Will Sonic ever die? Even though people are saying that they should let him rest, SEGA keeps releasing new Sonic games, no matter how bad they are. So I was thinking if this blue hedgehog will keep on running 50 years from now. IMO its been a while since a really good Sonic game. People tend to let go of things when they don't work anymore, but for some reason SEGA is keep releasing new Sonic game. Also the kids in 2015 won't be very interested in Sonic, because they probably wouldn't have played the good 2D games. So they won't buy the Sonic games SEGA will come out with then, because they don't care for him.

to me, Sonic died loooooong time ago

It's quite sad when even the team behind Sonic games are sick of developing them. It's very disheartening to see SEGA keep pushing them to make Sonic games.

"Sega of Japan had intended NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams as a brief rest from the never-ending onslaught of Sonic game after Sonic game. In Ben's own words: "There's no doubt that Sonic Team have lost their quality touch. They are worse than talentless: they are without passion. Bored, weary, closed-minded and out of touch with any sense of what makes games good anymore." Quite simply put, after making so many of them, Sonic Team is tired of Sonic games - something Ben cites as a reason for Yuji Naka's resignation in 2006."

"In the end, what this blog really represents is that, even within their own ranks, members of Sega's staff are unhappy with the direction Sonic Team as a development studio has headed. While it was easy to assume such, we now have confirmation of internal strife between Sonic Team and their parent subsidary, Sega of Japan. In relation, this goes a long way to explain the shortcomings of games produced by Sonic Team: They are forced to work on a franchise they no longer care about, and when they do get a chance to stretch their legs, it is under tight restrictions."

Sonic games sell, why would they stop making them?

There must be a ton of kids out there who don't even know sonic how we remember him but are happy to buy all these new games, dead to us but not to his new crowd.

"Sonic games sell, why would they stop making them?"

"Al3xand3r said:

"Sonic games sell, why would they stop making them?"

Because some of us hope that someone who works at Sega still has an ounce of integrity."

Sonic will get better the moment Sega takes the license away from Sonic Team.

He should have died after Sonic 3 & Knuckles. It's amazing how the series has been getting increasingly worse and worse as the past decade has gone on. The only game I'd salvage from the series since Sonic Adventure would be Sonic Rush, the rest could not exist and I would be totally fine.

No. Instead God has a more humiliating punishment for the series. Torture Sonic fans worldwide with one horrible release after the other.

"Al3xand3r said:

"Sonic games sell, why would they stop making them?"

Because some of us hope that someone who works at Sega still has an ounce of integrity."

I WISH !!!

"HandsomeDead said:

"Al3xand3r said:

"Sonic games sell, why would they stop making them?"

Because some of us hope that someone who works at Sega still has an ounce of integrity."

The way Sega sees it, if they sell over a million copies, that game must be pretty great.  Seriously, they may notice hardcore gamers whining, but the majority of the public keep buying.  All that means to them is there is a very small percentage of dissatisfied customers."

The thing to note here is: Sonic is a kids game. It always has been, and that's not going to change. Yeah, the games on the Genisis were great at the time but the reason those are looked back on so fondly was we were all young back then.

I managed to drag my way through Sonic 2006 and I hated it, but if I was a kid I would totally ignore all those flaws, just like I did with so many awful PS1 games back in the day. It sucks that Sonic Team doesn't wanna make them anymore either, but as long as the target audience is happy (kids that vaguely know what Sonic is and... Furries. Yeaaaah), they'll keep going. "

I've always wondered how big the fan base is for Sonic media nowadays. It seems like it has all this mythology thrust upon it after years of video games, comics and cartoons. Which makes me wonder, who cares?  I dont think Ive ever actually met a fanboy on sonic games. They seem to exist only anonymously in the dark corners of wikipedia.  Hell I know personally people who fit all types of fringe fanaticism (non sexually and other wise). But I'd be damned if I say Ive actually met a self professed "sonic fan".
 
Makes the fact that Sonic Team is working on a series they hate for an audience that is wholly indifferent to the endeavor seem so hilariously fatalistic. That sad that hasnt stopped me from saving up to buy a working Sega CD just to try out that Sonic game from a local flea market.

i hope so.

Sonic died the moment Sega went under as a first party console developer. When they had the Genesis/Saturn/Dreamcast, the company had a reason to care about the integrity of their games. The Sonic games, in example, on both the Genesis and Dreamcast were meant to say "Hey, look what we can do!". Once that went down and Sega went third party, they no longer had a reason to craft quality work, or to take any pride in what they do as long as they generate revenue. Hence instant cash cow conversion.
 
At least, that's my take on it.

if they do to sonic 1 2 3 knuckles and cd what happened to turtles in time, i'ld buy it.

"Diamond said:

"HandsomeDead said:

"Al3xand3r said:

"Sonic games sell, why would they stop making them?"

Because some of us hope that someone who works at Sega still has an ounce of integrity."

The way Sega sees it, if they sell over a million copies, that game must be pretty great.  Seriously, they may notice hardcore gamers whining, but the majority of the public keep buying.  All that means to them is there is a very small percentage of dissatisfied customers."

The thing to note here is: Sonic is a kids game. It always has been, and that's not going to change. Yeah, the games on the Genisis were great at the time but the reason those are looked back on so fondly was we were all young back then.

I managed to drag my way through Sonic 2006 and I hated it, but if I was a kid I would totally ignore all those flaws, just like I did with so many awful PS1 games back in the day. It sucks that Sonic Team doesn't wanna make them anymore either, but as long as the target audience is happy (kids that vaguely know what Sonic is and... Furries. Yeaaaah), they'll keep going."

" if they do to sonic 1 2 3 knuckles and cd what happened to turtles in time, i'ld buy it. "

I believe he's already dead.

There is a new generation of Sonic fans that seem to enjoy the games that have been coming out over the past few years, so I don't expect them to stop making new Sonic games anytime soon.
 
As far as a Turtles in Time Re-Shelled style version of the original Sonic games goes; I don't know, if it was done right and was stylised correctly I'd be all for it. HD sprites with 3d backgrounds would be cool. Turtles in Time Re-Shelled was a bad example of how to do it for me though, the soul was completely sucked out of the game.

There's a simple answer to this question, really. He dies when he stops being profitable, and obviously he's profitable in his current state.
 
Now here's my hypothetical question. Let's say somehow a new Sonic game that's actually good comes out. I don't care about the details, really - it just has to review well, in a way that makes everyone go "Sonic is back, whoo!" How much better does this hypothetical game do than Sonic does now? Is it worth the investment to make a decent game when shit sells so well in the first place?

I think the sonic team will manage to make a good sonic in time, and it will be the series "swan song" so to speak

I read a weird statement from a Sega rep (or something) that said Sonic was going to get better over time. All I can think of is how bad its been getting.