Sonic Superstars was launched final October, but it surely’s potential that rival titles launched on the identical time might have been chargeable for the sport not promoting in addition to hoped. On condition that Nintendo launched Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise just a few days after the brand new Sonic title, this might have affected gross sales.
Timing “coincided with competing titles”
In response to a latest English-translated Q&A from Sega (through VGC), Sonic Superstars has been “been nicely obtained by those that have performed it.” Nonetheless, the discharge of “competing titles” across the identical 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 cause behind the shortage of anticipated Sonic Superstars gross sales, the usage of the phrase “titles in the identical style” might 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 may of the Mario model might nicely have been an element within the blue blur falling wanting expectations. Nonetheless, 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 identical time which might be of any word 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 evaluate scores are down as “Combined” on Steam. Some free DLC, which featured a Shadow the Hedgehog costume, was launched for the sport a few weeks in the past.
