Sega today announced its delisting Classic SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive from Nintendo’s Switch eShop. The company will also delist many games and collections on Steam, Xbox and PlayStation platforms.
This retro collection will be removed from the Switch eShop on December 6, 2024. After that, the title will be “unavailable for new purchases”. However, if you have already purchased the collection, you can still download and play it at any time.
“Select games and bundles will be removed from virtual stores, no longer available for new purchases. Games you own will remain available in your library.”
And in case you were wondering, yes – you can still play “some of these games” through the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service. Sega has confirmed the games in this subscription library will remain. Here is the official response to this:
“Yes, select classic titles are still playable for those with a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.”
You can learn more about all of this and see which games will be removed on other platforms on Sega’s support page. This collection was originally released digitally and physically for Nintendo Switch in 2018. You can See the full list of games in this collection in our previous coverage.
