I would like to point that SRB2 is already somewhat "popular". It's been in development since at least 1999 and has an enormous community. I remember playing it

I would like to point that SRB2 is already somewhat "popular". It's been in development since at least 1999 and has an enormous community. I remember playing it online around 2006 and, at that time, the game already had a big community: I quickly found non-US/Europe servers filled with human players. Sega may change its mind any time, of course, but it won't be just because the project got popular: for its niche, it's already.