SEGA executives reiterate that it won’t delay Sonic Frontiers

SEGA Sammy senior executive vice president Koichi Fukazawa and executive vice president Makoto Takahashi have reiterated that there are no plans to delay Sonic Frontiers.

Their comments came about during a recent Q&A financial results briefing. One person pointed out that fan feedback for Sonic Frontiers has been mixed, and asked if postponing the launch would be considered.

The full response reads:

“We do not consider postponing the launch at this point. Within the communication with users, we intend to reflect the parts that can be reflected within the development timeline and to build empathy with users. Sonic IP is a mainstay title we will sell over the long term in the future, and we will continue to strengthen it in the next fiscal year onwards as well.”

SEGA would also say during the same event that it has high expectations for Sonic Frontiers stemming from the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie. The original film boosted “repeat sales of Sonic titles” as well as Sonic’s licensing business. With the movie sequel, that’s again expected, “which has become a bigger hit than the previous one, and while aiming to expand the reach of Sonic IP, we also want to aim for the upside for the new title.”

SEGA did technically delay Sonic Frontiers previously, but the project was only moved back internally, before its release window was announced. The company said it did so in order to improve quality. 

Sonic Frontiers launches on Switch this holiday. You can check out our hands-on impressions here.