SEGA has de-listed poor or average Sonic The Hedgehog games so that they can no longer be bought new at retail. This has been done to ‘increase the value of the brand’ as the company push a very Sonic heavy Christmas period.
Sonic Colours for the Wii and DS, Sonic Free Riders for Kinect and Sonic 4 via XBLA, PSN and WiiWare will all be making an appearance. Sega’s SVP of EMEA – Jurgen Post – had the following to say:
“Any Sonic game with an average Metacritic has been de-listed.
We have to do this and increase the value of the brand. This will be very important when more big Sonic releases arrive in the future.”
Sonic 4: Episode 1 was released today on the iPhone/iPod Touch. Check out our sister site – Apptilt – for the full review.
Source: MCV
DrNate86
Some nice brushing under the carpet there!
3shirts
Exactly this. It’s like Microsoft denying the existence of BOB
Tuffcub
Are they going to delete every bad review on the internet as well?
jimmy-google
They need one of those mind wipers from Men In Black. They can de-list the games be we all still have the scars.
recommended4u.co.uk
LOL this is excellent. Might be worth picking up copies of these terrible games as they could sell for quite a bit in a few years… or maybe not.
TSBonyman
This is what happens when you milk a franchise too much.
3shirts
No, its-a not :)
TSBonyman
Eh? Wario on about? ;)
3shirts
Wow, I thought mine was bad
bajere
talking of milking franchises, i went to toys are us to get my daughter a few bits, came across Halo toys! Now, thats milking it! selling stuff to kids that are not old enough to even play the Halo games!!!lol.
anyways, nice to see them strike off the tat, shame Sonic has been whored out so much
TSBonyman
This is what happens when you dilute a franchise too much.
TSBonyman
oops- sorry about repost
3shirts
No it’s-a … oh hang on
Danza Di Fuoco E Ghiaccio
They’re were always great has a Sega exclusive. Why was Sonic Adventure 2 awesome and yet they ruined it after Sonic went multiplat.
Pete_UK
So what, now there hasn’t been a Sonic game released since ’94? Sonic 3 + Sonic & Knuckles = win :D
Danza Di Fuoco E Ghiaccio
2000!!!!! both Sonic Adventures have great reviews so everything after 2001 is gone
Shakugan
Sonic Heroes and Sonic The Hedgehog (2007) were great :D
recommended4u.co.uk
*sets up lie detector* Somehow I dont think you are being serious ;)
Danza Di Fuoco E Ghiaccio
I kinda liked Sonic the hedgehog besides it was my first Playstation 3 game :D
3shirts
Cripes, must have been a close call on giving up and going for an Xbox then
Charmed_Fanatic
I liked Sonic Heroes!
3shirts
I like covering my tadger with lettuce and hiding it in people’s salads, everyone is different.
Apnomis
Why don’t they de-list Sonic Free Riders for Kinect as well and save themselves the trouble further down the line… :P
Disclaimer: If there are any Kinect fanboys reading this (on TSA this is going to be unlikely, but still..) I would just like to point out this was a joke and I never judge a game before I’ve seen it – although the chances of it ending up as an average Metacritic game are pretty high if I were forced to make a prediction!
cc_star
I think it needs reviewing drunk, as that is the only state it will be played in…