Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29729074-20160822233313/@comment-679780-20160826040707

It's not that they don't want to listen to the fans, it's just they can't listen to all of us. We all have ideas to help Sonic but they can't respond to all of us fairly. Fans are either from growing up with Sonic or later fans joining Sonic during the modern era and so forth so we all have different oppinions and Sega would have to answer to a whole audience than just individuals.

"Fans": We want Sonic to be fast again. We also want games like Sonic Adventure again! Mr. S : OK, here you go. "Fans": Werehog gameplay was terrible! Mr. S : Alright, how about a game like Unleashed but without night-time stages? "Fans": The jokes make Sonic immature and silly. Mr. S : Alright, how about a tribute game with all the nostalgia and gameplay of Sonic you grew up with but has a more simplified or boosting and quick-time events? "Fans": But the whole "Boost to win" thing just makes it cheap, Sonic should be slow enough to enjoy the pace of the game. Mr. S : OK how about a slow pace game with essence of Sonic X-treme? Mr. N : Hey let me put Yoshi DLC and Zelda DLC in it! "Fans": We want Sonic to be fast again. We also want games like Sonic Adventure again!

Mr. S : ...

Sega appreciate the Sonic fans who are loyal to Sonic. Yes Sega are aware they've let down their fans in the past on more than one occasion but they have not given up on us because they know it would be unfair to those loyal fans to have Sonic stop running. Sega are cool guys when it comes to copyright (I've never heard of any cease and desists they ever made on fan projects, if anything encourages it) and while they perhaps favour Sonic more than their other franchises, they pace themselves well with what they got.