Why doesn't Sega care about Sonic?
from kayky@thelemmy.club to games@lemmy.world on 17 Jul 09:56
https://thelemmy.club/post/31025221

Not like Nintendo cares about Mario or Disney cares about Mickey. There seems to be no integrity behind what they’re willing to put the character into.

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bastionntb@lemmy.ml on 17 Jul 10:05 next collapse

Money. It’s always about money. If they think it will sell, they will do it. Plain and simple.

B0NK3RS@lemmy.world on 17 Jul 10:21 next collapse

Sega had it very rough in the late 90s and 00s which didn’t help but recent time have been much improved for the blue hedgehog. I agree with what you’re saying though that the respect wasn’t there, for Sonic and even their company history.

PonyOfWar@pawb.social on 17 Jul 10:30 next collapse

Sonic is much less popular in Japan, where Sega is from, than in the west. So the Japanese management might not see Sonic as such an important franchise.

RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com on 17 Jul 12:08 next collapse

Makes sense that sonic isn’t as popular in japan since neither is christianity.

warmaster@lemmy.world on 17 Jul 12:16 collapse

What does Sonic have to do with Christianity?

RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com on 17 Jul 13:00 next collapse

Go on your favorite search engine and look up christian sonic fanart. Have some bleach on hand in case your eyes need it.

SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world on 17 Jul 20:54 collapse

I like the classic sonic games but I never interact with the fandom for a reason. I think I’m going to skip this but thank you all the same.

glimse@lemmy.world on 17 Jul 13:06 collapse

I see someone’s never read Luke 3:12

Sonic is obviously an allegory for the tax collector who gets baptized. Dummy.

And no I did not just pick a random bible verse and justify it. My uncle is friends with Hideo Kojima, the CEO of Sega

RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world on 18 Jul 00:36 collapse

It’s this. Japanese businesses almost always only truly care about the Japanese market. If something does well in foreign countries but does poorly in Japan, it can be expected that product will never be made again, or changes will be made to attempt to make it sell more in Japan, even if that means alienating the rest of the foreign market that already liked the way it was.

simple@piefed.social on 17 Jul 11:11 next collapse

I believe while Sonic games do sell well, they aren't huge enough for Sega to focus on them. Their other franchises like Persona, SMT, Yakuza/Like A Dragon etc perform way better.

Since they abandoned their consoles Sonic has been a mascot they use for franchising. Movies, tv shows, comics, tie-ins... They probably make way more money from those than video games

theit8514@lemmy.world on 17 Jul 11:11 collapse

This reminded me of this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwTXCwqurNQ

Sega doesn’t care because it’s now owned by Sammy and Sammy wants the good PR from Sega.