Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29714229-20140723233816/@comment-24145744-20140724084443

As much as I'm excited for Sonic Boom, I don't want it to replace Modern Sonic. My theory is that when the people at SEGA decided to make Sonic Boom, they wanted to make it replace the modern franchise at first. But then someone said "Guys, wait! This is like the change we did to Classic Sonic and many fans complained about him having become worse in the modern era, why not start with a spin-off?". So SEGA decided to make it a spin-off and let there be Modern Sonic games and Boom Sonic games, because then there are three types of the fans: Those who prefer Boom over Modern Sonic (they can buy the Sonic Boom games), those who hate Boom and want to stay with Modern Sonic (they can continue with buying the Modern games) and those who don't care and like both equaly (they can buy both games). SEGA did make a good decision, if Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric/ Shattered Crystal, the TV show and the comics are popular enough, they can continue Sonic Boom as a spin-off and continue the modern franchise like they allways did. If not, they can still cancel it, it won't affect the original franchise.