02-01-2015, 01:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-01-2015, 01:31 AM by Jermungandr.)
Wrong. Sega barely has any money to throw around now, so they have to rely on Sonic to make money for them to stay afloat. It's not that they don't want to utilize their other franchises, it's that they literally can't afford to. They can't afford to do anything that isn't a money-gaining guarantee like Sonic because they can't take the risk.
Also keep in mind with the Sonic Boom situation, Big Red Button told Sega they could have a game finished by Christmas and failed to deliver, so that's not entirely their fault either. You could argue that Sega could have given them more time instead of pushing it out the door unfinished, but they literally couldn't afford to wait any longer. Game development constantly drains your wallets, and if they were going to make any sort of profit off of the game whatsoever they HAD to get it out the door in time for Christmas sales. Yes, a longer development period would have resulted in a more polished game, but it would have been at a huge risk of making much less desperately-needed profit.
Granted I'm not saying that they're corporate decisions aren't royally screwed up, they definitely need some help getting all their shit straightened out. But I disagree that it's because they are being especially greedy - or at least, no more than any other major game company - it's more like they're being cowardly and, well, stupid, to be frank.
Also keep in mind with the Sonic Boom situation, Big Red Button told Sega they could have a game finished by Christmas and failed to deliver, so that's not entirely their fault either. You could argue that Sega could have given them more time instead of pushing it out the door unfinished, but they literally couldn't afford to wait any longer. Game development constantly drains your wallets, and if they were going to make any sort of profit off of the game whatsoever they HAD to get it out the door in time for Christmas sales. Yes, a longer development period would have resulted in a more polished game, but it would have been at a huge risk of making much less desperately-needed profit.
Granted I'm not saying that they're corporate decisions aren't royally screwed up, they definitely need some help getting all their shit straightened out. But I disagree that it's because they are being especially greedy - or at least, no more than any other major game company - it's more like they're being cowardly and, well, stupid, to be frank.