Company Releases Statement After World Adventure Delay
Sega has put fan concerns to rest: the Japanese version of Sonic Unleashed isn’t being delayed due to any changes within the game.
MCV reports that Sega has put out a statement on the matter. It comes on the heels of the Sonic World Adventure site citing concerns over quality as a reason both the Playstation 3 and XBOX360 editions of the game won’t be out in Japan until Spring of next year.
The statement reads:
To Sonic fans living outside Japan: Previously we informed you that the release date of Sonic World Adventure (Sonic Unleashed) in Japan on PS3 and 360 will be delayed.
Based on that announcement, some fans living overseas have become concerned that there will be a difference in quality between the version of the game released in Japan and the version released outside of Japan. This is not the case and we apologise for this misunderstanding.
The difference in the international release dates is based on the sales strategy and the manufacturing schedule. There will be no quality difference between the North American/European/Asia release and the Japanese version. Please be assured we are doing our best to deliver a top quality experience to people all over the globe.
We still cannot announce the release date in Japan, but we should be able to do so shortly. Our apologies to Sonic fans in Japan, who we must ask to wait a while longer.
With that, it looks like we’re a go for a sort of drawn out launch of Sonic Unleashed domestically, beginning next week in North America. We’ll bring you all the last-minute details.
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They’re STILL GONNA DELAY IT JUST WATCH LOL
To Aqua Team:
Duh. They said that all ready. It’s delayed for sales reasons! Sonic games sell the best when released near Christmas and around the beginning of the next year in the US.
Oh I meant in US
Color me skeptical when Sega of Japan (the ones making the game) say one thing, and Sega of America (the ones who just publish the game over seas) says another. Sega of Japan said the delay was for quality reasons and this just feels like damage control, to me.
SEGA’s just trying to distract us from the fact that they SKREWED UP AGAIN?
I don’t know. ;p;
OMG I MESSED UP THE LOL THING oops lol
Sweet, so no different features in each version! Awesome! Aw man, I can’t wait for the game!
Wasn’t this statement ALSO released by Sega of Japan? I predicted this.
Play the EU version of Sonic Heroes, which was released in February 2004, and it says “Copyright 2003, SEGA”. This means that the months between the JP release in December and the EU release in February, absolutely no tweaks were made, and nothing was changed (otherwise it would have said “Copyright 2003,2004, SEGA”). It’s the same game wherever you play it.
The same goes for Sonic 06. So everyone, chill out lol.