 2002?

"Genesis Does..." 🎵

Is that a metroid for your profile pic? Super cool :D

@@supersquare yup

Sonic the hedgehog Arcade I think.