DC at this point was in their RAH RAH KYLE IS THE ONLY GL FUCK HAL JORDAN WHO'S HAL JORDAN I DON'T KNOW LOOK AT THIS KYLE RAYNER GUY ISN'T HE AWESOME AND HE'S THE ONLY GL THERE'S EVER EVER BEEN RAH RAH RAH mode.
There was a whole GL game in development for SNES (with Hal), but DC at the last minute commanded the designers to replace Hal vs Sinestro with Kyle vs Parallax, which would have meant an entire overhaul of the game, so it was ultimately scrapped.
Considering how obnoxious DC was about shoving Kyle down the throats of all fandom, I can honestly sympathize with where folks like Alex Ross were coming from at the time.