Gaijin working at Sega of Japan here. I'm more on the marketing side of things, but I heard some pretty interesting things about Sonic Origins:
> Sonic Origins is selling much more than they expected, especially on PC and Switch.
>There are updates underway for Sonic Origins (look at SteamDB); those are handled by Sonic Team and Headcannon. One fixing the DLC music's wrong labels was already announced.
> Higher-ups want a physical version, and possibly, an upgrade a la Sonic Mania Plus, to capitalize of the game's success.
>Higher-ups desperately want to patch things up with Headcannon (particularly its leader, Simon Thomley). They have signed on for updates (including more content) but do not feel like working with Sega again because of Origins' development situation.
> There are no plans to release Sonic 3 & Knuckles' original music as DLC for reasons I don't need to mention.
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>Gaijin working at Sega of Japan here
Tell me the most droll thing about your job and I'll use that to judge whether I believe you
I refunded it yesterday, I understand having to mod in the old music but there's no excuse for the other shit.
>Higher-ups want a physical version
I will now probably buy your game.
...and my uncle works at Nintendo. for frick sake, just say "I hope the game gets patches & a physical-release" without larp-ing.
>$40 (+ DLC) for old games sold better than expected
Hopes deleted.
Skyward Sword in switch sold more than 3 million at 60 bucks
The sad thing is, Nintendo probably thought 3 mil at $60 was better than, say, 4-5 mil at $50.
FWIW I was able to get a copy for $50 shipped off ebay the week of launch.
alright, i'll bite.
>upgrade a la mania plus
elaborate plz. do you mean a simple encore mode type thing, or the addition of other playable characters, etc.?
Nobody wants a rompack of shittier versions of genesis games.
At this point is the reason they can't be assed to have the original music for Sonic 3&K because they're cheap asses unwilling to spend the money with the MJ estate to just finally get it over with, or is it that said estate or Sony are such greedy giga autists or are so unwilling to let anyone use it again ala the Tarzan owners that they shoot down any attempt to ever make it happen?
MJ's estate are such c**ts that the music rights would cost as much as Origins would to make if it was actually finished.
I got the impression that buxor was the road block
I'm not sure that SEGA is the problem here.
The first port S3&K seen was released in 1997, and it had MJ music cut too. Knuckles and mid-boss themes (composed by MJ as well) were changed in Sonic and Knuckles, while Eggman theme was left the same. They would've definitely renewed licenses for those tracks if they were able to - they still pay royalties for Nakamura's soundtrack up to this day.
The only thing I find unusual is they had the Sonic 3 main theme play in the Origins intro movie, but didn't put it in the main game, even though they quite elegantly could have had it play after Big Arm.
MJ's estate doesn't own those rights. Brad Buxer does.
>Higher-ups desperately want to patch things up with Headcannon (particularly its leader, Simon Thomley)
QRD on this? What happened anyway? Where's Mania 2?
Apparently Thomley and company weren’t happy with the state of the game and asked to do additional work to polish it up but were denied by Sega and Sega introduced new bugs after Headcanon’s work was done, which Thomley feels reflects badly on Headcanon.
thanks
>Higher-ups desperately want to patch things up with Headcannon
lol
lmao, even
>which Thomley feels reflects badly on Headcanon.
I still think him coming out like that was a less than pragmatic move and it has the potential to backfire badly on him for potential future projects.
>they didn't want to work for Sega again anyway
Pure copium. It's his dream job. You think Evening Star doesn't have their share of grievances with Sega about the time they spent working on Mania? Yeah right. The difference is that they're smart enough to set their ego aside for the bigger picture. Stealth just doesn't seem to be able to do that, so unless the voice of reason prevails at Sega, he'll likely not be working with them again in the future.
I got a buddy who's friends with Sega of America folks and he tells me constantly how every single time Stealth opened his mouth, it has only ever lead to burning more bridges.
Even since Mania people apparently hated working with him. He also tells me he's a totally chill guy outside of his job but I find it extremely hard to believe anyone at Sega is fighting to keep him.
>I find it extremely hard to believe anyone at Sega is fighting to keep him.
Black person, just read any story on Yuji Naka. They fought to keep that guy on for decades even though he was a gigantic butthole.
In Stealth's defense, he got BTFO by that kickstarter not getting funded. Dude doesn't have other options.
100% full of shit
at least post a credential qith a blurred name or something you LARPing homosexual
Butchered Origins and censored Fighting Collection were proof that romset collections are soulless cashgrabs.
Why would someone give a shit about this collection when the superior versions are available for free?
>when the superior versions are available for free?
Those would be?
Sonic 1 forever, Sonic 2 absolute, Sonic CD decompiled, Sonic 3 A.I.R all of them with mod support
Oh right those
Don't you need the stream version of Sonic 3 for A.I.R?
Do they run 16:9 out of the box or do I need mods for that
>Do they run 16:9 out of the box
Yes, that's their main purpose
Any ROM from the Internet is fine.
Thanks, time to play sum Sanic
>> Sonic Origins is selling much more than they expected, especially on PC and Switch.
No it isn't
https://mega.nz/folder/VC8m3KKK#1uPokCSWN83wy4Uz2TeaPA
Here, enjoy
>superior
>literally just the taxman versions with filler options
you israelite fricks will say anything to avoid spending a penny.
just the taxman versions with filler options
Yes, and that is superior to Origins, and it's not even close
>sega pushes out an unfinished buggy mess that's inferior to fan projects
>"stop acting like israelites and just buy it"
who's the real israelite?
>Sonic Origins is selling much more than they expected, especially on PC
All me
>port of not great and also ancient games i'd played a zillion times as a teen
I sleep. Give me some Sega info I'd actually give a damn about like Valkria's status, whether that second Nu Sakura Wars game is actually happening, if the Mega Drive mini 2 will release outside japan, etc.
>people on switch AND pc are dumber than PS4 and Xbox gays
Why would people on PC even need to buy any of this?
>Sonic Origins is selling much more than they expected
With barely 1k reviews?
>everybody who bought the game left a review
i am silly !!
No you absolute moron but you can get a somewhat reasonable number of sales from that.
>5 years of reviews
>2 weeks
what did they mean by this? And why isnt it mania?
Read the recent reviews moron
Post a game that didn't just get an expansion moron.
This one came out almost one week later than Origins and it already has more reviews.
What's your next cope?
>> Sonic Origins is selling much more than they expected, especially on PC and Switch.
Why the hell would anyone on PC actually buy this when there are far better options?
>Sonic Origins is selling much more than they expected, especially on PC and Switch.
This shouldn't be a surprise. For one this is supposed to be a collection of some of the GOAT games. Another thing though is that they delisted games so that your only option now is buying Origins. Add to that the new cutscenes its no surprise to me a lot were interested in getting these games with many getting them yet again. Still sucks to see them not being the most optimal collection they should have been. There is still hope though if they patch this shit up before releasing it physically.
>Higher-ups desperately want to patch things up with Headcannon (particularly its leader, Simon Thomley). They have signed on for updates (including more content) but do not feel like working with Sega again because of Origins' development situation.
Lol. I doubt SEGA Japan even knows who he is.
Also, why do people spend an hour typing this bullshit out?
>I doubt SEGA Japan even knows who he is.
This.
>an hour typing this shit out
Anon, it takes like 2 minutes to come up with garbage like this
I am Mr. Sega, owner of Sega. Everything OP said is a lie.
>no remastered game gear titles
>no Saturn sonic games
>no adventure 1 and 2
Why does this cost as much as a AAA game?
>Why does this cost as much as a AAA game?
It doesn't.
What's the situation with Whitehead? Also, will Sonic 5 run on the Hedgehog Engine or Retro Engine or the ugly chimera used in Origins?
Frontiers is Sonic 5, anon.
All I want are Mighty, Ray, Knuckles in CD, and the ability to change the sprites of each character.
That, and fixing the bugs that are present currently.
All lies, don't care, Sonic is dead, no mania 2 no buy, I sleep.