SEGA’s next hedgehog game after Sonic Frontiers will have a bigger budget

The next sonic after sonic frontierswhich is already in development, will have a higher budget that the action adventure in open worlds launched at the end of 2022, has assured the parent company of the developer, SEGA Sammy Holdings, in a round table with investors (translated by Tails’ Channel).

“We hope that the development costs for new titles to grow even more in the future,” the company responded to an investor who asked about the good performance in global sales of sonic frontiers and other big-budget titles; Last week we learned that the hedgehog game has exceeded 3 million units sold. “We will strive to ensure solid quality in the development of our big titles from our existing series.”

SEGA representative Sammy Holdings continues: “However, the development labor costs will rise due to the impact of the global external environment, and we expect this trend to continue in the near future. Since these challenges need to be addressed for big titles, we are proceeding with a larger budget, even from the basic planning phase. Therefore, we hope that development costs will grow accordingly for upcoming new titles”.

Sales will continue thanks to a strategy of discounts and promotions

From SEGA they also point out that, although the opinion of the critics regarding the title has not been very favorable (they make direct reference to its score in Metacritic), player feedback was very positive. “With that, we believe we have found a title that is widely accepted by a lot of people around the world.” The company expects sales of the game to continue thanks to strategies of “discounts, promotions and the development of additional content”.

sonic frontiers It is available for PC, PS5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Xbox One since November 8 of last year. This year you will receive several free updates ranging from new challenges to new playable characters and additional stories.