Sega defends Sega Forever launch after fan outcry

Last week, Sega announced it was going to bring a selection of its back catalogue to mobile - and possibly beyond - with Sega Forever, a service that would allow people to play classic games for free.

[jrshankill]

The interviewer is a total a**hole in this article.

[VideoGamesAreDumb]

Interviewers are not your friends. They are there to get answers. None of these questions are out of line, in fact they gave the Sega rep to defend Forever's features and highlight it's strengths.

[KakashiHotake]

Seemed more like an interrogation than an interview.

[MoveTheGlow]

He was at least informed. I liked that he mentioned M2, because M2 does the best emulation, has plenty of experience with Sega hardware, and should have been at the helm of this project from the beginning.

[X-Alchemist]

No, I think it was quite fair. He was just asking what everyone was thinking, quite refreshing when most interviewers ass lick or sugar coat.

[Princess_Pilfer]

Oh dear god, it's gotten so bad that when games journalists ask hard questions now they're too mean.

The west is screwed.

[Tetsujin]

Sega currently offers more options to play classic games, and people still find something to complain about? You have the original games, the mini version coming soon with the ROMs AND cartridge support, plus mobile; and yet there's those few out there who will still find something to nit pick?

Just because the software released isn't 100% doesn't mean "that's it," just means there's room for improvement, and updates.

[superchiller]

"the mini version coming soon with the ROMs AND cartridge support"

What are you referring to here? Just curious.

[Tetsujin]

http://www.ign.com/articles...

It's called Sega Genesis Flashback, I'm thinking of buying one when it releases.

[superchiller]

The problem with those "flashback" consoles (in the past at least) is that the image quality, colors/brightness, and emulation options, and wired controllers have been pretty mediocre. The NES Classic proved that cheap plug-and-play mini consoles could produce very good quality emulation, but other companies have yet to match the quality of emulation on the Classic.

[Software_Lover]

Im sorry for being ignorant on issues but................

When people say "Outcry", is there like a number that they are looking for, say 200,000 people? Or does it take just one person for it to be considered an outcry? Where do they look for these outcries?

[TheColbertinator]

I determine that number on a case by case basis.

[YoungKingDoran]

Just 1 upset weenie is an outcry these days

[CarlosX360]

I tried these games on my android phone. You're better off with a controller than the phone. The effort put into the ports is a valiant one. They did a great job with the creativity, and the graphics, but the controls is/are left to desired. They work, but they're not good for "run and jump" commands (i.e. in Sonic, you do a lot of that) ...Hopefully Sega expands this Sega Forever initiative to go into game consoles, because they did a great job with the port(s), just that it's not suitable for phones.

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

i was hoping for a NEW streets of rage or something... not some ios releases :/

[TheOttomatic91]

Sorry Sega not a mobile guy will be skipping this for sure.