Sega Reacts to Michael Jackson Death

Like much of the rest of the world, Sega is sharing its condolences regarding the sudden death of Michael Jackson via its Twitter feed.

Unlike much of the rest of the world, company maintainers waited until this morning to do so.  Reports indicate that the number of “tweets” per second recorded on the social networking service doubled upon news of Jackson’s passing before components of Twitter outright shut down yesterday evening.

Sega’s Twitter feed first offered condolences:

Anyway yes, very sad to hear of MJ’s passing – I will, like most people I’d imagine be listening to some classics on my music player today.

But for those hoping for Sega to re-release one of their 1990 titles, Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker, don’t hold your breath.  The feed says doing so could be impeded by rights issues:

Lots of requests for a Moonwalker re-release, which is understandable, I’d imagine such a release wouldn’t be possible for a long time tho-who has say over the MJ image rights and estate for instance? Those things won’t be sorted particularly fast you’d’ve thought. 🙁

While it could be consider tacky and tasteless to do this so soon after Jackson’s passing, there also is certain potential for business to be made from such a re-release, as evidenced by some of the outrageous prices the original cartridges are going for right now on EBay.  So, do you think it should be re-released properly if rights issues are sorted out?  Or would it be a cheap, disrespectful way to cash in on the world’s current mourning?  Tell us in the comments section.
TSSZ News will continue to deliver relevant details related to the passing of Michael Jackson throughout the day today.