Sega president Shuji Utsumi has referred to as Sonic Superstars a “disappointment.”
The Sega president has mentioned that whereas he thinks the franchise’s most up-to-date launch, Sonic X Shadow Generations is “superior,” he didn’t assume Superstars turned out in addition to the corporate hoped.
“We have been making an attempt to do one thing artistic with Sonic Frontiers,” mentioned Utsumi, chatting with Eurogamer.
“With Sonic Superstars it turned out to be a disappointment, when it comes to the result in comparison with what we delivered.
“This time now we have Sonic X Shadow Generations and the following Sonic film, so we’re pushing issues within the transmedia path – motion pictures and video games working in concord to make issues greater. But the core [of the experience] is the sport. The sport must be excellent or else there isn’t a transmedia impact.”
Previously, the corporate had implied that Super Mario Bros Wonder was answerable for Sonic Superstars promoting fewer copies than anticipated, as the 2 sport launched throughout the identical week.
Sega had acknowledged that Sonic Superstars had bought fewer copies than had been forecast, so through the Q&A Sega Sammy Holdings govt vp Makoto Takahashi and IR/SR division director Nobuaki Yoshii have been requested how they evaluated the sport’s efficiency.
“Although Sonic Superstars has usually been nicely obtained by those that have performed it, the timing of the launch coincided with competing titles in the identical style, and it has been wanting the preliminary forecast,” they replied.
“The strategic growth of Sonic IP is progressing nicely, and we’ll proceed to work to extend repeat gross sales of this title.”
By citing “competing titles in the identical style” as a serious motive, Sega primarily confirmed that releasing Sonic Superstars three days earlier than Super Mario Bros Wonder had an affect on its gross sales.
During The Game Awards on Thursday, Sega introduced {that a} new Sonic racing sport was in improvement. An extraordinarily transient trailer for the sport confirmed Sonic getting right into a kart and driving right into a portal.
Sumo Digital developed the final three Sonic kart racing video games, with all three being well-received by critics and gamers.
