Sonic Superstars was launched final October, however it’s doable that rival titles launched on the similar time might have been chargeable for the sport not promoting in addition to hoped. On condition that Nintendo launched Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel a couple of 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 effectively acquired by those that have performed it.” Nonetheless, the discharge of “competing titles” across the similar time has meant the sport has “been in need of the preliminary forecast.”
Whereas Sega doesn’t particularly point out Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel as being the only purpose behind the dearth of anticipated Sonic Superstars gross sales, using 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 may of the Mario model might effectively have been an element within the blue blur falling in need of expectations. Nonetheless, there doesn’t look like any proof of this.
The VGC report goes on to say that the one different video games launched across the similar time which can be of any notice embody: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shakedown and DreamWorks Trolls Remix Rescue. It doesn’t appear possible 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 “Combined” on Steam. Some free DLC, which featured a Shadow the Hedgehog costume, was launched for the sport a few weeks in the past.