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Prince ByTor
Mar 20 2015 11:22 PM
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TheRedStranger
This was because of Tom Kalinski razor-and-blades model of business and Mary "Sonic's mother" Shrodenger's revision of Sonic as a character. They were of SoA. SoJ had radically different Sonic with fangs, an already dated corny rock band, and a human female girlfriend named Madonna...SoA won 65% of the console market but SoJ ran them into the ground by pushing hardware over software which caused developers to look elsewhere and drained the companies coffers. Bottom line is tha...
Mar 25 2015 12:13 PM -
TheRedStranger
Also, CD did not sell well at launch because of it's bad marketing on the grossly expensive Sega CD. This later continued with Knuckles Chaotix on the 32x and the subpar Sonic games on the Saturn like Fighters and Sonic R (many of the American ideas were rejected during this time). Sonic Sonic 1, 2, 3, S&K actually had a majority of its development and/or marketing done in the west-coast with SoA. CD and Two are actually the consequence of a split in Sonic team and the SoA title came...
Mar 25 2015 12:27 PM -
TheRedStranger
If SoJ had their way Sonic would have been dated and unrelatable to their core market. And the games and console would have been way too pricey and seperate. Kalinski of SoA got a lot of flack for wanting to bundle Sega's new killer app with their console and dropping the price but his choice made Sonic as it is today marketing wise. And Shordinger's revisions made Sonic palatabable to the market of the time.
Mar 25 2015 12:45 PM




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