Sega is pulling the vast majority of classic Sonic games from digital stores
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#5YK47)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles will be among the games dropped from stores. | Image: Steam Sega is going to delist the digital versions of" Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD starting on May 20th, according to a press release posted to multiple sites (via The Gamer). The announcement is extremely light on details. (You could read it faster than a speedrunner could do Green Hill Zone 1), but it does mention that the games being pulled will be featured in the upcoming Sonic Origins collection.
Currently, this mostly seems like an issue for PC players. The games aren't available individually on the PlayStation Store, and only 2 and CD are available to purchase separately on the Xbox. All the games, however, are available on Steam. Sega says you'll be able to buy the Sega Ages versions of Sonic 1 and 2 on...