How on earth could it be possible that I haven't heard of this?
What the hell?
I was subscribed to the RSS feed of TSSZNews in 2009 (and still am, for the record) and there's no way this could have existed without them posting about it, which means I should know about it.
I'm really confused.
They did. An image of it is in the OP, even.I was signed up to this. I think they gave me a cheapo white usb saturn pad with the playsega logo on as a signup gift
Wow, put them on blast Mama. They could at least give you credit.
Terrible :(
I was around and paying attention in that year and never even heard about it. Crazy!Good thing we did post about it in September 2009!
I get the sense this could be attempted again, but Sega would want Taxman's RSDK/Star Engine for it, and I strongly suspect he (understandably) doesn't want to give up the rights to his golden ticket, especially given Sega's history of missed opportunities and messing things up.
Same. Ordered it out if excitement then read everyone's impressions. Mine's basically unused and sitting somewhere.I signed up for PlaySega to get the Saturn pad. The first one I got was basically broken, and the replacement they sent me was still just a really cheap and crappy controller. It was such a disappointment to get something like that directly from Sega and it just feels the same as a $5 chinese knock-off.
What was this? Did they copy and paste your post?
Unfortunately I did not play the game anywhere near as much as I wanted to. PlaySEGA was for the most part honestly such an offensive thing to longtime fans. It was run by people who actively had no interest in SEGA as a company outside of Sonic. I distinctly remember it being loaded with references to stuff like Naruto and Chocolate Rain instead, though.
It was just really strongly focused away from SEGA IP (except Sonic, it had a whole section for him even if I think it only had the Level Creator as part of that section) and instead focused on really cheap, generic Newgrounds quality flash games for free members. It ultimately felt like a generic flash site for really young kids with Genesis games tacked on in a subscription.Thanks for the great feedback everyone, really glad to have highlighted this wonderful Sonic offering.
Can I ask, what was so offensive regarding the PlaySEGA offer? It seemed pretty vanilla to me, so I'd be interested in your view.