The original Sonic Frontiers will be released in 2021 to celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary
With the first Sonic game released in 1991, last year was the 30th anniversary of the franchise, and Sega celebrated by releasing Sound Color: Final Edition, new Funko pop-ups, chain, and more. Game informant even talked to Takashi Iizuka, head of Sonic Team and longtime series designer, director, and producer, about the celebration. Now, thanks to the new Q&A segment of the investor call, we know that the team had even more plans for the 30th anniversary at first.
First reported by Sonic Stadium, Sonic Frontiers is scheduled for release in 2021 to coincide with Blue Blur’s birthday celebration, but in the end, the team needed more time to Upcoming open area game.
“It was originally scheduled to be released this year, Sonic’s 30th anniversary, but we postponed the release for a year to further improve the quality,” Sega said during an investor meeting. , follow Sonic Stadium. “Not only for this title, but throughout the development phase, we have been regularly conducting analysis to improve the quality of the title before release, such as introducing a test of the game based on reviews are outside, and I have a feeling that it will turn out to be a good game and have high expectations for it. ”
Elsewhere in the call, Sonic Stadium reports that Sonic Team and Sega are seeing Sonic Frontiers as the big new future for the franchise, especially in terms of it being a full-blown release rather than a discounted title like the recent re-release of Sonic Colors.
“As for pricing strategy, we feel that we have reached a point where we need to rethink,” Sega said on the call. “For example, for the new Sonic game, because we are focusing on certain quality and spending[s] money on [the] development, we think it is important to maintain the price by maintaining the value of IP at [a] premium, instead of just discounting at [an] the first phase to increase the number of apartments sold. ”
The last time we saw Sonic Frontiers was during the 2021 Game Awards, that’s when we saw a trailer that revealed a better look at the more open world (or open area, as Sonic Team calls it) aspect of the title. We then learned that Sonic Frontiers would launch at some point during Holidays 2022. In the meantime to find out more, read about why. Sonic Colors: Ultimate is a great way to play gems 2010.
[Source: Sonic Stadium]
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