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Notably, Sega is halting the last legal way to purchase many games. https://support.sega.com/hc/en-us/articles/29776767664145-SEGA-Classics-FAQ#h_01JBWBDET2BT5

Notably, Sega is halting the last legal way to purchase many games. https://support.sega.com/hc/en-us/articles/29776767664145-SEGA-Classics-FAQ#h_01JBWBDET2BT55YPJKK0K537Z0 https://support.sega.com/hc/en-us/articles/29776767664145-SE... I can buy most of these games on steam with a classic bundle ~36$ now. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10143/SEGA_Mega_Drive_and_Genesis_Classics/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10143/SEGA_Mega_Drive_... A great price at 1$ a game. I can also boot up an emulator and play all these games, plus more for free. I don't feel compelled to buy the bundle.

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While I think it's still an unfriendly move on Sega's part, they're presumably delisting these specific titles in advance of releasing new products/packages for them. That's what happened a couple years ago – they removed Sonics 1-3 (+ Knuckles) from Steam as individual titles, then released Sonic Origins, which included all of those plus Sonic CD. The SEGA Classics games came out 14 years ago, so they probably want to release these titles again with an updated emulator and market it as a new collection. This seems especially likely to me, since they're delisting the existing Classics Collection title on consoles.