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Serious kudos to Sega. This is how old games should be handled throughout the industry when possible. The likelihood of someone not already familiar with a tit
by kakarot 9y ago
Serious kudos to Sega.
This is how old games should be handled throughout the industry when possible. The likelihood of someone not already familiar with a title or franchise to play it is a function of A) its cost and B) how dated it is. Once a game is seeing marginal returns, it's kind of a very corporate mindset to try and suck it dry of every last penny. Especially when you view games as a form of art.
I fear for so many incredible titles, especially as we possibly enter a real VR age.
Unless I force it on them (I probably will), my children may never give a second glance to the titles I grew up with and consider masterpieces, when they could sensually immerse themselves in a modern AAA or VR title.
So many great soundtracks, assets, feats of code, all deserving to be in a museum somewhere, lost in the ever-growing sea of content. Eventually only treasure-hunters like myself seek to experience and appreciate them.
Not only that, Sega can much more accurately determine what franchises might see profitable continuations, given a large enough sample size.
Having not played any of these titles on mobile myself, I can only imagine that Sega has ruined this very noble idea with intrusive ads and a payment scheme for removing them.
- LeoNatan25 9y agoThey should be handled by a visibly and audibly slow emulator? No thanks.
- kakarot 9y agoWell like I said, I haven't played them. Is the shipped emulator not good?
- KVFinn 9y ago>Well like I said, I haven't played them. Is the shipped emulator not good? Sounds like no: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-21-sega-releases-classic-games-on-mobile-for-free-but-at-what-cost http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-21-sega-releases-c...
- j2bax 9y agoI'm a little confused by your post. You started with "Serious kudos to Sega." and ended it with "I can only imagine Sega has ruined this very noble idea with intrusive ads and a payment scheme for removing them." Should they be applauded or shunned? Additionally, the games of your youth are special, partly because they were a part of your youth. There will likely be games of your children's youth that they hold near and dear likewise. Maybe they will be serious enthusiasts and want to track the history of video games and see how we arrived at this current age, but thats a lot to take in! In my opinion, Nintendo has continued to release novel and fun games throughout the years that stick to the same principles that they designed the original Mario and Zelda following. Their last few console titles would be a good place to start and a potential bridge between the new and the old.
- kakarot 9y agoSega isn't just one person. I started out praising them and then remembered they have a marketing team.