Do you expect Sega Saturn games to come to NS Online are licenses the problem and self publishing?

[Illusion]

I get it that if Sega were to ever start re-releasing its Saturn and DC library, that it would probably make sense to have official releases of some of the games before it coming to a service like NSO. I mean, I am sure that they could sell a re-release of Panzar Dragoon Saga at $50.00 MSRP without any major rework and probably sell at least 10-20k units. I just wish that they would start this process because these games are starting to fade into history.

You know, retro games have a shelf life. Most people in 2021 are not going to find enjoyment playing a game like the original Phantasy Star which is currently being offered from Sega on NSO. Even gamers who might have played this title in the 80's would probably have trouble going back to it because RPG's in those days required such a large investment in time and effort compared to today in order to experience the payoff and reward. I know because I am one of the very few people who still play these types of games. You can get into them, but it takes more time that most people are willing to commit with our modern attention spans. Let's not even mention that instruction manuals in those days were basically essential to get through the game and that is not coming with your NSO subscription (I believe). That said, a game like Skies of Arcadia still would play really well for most gamers in 2021: it has a smooth difficulty curve, and it feels a lot more like a modern RPG than Phantasy Star (the only addition it might need are save states because I remember some of the dungeons requiring about an hour of gameplay between save points at times, but I think that should be default on NSO).

And I am not trying to be hard on Phantasy Star, it is an amazing series but it's just only going to appeal to a very niche audience who probably already owns the game on 10 different platforms. Instead, why not release Phantasy Star Online? It would be perfect for the NSO and why not bring back online play? This would be a huge hit, in my opinion.

I wish that we could move beyond the 8 & 16 bit era being the default game library for release on these online shops/platforms. This made sense in the Wii days on the virtual console back in 2008, but an equivalent retro title today, 13 years later would put us firmly in the N64/Dreamcast/Gamecube eras.