My 6-point plan to save Sega from themselves – Reader’s Feature

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A reader offers some detailed advice on how to revive Sega’s fortunes, including a retro arcade collection and a Panzer Dragon Saga remake.

We had four TV channels, the Queen was a sprightly 66 years old, The USSR was still a thing, social media wasn’t a thing (how much better was society without that) and Gazza’s tears captured the feelings of a nation. 1990 – what a time to be alive! The Mega Drive was also released in Europe that year and so began Sega’s assault on Nintendo’s dominance of the console market – the first console war, if you will.

As the 90s rolled on, Sega seemed to go from strength to strength, with the creation of Sonic and their arcade division creating genuine jaw dropping moments, with games such as Daytona USA and Virtua Fighter 2. However, their downfall was all too rapid, due in no small part to releasing things like the Mega CD, 32X, and Saturn in relatively quick succession and then having to play third fiddle to Sony with the release of the PlayStation.

Even the Dreamcast couldn’t save them from themselves, which may well go down as one of the most underrated consoles of all time, and so Sega left the console market to concentrate on being a third party developer and publisher.

I don’t want to reminisce too much, as this article is primarily about what I would like to see Sega do going forward. I admit I have a better chance of waking up in Jennifer Anniston’s bedroom to find out I’ve won the lottery than any of this happening, but it’s nice to think of what could be.

This should be so obvious that it feels stupid saying it, but there hasn’t really been a great Sonic game in over 20 years. I admit Sonic Mania was fantastic (which makes a mockery of my comment saying