Who cares about 1up anyway?
I've came to the conclusion that many games I like are now on the PSN.
I hate Digital Distribution. But for Sega, it's different.
Sega in the Dreamcast years was all about making bold and simple arcadey games that were creative and fun along other creative masterpieces like Shenmue.
Thing is, today that isn't viable. Sure in 2000 Crazy Taxi would last you months of enjoyment, but today if you put the exact same game in stores for 40 bucks the critical response will be devastating. "it's short, lacks content, no story mode, no career mode, same minigames, not free roaming enough" etc etc. But on PSN the game would be the shit!
So I would like for Sega to launch more great games like the ones of the DC era without much fear of sales.
They could indeed start by releasing Chu Chu Rocket.