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William D’Angelo
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Sega president Shuji Utsumi in an interview with Eurogamer was asked how they were working to increase the quality of Sonic games and he admitted Sonic Superstars was a “disappointment.”
“We were trying to do something creative with Sonic Frontiers,” saod Utsumi. “With Sonic Superstars it turned out to be a disappointment, in terms of the outcome compared to what we delivered.
“This time we have Sonic X Shadow Generations and the next Sonic movie, so we’re pushing things in the transmedia direction – movies and games working in harmony to make things bigger. But the core [of the experience] is the game. The game needs to be very good or else there is no transmedia effect.
“The Sonic X Shadow Generations game is actually very good, I would say awesome, action-wise. But starting next year, it’s going to be the next level, as you will just see at TGA.”
Sonic Superstars released for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in October 2023.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D’Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.