During Sega’s latest financial results briefing with investors, the company admitted that Sonic Superstars underperformed at launch, noting the “significant” impact of games launched around the same time by its competitors. While Sega doesn’t name any exact examples when asked by investors, anyone who pays attention to release schedules knows exactly which games are to blame. Sonic Superstars launched on Oct. 17, just a few days before Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Spider-Man 2 both arrived on Oct. 20 and proceeded to dominate the sales charts.
Sonic may be a popular character, but his newest game frankly never stood a chance against Mario or Spider-Man, let alone both of them at the same time. Maybe Sega had its reasons for not pushing it back a month or two but whatever the case, none of the higher-ups should be shocked to see it underperform.
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