Sonic Superstars was launched final October, nevertheless it’s attainable that rival titles launched on the similar time may have been chargeable for the sport not promoting in addition to hoped. On condition that Nintendo launched Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise a number of days after the brand new Sonic title, this might have affected gross sales.
Timing “coincided with competing titles”
In keeping with a latest English-translated Q&A from Sega (through VGC), Sonic Superstars has been “been effectively obtained by those that have performed it.” Nevertheless, the discharge of “competing titles” across the similar time has meant the sport has “been wanting the preliminary forecast.”
Whereas Sega doesn’t particularly point out Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise as being the only real cause behind the shortage of anticipated Sonic Superstars gross sales, the usage of the phrase “titles in the identical style” could lead folks to attract their very own conclusions on that entrance.
The brand new Mario Bros. sport was launched on October 20, 2023, simply three days after Superstars got here out. The sheer would possibly of the Mario model may effectively have been an element within the blue blur falling wanting expectations. Nevertheless, there doesn’t seem like any proof of this.
The VGC report goes on to say that the one different video games launched across the similar time which are of any observe embody: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shakedown and DreamWorks Trolls Remix Rescue. It doesn’t appear seemingly that these would have affected the brand new Sonic sport a lot.
Whereas Sega insists followers loved Sonic Superstars, present overview scores are down as “Blended” on Steam. Some free DLC, which featured a Shadow the Hedgehog costume, was launched for the sport a few weeks in the past.
