i guess we can add "successful publisher who absolutely has the money to do alternate sonic boxes decides to partner with Limited Run" to the list of sega choices made by a lobotomized monkey.
yknow, it's almost refreshing to have a major videogame company make, not morally objectionable or problematic decisions necessarily, but incredibly stupid ones. im still not over Generations going in a bundle, they were presented with "Delist" or "Keep Listed" and chose a third option.
i wasn't aware there was a third option. i didn't know that was an option. sega found themselves at the same fork in the road many publishers do and decided to start digging.