Sonic Rivals announced for PSP

[Drewbacca]

You sure about that? Sonic games still sell pretty damn well, he had a TV series recently, and they still make those crappy furry-lite Sonic comics. Hell, they had Sonic Happy Meal toys a few years ago, Mario hasn't gotten those since the early 90's.

Sega was trying to make 2005 the year of Sonic through a bunch of merchandise advertising like the happy meal shit. They failed to launch Sonic with an actual game worth playing so in the end it didn't work. The cartoon, toys and comics were all supposed to help boost Sonic's popularity, but only served to oversaturate his demand with shitty materials.

Mario has more staying power because his games are atleast popular with certain crowds (mario party for families for example). Sonic hasn't turned out a decent game worth playing since his transition to 3D -- never a must-play.

Doubt it.

There is no doubt in my mind.

In Sonic Team announced Sonic Adventure 3, no one would really care. If Miyamoto announced Mario 128, people world over would have a simultaneous orgasm.

This is true, however, Sega hasn't held up over time quite like Nintendo has. Nintendo's still churning out systems and making money. Sega was forced out of the console business because of increased competition from better companies (like Sony). Sega couldn't even cut it by themselves as a publisher and had to merge with Sammy. I'm sure the company being lower profile producing the game hurts the exposure it gets.

[ChaoofNee]

The fact that Sonic Team is not developing this increases the chances that this game will be good.

So sad, but so true. They should stick to ChuChu Rocket and Samba de Amigo.

Also, Nack the Weasel FTW. Where the hell has he been?

[Dolemite]

Sega couldn't even cut it by themselves as a publisher and had to merge with Sammy. I'm sure the company being lower profile producing the game hurts the exposure it gets.

I love how, when Sega first got out of the console business, they predicted they'd be the #1 third party publisher in the world in, like, 6 months or something. lol.

[Drewbacca]

EA made fun of them too. EA's the schoolyard bully of video games.

[Diff-chan]

I love how, when Sega first got out of the console business, they predicted they'd be the #1 third party publisher in the world in, like, 6 months or something. lol.

If they made games as cool as they did on Dreamcast they probably would be.

[Dolemite]

But alas, they aren't.

[Kiken]

If they made games as cool as they did on Dreamcast they probably would be.

That's what happens when you restructure 27 times over the course of three years, lay-off loads of employees while others just get fed up and leave.