74% See A Western Release of Sonic Runners

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1. I can see a Western release of Sonic Runners happening myself. Say, did you guys get my tweet that I sent to you on Twitter as Flamerstreak119?

   1. Did you get my tweet or not?

2. Who even cares, honestly? Has the starvation of quality hit so hard that there needs to be polls on cheap mobile games?

   1. 1. Quiet periods between Sonic games will do that, dude.
      2. I had writer’s block when coming up with a new poll idea.
      3. The new one’s a lot more interesting anyway.

      1. Writer’s block stiiiinks!

      2. As always, humbly taking it in stride with politeness and professionalism, SSF1991! If Adrian really thinks he knows so much, maybe he should take the initiative to start his own news site instead of playing the role of master critic extraordinaire.

   2. Has your pessimism rooted in not liking a few mediocre games made it too easy to forget what it means to be a fan and now turned into outright bitterness to anyone else as well, including the staff here? Geesh, take a chill pill dude. Did you ever figure out what it means to have manners? Saying “Who even cares?” is plain arrogant and rude, and it disgusts me to see that sort of behavior when people are here to have fun, after all. The world doesn’t revolve around you and you shouldn’t be throwing, frankly, infantile fits when someone doesn’t meet the standard of your beckoning whim. #endofrant

   3. Well, there exists great mobile games that don’t rely on micro transactions, just in one payment to buy it like a good old retail game.

      Having said that I wish this game is one of those cases and not just another Sonic Dash or Sonic Jump, the only hope is that Sonic Team is making Runners and not Hardlight.

      1. Sonic Team already confirmed at the Joypolis Arcade Thanksgiving event that THEY are behind Sonic Runners.

         1. That’s what I said…

   4. @SSF1991

      Of course things are gonna be quiet, my complaint’s centered around the fact that the last several games have left no lasting impact in any way to fill the gaps between the games.

      Hifihedgehog

      Well I suppose one needs to own and run a restaurant themselves before they could criticize the service and food. Run their own 20+ year video game franchise before they can complain about Sonic, too? Such logic sounds quite ridiculous to me. As for my “pessimism” and “rude behavior”, perhaps if you were a little less offended, you’d see the “bitterness” is directed at how lacking the last several games are, not at individual staff members.

      And no, the world does not revolve around me, but the 5 million+ that used to buy Sonic games suddenly dropping to way less than 1 million with Lost World, to just over 25,000 with Boom seem to be in agreement that something’s not right. Might as well say all those people are bitter. 😛

      1. No, you misunderstood. It is the way you speak to people, not about things. Definitely be critical of the games and so on but that tone you carry in speaking to other people, not about things, is, again, arrogant, as if not only you are judging to be better informed but to flat out condemn them as if you are in those people’s shoes.

         That is the main reason why I ignore IGN forums because many people there have no clue about how to act, like their mama and their papa let them act like total hoodlums during their childhood and then set them loose on society when they finally reached adulthood. There is a clear difference between being a critic and being a sore loser.

         Now, I am certainly realistic about the dire situation we are in and I have been sending my condolences and criticism to Sega about the games as it has been a spiraling slope since after Sonic Heroes or Sonic Unleashed, depending on who you talk to. But the community also needs some optimism to keep their spirits up.

         It is more than just the next game though that is a main reason the franchise is still so popular. It is also about the entire library of past Sonic media, the on-going fan creativity and community events. Even if Sonic ceased to exist as an actively published game series, there is so, so much to draw up and enjoy.

         But I feel your pain and I do feel it as well. It is good to rant and complain, but make sure to do it in a constructive and sensitive way so innocent bystanders like SSF1991 aren’t hit in the crossfire.

3. Couldn’t they make another game like generations
   with same modern day engine?

   1. They won’t because the first game didn’t profit on the consoles.

4. They could, but why didn’t they do that with lost world? Who knows what their gonna do. Sonic Team is so unpredictable sometimes. They found a workable and decent game play formula for 3d games and they completely ditched it for slow run button game with random wisp.

5. Yes this fan base is starving for a quality game so much we are looking at a mobile game to soothe the hunger. Sadly I doubt this runners will deliver what out appetites need, so I’m hoping for a main entry game this year on consoles and PC or at least a 3ds game. We need just something, anything to prove decent Japanese sonic games didn’t die with Generation’s celebration of the whole franchise; managing to finally get the modern game play down as a goodbye. I personally just want to see proof that a quality Japanese sonic game is something Sega still has an interest to strive for. Otherwise the future looks like a bunch of Booms, Lost Worlds, and Olympic games. Thats a very sad looking future if that’s the case.

6. My opinion is that in case of a potential failure for the two Sonic Boom games, it could mean that Sega could just discontinue the Sonic brand (despite the success of the TV series) or sell it. January 2015 has been at the moment a quiet month for big Sonic announcements. But on the other hand I wish that a new Sonic mobile game would be more like the Sonic Team developed console games. I think 2015 might be just another Boom title, a main Sonic title, plus another Mario and Sonic.

   1. Your agenda has just been exposed. You are a fool if you think Sega is going to sell off its flagship brand or discontinue it.

      They have zero plans to do such.

   2. Being that Sonic is Sega’s most profitable IP, they wouldn’t just throw it out to the highest bidder while holding on to their other, less valuable IPs. That doesn’t make any sense at all. All of us know Sega has flubbed up quite a bit during their time as a company but they aren’t that stupid.

      1. Sega is running out of options to release Sonic games to multi consoles. The past several releases have barely broke even and been pretty costly in budgets. The last Sonic game that was profitable on consoles was Unleashed.

         Dash made Sega $2 billion in revenue alone on Mobile phones. Imagine Sega developing a full fledged Sonic title on more inexpensive mediums like Mobile & Digital Steam PC networks,, and familiar platforming devices like Arcades and Home Consumer variations of those Arcade machines.

         It makes perfect sense where Sonic is headed and where all the revenue and profit awaits.

         1. Mobile and Digital Sonic games sell better than console Sonic games because most folks aren’t willing to pay full price for a 3 hour game from a franchise that has had many titles in recent years of questionable quality. News at 11.

         2. Could you give a link please for the $2 billion revenue figure you just quoted?

         3. I found this! But Sega only makes $3.7 billion in revenue a year in total. Are you sure about $2 billion revenue for Sonic Dash? Is it really that wildly popular? (By the way, Business Insider used TSSZNews as the source!)
            http://www.businessinsider.com/15-most-successful-app-companies-2014-6#14-sega-2

7. Still hoping that Runners turns out to be an episodic 2D-platformer of some sort, despite it being extremely unlikely…

8. I still wanna know where the fuck this game is

   Also Advance 4 but not please

   1. It’d be funny if this game was just never mentioned again. Like that damn fourth chaos emerald!

9. I’m a little upset because Sonic Team said that they were going to reveal more news later in January. They’ve only got a couple days left until they completely lied… I was really hoping for some news :/

   1. Sonic Team never said that they would reveal more news in January. You clearly don’t know Japanese well at all.

      1. I thought that too since there is a raw transaltion of a statement made in Joypolis that said more info about the game would be coming up in January:

         http://www.tssznews.com/2014/12/28/sonic-runners-teased-at-joypolis-event-in-japan/

         But since you say that translation might be wrong could you shed some light on us and tell us what that statement actually says?

         1. Nothing in the actual Famitsu article itself stated that the game would be revealed in January.

            “Latest work, “to the end of the event Sonic Takashi Iizuka is a producer of “series (Sega) those that have been announced from. The first in the world in the preceding delivery schedule in Japan, more information, such as the contents of it to be sequentially published since January 2015. Stay tuned for further news! 　The details report of this event, I will deliver later.”

            When properly Translated into english, its saying that the game will be released in Japan sometime in 2015 with more information to be gradually disclosed from January onward. Not “more info will come in January”.

         2. Latest work, “to the end of the event Sonic Takashi Iizuka is a producer of “series (Sega) those that have been announced from. The first in the world in the preceding delivery schedule in Japan, more information, such as the contents of it to be sequentially published since January 2015. Stay tuned for further news! 　The details report of this event, I will deliver later.

10. The fact that SOS is even resorting to trolling, shows that people like him should just throw in the towel and give up on the series. Sega doesn’t need the likes of you. They already have a clear vision on where they want to take the franchise.

    Sonic Runners hasn’t be announced yet for a simple reason: Sega Networks,Corporation,Inc hasn’t yet been officially established as a division. The game is registered & Trademarked under that domain not under “Sega Corporation,Inc” or “Sega Networks,Ltd”.

    1. And no one here needs you or anyone like you.

    2. Once again, please give us a source for these claims.

    3. “The fact that SOS is even resorting trolling, shows that people like him should just throw in the towel and…”
       Uhhh.. what? I wasn’t trolling. What or who are you talking about?

       1. Ignore him, he’s just an idiot.

11. The new poll is one of the most clever yet.

    I voted yes! What Sega needs the most is to give Sonic Team more time to develop their games, especially if they feature a new play style and especially now after the reception of Sonic Lost World and Sonic Boom, I as a fan want a Sonic game of quality much more than just a bunch regular/mediocre games a year, I don’t mind the wait.

    1. 2 plus years is a pretty good amount of time to come up with a decent game. Colors did it, Generations did it. Lost world wasn’t bad because it needed more time in the oven, it was just bad 🙁 Bad idea, bad execution. If Boom had another 6 months of development, it would still be divisive in the fan base. The last thing we need is something else to divide the fan base even more than it already is. We need consistency consistency consistency. Sonic 1, 2, CD, 3 &K Are all similar style games. They aren’t trying to experiment with a random gameplay gimmick. They aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel each game. They knew who and what sonic was with just 3 years worth of games. Now Sonic Team can’t seem to figure out what makes the brand work with 23 years under it’s belt? They need to get it together, find an image (a good, none adult alienating one), a gameplay style, and an end goal and stick to it. Their on their last leg in this industry.

       1. They made $3.7 billion during the 2012 Fiscal year. “Only $3.7 billion”, you honestly think that’s minuscule? Nintendo made far less in 2013 and you think that around $4 billion is bad?

          http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/nintendo-loses-457m-for-its-fiscal-year-as-wii-u-nose-dive-continues/

          SegaSammy’s revenue average since 2009 has been $4 and 5 Billion and has fluctuated from time to time.
          http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/6460:JP

          I know your grasping for straws, but you need to come up with a better source that can round the yen dollar more accurately. Sega has overall been fully profitable since 2009 and has not posted a single annual loss since 2008.

          Sega also has around $7 billion dollars worth of Cash Flow. Flow.http://quotes.morningstar.com/stock/sgamy/s?t=SGAMY

          Tell me something, you seem to think you know business, what do you think Sega should do with that $7 billion?

          “Last leg?” The whole companies’ main divisions posted a solid profit last quarter and you think they on their last leg?

          Hyperbole can sure be fascinating. Especially when one speaks of sour grapes.

12. Maybe Sega and Sonic Team would announce Sonic Runners would be console game instead mobile game.
    That would be awesome for Xbox One, PS4, 3DS and Wii U for Sonic Runners.

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