"Comforting for me and SEGA fans to find out, both Dan and Omar are huge SEGA fanboys themselves, and even played a couple rounds of the game with me (I kicked Omar's butt in "King of the Hill" mode)."

In a new interview with IndustryGamers, Sega of America's VP of Marketing Sean Ratcliffe stated for a second time (first was last year) what perhaps most fans have been thinking this last decade: Sonic is broken. Not one to lament it seems, Ratcliffe said 'fixing' him will take time, with the efforts possibly ending up in less traditional avenues like XBLA.

Translation: 'new' Sonic will be their bigger investment as it sells better; oldschool fans can get their fix via digital outlets.