Classic game developer SEGA has announced that it will be pulling a few of its apps from the app store in a spring-cleaning type of move, saying that these apps don't live up to SEGA standards.
The company will also be pulling the same apps from the Google Play Store, Samsung App Store and Amazon App Store.
"At Sega we are committed to making fun, high-quality mobile games and it is with our fans' best playing experience in mind that we announce the removal of a number of games from our back catalog," said the company in a blog post. "It is important for us to ensure that all of our fans, regardless of platform or operating system, have a great playing experience and after evaluating our complete list of titles, we have determined that a number of them no longer meet our standards."
Users of the apps will continue to be able to play the games after they are removed from the app store, but they will no longer be updated and, hence, it is likely that they will no longer be supported on newer devices, as new devices are released.
The company did not reveal exactly which games are set to be removed, but it is likely that the apps will mostly be the older ones released by the company. SEGA was one of the first major developers to release an app to Apple's App Store back in 2008 with Monkey Ball. This game was largely of interest because it represented a shift for the company away from the use of the traditional D-pad and instead made use of the original iPhone's three-axis accelerometer.
A number of classic game companies have been shifting their mobile strategy as of late.
SEGA saying that it does not want apps available that are substandard is a little reminiscent of Nintendo's announcement this week, saying that it would be releasing five mobile games between now and March 2017.
However, it would only be releasing five games because it wanted to ensure that the games were all of a high enough quality.
SEGA is likely attempting to position itself against Nintendo on mobile just like it did back in the early 1990s, with classic characters such as SEGA's Sonic the Hedgehog going toe to toe in competition with the likes of Mario and Donkey Kong.
The difference here is that SEGA has a fairly extensive catalog of mobile games, while Nintendo is really only just starting in the mobile industry.
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