Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

[CrazyT]

Sonic 4, priced and dated.

According to IGN

* Apple’s iDevices will be the first to get the game on Oct. 7, though no price was confirmed at this time.

* Next up, the Wii will receive the game on Oct. 11 for 1500 Nintendo fake money, translating to $15/£10 / €13/ AU$20.

* PSN receives the game on Oct. 12 for $14.99 / £9.99 / €12.99 / AU$19.95

* Xbox Live Arcade will see minecart goodness for 1200 monopoly dollar points on Oct. 13

[fluffymoochicken]

Yeah, I'm afraid that $15 cannot be justified to me for this four zone "episode" of a game. I'll give it a pass for now.

[Barry the Nomad]

I'll pass too.




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FUCKIN' NOT! Buying the iPhone on the 7th, beating it by the 13th to DL the 360 version. w00t!

In other good news, TSSZ has been hacked! LOL they deserve it.
http://www.tssznews.com/

[Sharky]

£10 sounds very reasonable to me. Will buy.

[Orta]

1200 points is too much. 800 wouldn't be enough. 1000 feels about right given the episodic nature of the game but I suppose pricing isn't exactly set by Sega (in terms of defining an actual value, like 582 points for example). If I ever get this I'll wait for the eventual retail release. In the meanwhile I'll find some other means to play and laugh at it.

Also, lol TSSZ. It hasn't been fixed yet.

[Barry the Nomad]

The following comment is based on what I read at TSS and Retro: I think people need to resign themselves to the fact that any SEGA title hitting PSN/XBLA that is new will be $15 and any title that is a Dreamcast or 3D Arcade rerelease will be $10. Anything else, mostly Genesis titles and DLC, will be $3-$7. That seems to be the norm. I'm not going to bitch at SEGA for doing what they have been doing for a good couple of years already. In six months time, Sonic 4 could be bumped down to $10 for a sale, but in the meantime I'm completely fine with the price. However if the iPhone version is more then $10, I'll complain. As for the Wii version, while I don't have a Wii, I think it is overpriced in the sense that it isn't in HD yet is the same price as the HD consoles.

If there is a digital release SEGA title that I do have a price beef with, it would be Virtual-On OT which is still selling for the release price of $15. That sucker should be bumped down to $10 to join OutRun Online and After Burner Climax.

[SOUP]

I think 14.99 is a bit steep for episodic, but I'm happy to see that it's coming out in 2 weeks.  I thought that it wouldn't be out until sometime in November/December.

[ezodagrom]

1500 Wii points, that means 15€, that means $20 for us Europeans...
No, just no. I'll pass this one.

[Barry the Nomad]

1500 Wii points, that means 15€, that means $20 for us Europeans...
No, just no. I'll pass this one.

Wii's point system sucks, but does this help? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nintendo-Points ... 046&sr=8-1

[CrazyT]

As i've said in the comments of the headline.

I was going to buy the game, showing my support for a better episode 2, if it were 10 dollars.(Kinda sure it waas going to be)

15 however feels like an insult to me as a fan. I’m not retard to fall for this one. Not buying

[Orta]

Wii stuff has always been quite expensive, look at how much *roms* cost. It's not surprising it costs so much.

[fluffymoochicken]

1200 points is too much. 800 wouldn't be enough.

No, 400 MS points would have been the right price. 800 points would have been acceptable, though not desirable.

1200 points is a total rip-off.

[Barry the Nomad]

I’m not retard to fall for this one.

Made me laugh

No, 400 MS points would have been the right price.

$5? Really? lol, do you want SEGA to make a profit? C'mon now, $5 is just plain silly. This isn't some rerelease of a Genesis game, it's a newly developed game. SEGA would be retard to release Sonic 4 for $5 an episode.

[CrazyT]

Yeah sorry, but a lot of us have been supporting the franchise from day one and have even bought the crappier games (sonic 06, sonic riders).

The way sonicteam treats fans as if they know theyre gonna buy everything is an insult, sorry.

Look at the man behind megaman, you don't see him sell a game with just 4 bosses to pick out of, for 15 bucks.

Do whatever you want, but i've got principles. I never even bought xbla points before and if someone would give me points for free, no way i'd pick sonic 4 episode 1 of 15 dollars over 2 greater games I could get for 10 each.

[fluffymoochicken]

I’m not retard to fall for this one.

Made me laugh

No, 400 MS points would have been the right price.

$5? Really? lol, do you want SEGA to make a profit? C'mon now, $5 is just plain silly. This isn't some rerelease of a Genesis game, it's a newly developed game. SEGA would be retard to release Sonic 4 for $5 an episode.

First of all, the fact that you've resorted to mocking CrazyTails' English skills sickens me. =/

Secondly, this isn't some big budget game we're talking about here. It's not even a complete game; instead, it's one tiny "episode" with a mere four zones. Sorry, but the low budget graphics, the uninspired music, the low content, and the odd physics do not scream "selling at a loss" for $5 here. Considering the number of people who are interested interested in the title, $5 would be an impulse buy for a LOT of people. At $15, they've whittled their audience down to the most devoted Sonic fans, such as yourself.