Key Takeaways
- The mass delisting of a lot of its classic games Sega announced in November will take place later today.
- The games will be removed from multiple storefronts at 11:59pm PST on December 6, 2024.
- It’s still unclear why Sega is doing this and if it has plans for the games it’s delisting outside of the confirmed Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio reboots.
Sega quietly announced that it would be delisting a lot of its classic games and collections across multiple platforms last month, revealing via an FAQ page for its Genesis and Mega Drive Classics Collection that the games will be removed from sale on December 6, 2024. If you’re reading this on the day it was written, you still have a chance to buy those games before they are delisted from Steam, Xbox, and other platforms on which the titles are available.
The mass delisting of classic Sega games will take place at 11:59pm PST, so even if you’re reading this on December 7, you may still have a chance to buy the games depending on where you are in the world. The aforementioned Genesis and Mega Drive collection is at the core of the delisting with it leaving storefronts on all major platforms.
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That appears to be the only game affected on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. However, most of the games that make up the collection which are available to buy individually through Steam and the Xbox Games Store are being delisted too. The original Golden Axe trilogy, Ristar, Altered Beast, and Columns among them, the only games from the collection that don’t seem to be affected are the Sonic ones which will not be leaving storefronts a few hours from now.
Sega Will Be Delisting A Lot Of Games From Multiple Stores Later Today
Buy Crazy Taxi Now Before It’s Too Late
The mass delisting of Sega games doesn’t end with the Genesis alone. In fact, the biggest game being removed from Steam and the Xbox Games Store today is arguably Crazy Taxi. A part of the Dreamcast Collection bundle, which is also leaving Steam today, it and Jet Set Radio being a part of today’s removals suggests their departures might have something to do with the confirmed reboots for both of those series.
If you already own any of the games being delisted today, or buy them beofre they’re delisted, you will still be able to play them after they have been removed from digital storefronts.
Even though the games will be delisted today, Sega still hasn’t explained why the games are being removed from sale. Hopefully, there will be some sort of release date reveal for its Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio reboots soon, and since the games won’t be available to buy anywhere digitally starting tomorrow, you’d hope those currently unknown release dates are right around the corner.
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The legendary Crazy Taxi was first launched in arcades in 1999, and soon became one of the Dreamcast’s best-selling titles. Your job, as the stunt-loving driver of the taxi, is to make sure your fares get to their destinations within the time limit.
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Jet Set Radio
Jet Set Radio is a vibrant action-adventure game that was originally released on the Sega Dreamcast in 2000. Developed by Smilebit and published by Sega, the game features extreme inline skating, graffiti and tagging mechanics, boss battles, and much more.
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The thing is, there are no known plans for the bulk of the games being removed from sale today. You’d think Sega must have something planned and we just don’t know about it yet. Perhaps we’ll hear something from them at The Game Awards, but if that’s the plan, it’s odd that Sega would delist the games this weekend, almost a week before this year’s event.
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