Sega Does What Nintendon’t (On Mobile)
Sonic the Hedgehog, Altered Beast, some other old Sega titles, are coming to your phone.
The long dead publisher announced plans to resurrect itself Mummy like (Brendan Fraser, not Tom Cruise) by bringing its extensive catalogue to mobile.
Sega has flirted with mobile games in the past, but their new Sega Forever brand is a direct, purposeful effort to reach into our childhoods and bring games like Sonic, and whatever else they used to publish back into our lives.
Childhood is a delicate time. When your kids are discovering the world what dangers are they exposed to? Do you know what they get up to online?
In a very Sega move they released the first wave of games on the same day they announced Sega Forever. Right now you can download classics like Sonic and like other Sega games.
Sega aren’t the only old school publisher who have been flirting via iPhones and trying to light up Samsung handsets by shifting their IP to IOS and Android. Nintendo have had varying degrees of success, from smashing to fucking jaw dropping with their first forays into your pocket.
But whereas Nintendo felt bound to protect Mario’s perceived value by making his phone game a premium purchase, Sega’s hedgehog comes cheap. Sega are pursuing a free to play, ad supported model for Sega Forever.
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