Sega defends Sonic's recent form

***wraggster*** · March 30th, 2007, 16:04

Mike Hayes, president and chief operating officer of Sega Europe, has brushed off concerns for Sonic's future brought on by the run of disappointing review scores for the iconic mascot in recent years.

Despite the Sonic 'Adventure' series and the more recent Sonic the Hedgehog game on 360 and PS3 being met with negative reviews, Hayes told CVG that Sega is "not at all" worried about the future of the blue blur. "Sonic is as popular now as he ever was", he ensured us.

Interestingly Hayes described Sega as a relatively young developer in respect to how long it has been developing for non-Sega platforms. "One thing to bear in mind is that Sega made software for its own hardware. We've only been making software for other companies' platforms for four years so, unlike THQ, EA or Activision, we've got to play catch-up in learning how to work with first-party platforms."

He went on to say: "We also produce Sonic in varying studios. We're aware that some titles haven't performed quite so well but then you've had titles like Sonic Heroes, Sonic Rush on DS, Sonic on PSP and Secret Rings on Wii, which all did great."

via cvg

**Aryn** · March 30th, 2007, 16:55

IMHO, while the Sonic character has always been pretty good, it did get slightly old after awhile. Even the most successful mascots lose their charm after too much exposure to the general public.

**Basil Zero** · March 30th, 2007, 16:56

hmm, i dont care what people say, i like all the sonic games that came out this year.

**Cap'n 1time** · March 30th, 2007, 17:36

Here is my opinion. Those games ARNT HORRIBLE. But people that have played sonic games over the years demand perfection.

If its slightly above mediocre, then its a complete $#@! Sonic game.

**ish420ism** · March 31st, 2007, 08:27

Sonic pinball. Remember that.
I wonder how that would be, if made with todays tech
These negative reviews are FUBAR

**linkenski** · March 31st, 2007, 08:32

SEGA must keep makin' games like sonic the hedgehog 360/ps3 and sonic heroes and adventures. i like SatSR but it isn't fun as the normal 3d games. also i like the 3d games better than the 2d. of course it is hard to make the level objects as the bouncy things and all that so precisely that you just cant miss them. and of course some objects must be more solid than others when running very fast, but they just havde to keep on with those 3d games!