It’s this. Japanese businesses almost always only truly care about the Japanese market. If something does well in foreign countries but does poorly in Japan, it can be expected that product will never be made again, or changes will be made to attempt to make it sell more in Japan, even if that means alienating the rest of the foreign market that already liked the way it was.
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PonyOfWar@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
One factor that probably plays a role is that Sonic is much more popular in Western countries than in Japan, where Sega is from. So the Japanese management might not see Sonic as such an important franchise.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
Makes sense that sonic isn’t as popular in japan since neither is christianity.
warmaster@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What does Sonic have to do with Christianity?
glimse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I see someone’s never read Luke 3:12
Sonic is obviously an allegory for the tax collector who gets baptized. Dummy.
And no I did not just pick a random bible verse and justify it. My uncle is friends with Hideo Kojima, the CEO of Sega
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
Go on your favorite search engine and look up christian sonic fanart. Have some bleach on hand in case your eyes need it.
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I like the classic sonic games but I never interact with the fandom for a reason. I think I’m going to skip this but thank you all the same.