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Sonic Legacy Bundle on Steam/XBox
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Sonic Legacy Bundle on Steam/XBox
hooligan > 09-09-2024, 05:51 PM
Sonic Generations has been delisted, however a new collection that includes; Sonic Adventure DX Sonic Adventure 2 + Battle DLC, Sonic 4 Ep 1 & 2, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic Spinball, and Sonic Generations + the Casino Night DLC, has been put on Steam without any formal announcement (as far as I can see from writing this)
steam listing here (outgoing link)
apparently the XBox version of the Bundle also includes Sonic the Fighters
as someone who doesn't own Generations and had no motivation to buy it (especially since I preordered SxSGens and decided for that to be my introduction to the original game) I was curious how everyone else feels about this? I know earlier this year w/ the rumours of Sonic x Shadow Generations everyone was worried abt the modding community surrounding Generations, since the game must now be purchased through the Bundle
I know the game's not totally gone, which was really nice of SEGA to do, but it is a more complicated way to buy it -
RE: Sonic Legacy Bundle on Steam/XBox
Tominique > 09-10-2024, 11:59 AM
For the record, I already own Sonic Generations.
I was pretty impartial when it came to OG Generations getting delisted and put in a bundle, but now that it actually happened... oof... and I think part of why I'm not happy with this now is just that I got to really thinking the why of it first and foremost.
Sonic X Shadow Generations is a remaster of the original Sonic Generations with what seems to be way more extra content content, sure. But lots of games get remasters while the original is still up for sale on it's own. So is it to drive attention fully to Sonadow Generations like that's the version of Sonic Generations?
With that thought, I'm concerned that means Sonic Team is not fully confident on the new Shadow content as if it doesn't adds or even takes away something from the original game, in which case people would prefer just getting the original Generations, but not only is that contradictory to this game having the most confident promo campaign we've seen off this franchise in a while, it is kind of a dumb and desperate theory for what's probably just boring business stuff.
Another issue I have with Generations only being available in a bundle is just the pricing.
I've already said a few times how prices get bumped up significantly where I live, and the price for the Legacy Bundle while having none of the games already purchased is insane if you only care about getting the original Generations.
And last thing is a bit more subjective, but putting great games like Generations and the Adventure duology in a bundle alongside the "C-tier" stuff like Sonic 4 and 3D Blast feels devaluing of those products, plus the fact you may not even want the other games included in the bundle and yet you still have to pay the full price.
All in all, I can't say I'm too happy with the Generations de-listing now that I give it thought. It's cool the game isn't completely off sale for the sake of the modding community and overall game preservation, but I feel like none of this was really necessary. -
RE: Sonic Legacy Bundle on Steam/XBox
hooligan > 09-10-2024, 01:35 PM
(09-10-2024, 11:59 AM)Tominique Wrote: Sonic X Shadow Generations is a remaster of the original Sonic Generations with what seems to be way more extra content content, sure. But lots of games get remasters while the original is still up for sale on it's own. So is it to drive attention fully to Sonadow Generations like that's the version of Sonic Generations?
With that thought, I'm concerned that means Sonic Team is not fully confident on the new Shadow content as if it doesn't adds or even takes away something from the original game, in which case people would prefer just getting the original Generations, but not only is that contradictory to this game having the most confident promo campaign we've seen off this franchise in a while, it is kind of a dumb and desperate theory for what's probably just boring business stuff.
Another issue I have with Generations only being available in a bundle is just the pricing.
I've already said a few times how prices get bumped up significantly where I live, and the price for the Legacy Bundle while having none of the games already purchased is insane if you only care about getting the original Generations.
I think it's a valid concern to be worried abt the Shadow Campaign now that OG Gens has been delisted, but with all the effort they're putting into things like the Year of Shadow, YT/twt videos talking abt Shadow as a character and the Doom Powers, and even LRG releasing a fantastic Collector's Edition, I want to believe that the end product will genuinely be worth it... orz
speaking of pricing, as someone living in Canada, and especially after the PS5 Pro's price was revealed in USD (which would equal $950-$1000+ CAD) I only have the Sonic Adventure Games within this bundle and I can confidently say I really don't think it's worth paying $60 CAD for Sonic 4, 3D Blast, Spinball, and Generations (Sonic 4 is $13 CAD per episode) when I can easily turn on my Gamecube to play Mega Collection and Gems Collection
(09-10-2024, 11:59 AM)Tominique Wrote: And last thing is a bit more subjective, but putting great games like Generations and the Adventure duology in a bundle alongside the "C-tier" stuff like Sonic 4 and 3D Blast feels devaluing of those products, plus the fact you may not even want the other games included in the bundle and yet you still have to pay the full price.
All in all, I can't say I'm too happy with the Generations de-listing now that I give it thought. It's cool the game isn't completely off sale for the sake of the modding community and overall game preservation, but I feel like none of this was really necessary.
but yeah, I feel like Generations could've simply been paired w/ the Adventure titles (and Colours, I suppose) and that be a perfect "3D bundle". it's not like there's really many Sonic games on Steam in the first placer so it almost feels like OG Generations was put in a bundle with whatever older titles they had to possibly increase sales of other games like Sonic 4 -
RE: Sonic Legacy Bundle on Steam/XBox
BDBGaming > 09-12-2024, 05:48 AM
I own most of those games. Both Adventure's, Fighters, both 4 episodes, AND spinball. AND 3D blast. I DO own Gens but it's on our 3DS.(NO CRISIS CITY TwT) So it's a good deal!
