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Sonic Mania Nintendo Switch Collectors Edition Sold Out On Amazon; Other Versions Still Available

ThisGenGaming says "It looks like there's a much higher demand than expected for Sonic Mania on the Nintendo Switch."

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lodossrage2636d ago

Not to knock on the accomplishment, but how many units were available for the Switch version compared to the PS4/Xb1/and PC versions?

Because being sold out doesn't really mean much if the Switch's version had less currently manufactured than the other systems.

skydragoonityx2636d ago

That which you speak of, is the truth

lodossrage2636d ago

It's not even just that. There's another thing to consider.

All the other versions have been announced and ready for pre order for over 5 months. And at times, both the PS4 and XB1 versions were sold out before being replenished.

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory2636d ago

Well for one there are more Sonic fans on Nintendo system. That a proven fact by the Sega themselves.

ZeekQuattro2635d ago

@Aenea might I suggest using google. Aaron Webber a Sonic brand manager said in 2013 that Sonic games perform better on Nintendo consoles over Sony and Microsoft ones. This hasn't changed. lol People can downvote this fact until Jesus calls them home but its not going to change the fact Sonic games sell better on Nintendo platforms. Most likely because the average Sony and Microsoft fan can't bring themselves to play colorful Sonic games because they feel its hurts their manhood. There is no excuse not to use google or a similar search engine.

Aenea2635d ago (Edited 2635d ago )

@Otaku/@zeek

Ahh, I see, I stand corrected.

Tho, what I read was from more than 3 years ago, before X1 and PS4 were released and when the Wii U was just out for a year.

Also, looking more into it, most articles are saying that "Sonic performs really, really well on Nintendo consoles" and one article turns that into "performs better". It was also to support their decision to release Sonic exclusively for Nintendo consoles, which currently is not the case anymore. So something could have changed, perhaps something to do with the Wii U not having the same install base as the Wii. We will see how they will sell, I, for one, am rather happy that I can play Sonic again on my PS4 since I won't have a Switch until the end of the year!

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory2635d ago

@Aenea
Sonic did better on Nintendo Platform in all generations. GC, GBA, Wii, DS, 3DS and Wii U.
So Switch. If you didn't know the Sonic Mania Switch Trailer has more views, way more views then the Official Sonic Channel one

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sonic9892635d ago

I already preordered mine like 2 or 3 months ago " ps4 " and I know other people who also bought it. I don't know how many are there but I hope it does well on ps4, because I am a sonic fan and I like Sony too so I can't wait to play this game .

JackTheLiz2635d ago

that amazon listing has been "unavailable" for several weeks now, this is nothing new. Probably aren't sure yet when that version will be finished yet.

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gerol2635d ago

so all 10 copies have been preordered? slay!

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The 7 Best Sonic the Hedgehog Games: Racing through Time

Sonic the Hedgehog has a long and turbulent history in videogames, but which are the best games featuring the blue bur?

Rebel_Scum101d ago

Generations over Mania? Please… Generations doesnt have any new ideas in the levels/bosses.

Also a top 7 of Sonic games shouldn’t have any 3D crap and contain at least one of the 8-bit titles.

Sonic CD getting snubbed is weird. Number 1 is definitely interchangable between Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

Snookies12101d ago

Nothing wrong with putting Generations over Mania. Generations had a lot more to it. Mania was just a bit too short, despite how amazing it was. They're both top-tier Sonic games though.

Profchaos100d ago (Edited 100d ago )

I don't think mania was to short given 1,2,3, knuckles were between 1 and 3 hours long.

Mania was 5 hours roughly

However i say the originals feel more repayable because they are so short

Profchaos100d ago (Edited 100d ago )

The 8 bit games were pretty bad overall do you mean the 16 bit ones

Rebel_Scum100d ago

Nope. Sonic 1 & 2 on the master system were great. Dont confuse these with the game gear versions either.

Profchaos100d ago

Top 7 for me
7 cd
6 mania
5 Frontiers
4 sonic 3
3 sonic 1
2 sonic and knuckles
1 sonic 2

persona4chie100d ago

Sometimes I feel like the Sonic Advanced games just didn’t exist with how much it’s always forgotten 😭

Chocoburger99d ago

Even as a Sonic fan, I didn't really care for those games, and getting the Chaos Emeralds were freakin' horrible. Even with an emulator and save states, I didn't have the desire to try. I also didn't like most of the levels or bosses either. Unfortunately, DiMPs aren't good at making Sonic games.

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PlayStation 4 Emulator RPCSX Can Now Run Sonic Mania At 45 FPS

RPCSX, the newly announced PS4 emulator made by the wonderful people behind RPCS3, was shown running Sonic Mania at a whopping 45 FPS.

Vits279d ago

Really cool, hopefully, they can advance with this emulator pretty quickly. Their work with the RPCS3 was amazing given how notoriously hard that console architecture is.

walken7279d ago

Correction: it runs the intro screen and then turns into a green mess. Still cool progress, but who approves this garbage with click-bait titles?

Profchaos278d ago (Edited 278d ago )

Interesting watching this advance it might take a few more years but the community will be very thankful in the end after all Sony may have given us full PS4 backwards compatibility in the ps5 but they still haven't given us 60 fps patches and modes for a number of popular games like bloodborne.
I can however see Sony taking a stance against this emulator unlike rpcs3 which was emulating the PS3 as the PS3 was off store shelves and many games had no legal purchase route given psn doesn't have then entire PS3 library available. PS4 is quite different

Abear21278d ago (Edited 278d ago )

Own this from PS Plus. How ironic people spend their precious time, hours of their life they will never get back, trying to get games to run on hardware it’s not intended to when they could easily play it another way. For free no less. Every day things get more odd.

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Why the Separation Between Modern and Classic Sonic is a Double-Edged Sword

The divide between both iterations of Sonic is now reaching spin-off territory, and the way Sega is handling it is both a blessing and a curse.

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