Sega considering downloadable Saturn Games

Sega has made a smart move by porting their Genesis titles to XBLA, PSN, WiiWare, and iPhone. An even smarter move is when they’ve decided to add Dreamcast games onto XBLA and PSN, which is due this fall. Now Sega is considering adding their library of Saturn games into the digital space.

Sega’s Yosuke Okunari, producer of the Dreamcast remakes, told Game Watch (translated by Adria Sang) that Sega may consider Saturn games in the near future. The site asked Okunari why Sega jumped from Genesis directly to Dreamcast. “When you look globally,” responded Okunari, “the Genesis and Dreamcast are well known, but Saturn is unknown. During that period, PlayStation and Nintendo 64 were a success overseas, but to be honest Saturn was not a success. Because of this, we decided on Dreamcast.”

Impress Watch pressed further, asking if we can look forward to Saturn titles as future download releases. Replied Okunari, “What we announced this time is a project where we will have consecutive releases of titles that were debuted on Dreamcast. Separate from this, we’re of course thinking about ports of Saturn games. It’s the same as how Sega Ages and Virtual Console were separate existences. It’s not that we have no intention of porting Saturn titles, so please share your requests.”

So folks, start a petition and get your games ported.

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