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.

  • simple@piefed.socialEnglish
    31·
    4 days ago

    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

  • PonyOfWar@pawb.socialEnglish
    19·
    4 days ago

    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.

    • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      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.

        • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
          111·
          4 days ago

          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

        • Ricky Rigatoni@retrolemmy.comEnglish
          61·
          4 days ago

          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.worldEnglish
            4·
            4 days ago

            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.

  • bastionntb@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    4 days ago

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

  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    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.