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Will SEGA appear at E3 2015?

What could possibly spell bad news for Sonic the Hedgehog fans expecting a mainline Sonic title this year. SEGA has oddly not registered to show at E3 on the showfloor, and the deadline is fast approaching.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo announced their list of exhibitors who will be appearing to show off their latest titles – however, SEGA is nowhere to be found. The expo is commonly used for big announcements in the industry and giving journalists their first chance to try out some developing or announced video games.

Image from Sonic Boom’s E3 2014 booth.

With the very real possibility SEGA’s absence, it could be seen that Sonic Runners, the recently released mobile only game developed by Sonic Team, could be our only Sonic title this year. Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka has confirmed that Sonic will still be coming to home consoles, but nothing has been revealed as of yet.

What do you think of these developments? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks to Ogilvie over at SSMB for the heads up!

73 Comments to “Will SEGA appear at E3 2015?”

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Oh wow… Hm.
I guess thats a bit unsettling.
Imma just gonna hope Sega is working on something undercover.

I imagine they would already have at this point, but SEGA could still register. And keep in mind that SEGA America recently restructured, so that also could have something to do with them not being on the list yet.

Also, Atlus is going to be there, so technically SEGA will still be at E3 either way. :V

    To add on to that, SEGA not having a booth at E3 doesn’t mean that they won’t announce or show anything. It only means they won’t have their own booth with playable demos. And SEGA games can still be demoed at Sony’s, Microsoft’s, or Nintendo’s (if they’re releasing anything on Nintendo consoles) booths.

      well we dont know dude because we dont know if Sonic Runners will be the only game of the year i remember back in late 2014 SEGA said they are gonna put a new Sonic Game on Wii U PS4 & Xbox ONE but instead they decided to cut it off i mean really what hapoen to them for saying that i heard them saying that on twitter a few months but i can tell this new title is not gonna be on the Wii U i can tell about it and thomas whitehead from nintendo life is disappointed because sonic runners is not the Wii U title and i remember that gamezone from youtube said that it hope that sonic runners will not be the only title of the year instead they wishing for a game is similar to sonic adventure or sonic unleashed or sonic lost world.

      yeah and also we dont know if SEGA might appear at E-3 but they put some sonic games on PS3 Wii and xbox 360 back then yeah they developing such games back then because they go though alot of stuff with there games back then.

      i remember when SEGA stop making consoles after sonic adventure 2 Came out still they been having alot of financial issues with there games and there product.

        Holy run-on sentence Batman.

        Firstly: Jesus christ, guy, do you even punctuate?

        Secondly: I seem to remember that multi-plat game turning into Sonic Boom.

Oh man Sega is not coming to E3 2015 is shame right now but I am so glad Sega is showing some games on E3.

    SEGA is not comng to E3, but is showing games at E3?

      Other companies SEGA will release games onto such as Nintendo and Sony are within their rights to show SEGA games without SEGA being there as long as they have permission.

If nothing will change and SEGA won’t appear in this year’s E3, then I’m not complaining. If anything, it probably means they’ll be on the next year’s E3 with a more polished Sonic game ready for Sonic’s 25th anniversary.

Personally.I think this is a fantastic thing to do.Because it means that SEGA and Sonic Team are spending more time on making and producing the games with are working on, rather than announcing things to early.I have never liked the fact that Sonic gets a new game year in year out because it means that Sonic Team are spending a very short amount of time developing a game.It was Shigeru Miyamoto that said “A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad”.And I for one can very much agree with this statement and feel it needs to be used more for Sonic games.

    As much as I really really really want to believe that SEGA is FINALLY, after so many years, will start to follow some of Nintendo’s philosophies about taking time to perfect their game play and quality control, scientific evidence shows us that SEGA is just incapable of such a thing. They’re probably not in E3 because they have nothing to show and they’re embarrassed by their failures.

This could either mean that SEGA’s not giving us a main Sonic game this year or that they simply haven’t registered yet.

Still, I hope that Sonic Runners isn’t all what we get this year.

still havent gotten sonic runners in the UK so at the moment its a year without sonic games.

    Same goes for the U.S.A. *sigh*

    Same For The Scandinavic Area In Europe… T^T

so i guess they are still putting sonic games on home consoles well thats a good thing for us but still like i said we dont know if Sonic Runners might be the only game of the year judging how sega is working hard on making these type of sonic games still we dont know if they are gonna show the trailer of the new sonic game features a real life music but i can tell they are gonna put a real life music in a new sonic game trailer and i will be the one who will upload that on youtube and people will know what it came from yep i can tell SEGA is gonna put it there mm maybe Takashi Iizuka will announce the title next month maybe because this news about this is gonna be a strange one.

im not saying that sonic titles are bad im saying that the new game might be a huge success like sonic colors still i can tell that Takashi Iizuka and his team will post a real life music in a new sonic game trailer and i will be the one to post it on youtube about that real life music.

this could be good. A time is what Sonic needs it, just because Sonic Boom has been “failure” in game questions, so… i think it’s time to something big, even if a new game it’s annouced in e3 or pre-e3, i really hope that something big’s out this and in next years. I don’t know why, but its like they are developing Sonic Adventure 3… I KNOW IT’S NOT, but this is the first time i have this strange feeling… Anyway, a new game is coming this or next year, and i think is something big or like SA, or anyway, boosh?.

    i think your right besides they are planning for next year sonic game.

Maybe it’s time to put the series on a break, take some time to make a really good game instead of an ok game ( or worse another Sonic Boom )

I don’t know, I feel like we’re going to see SEGA, we just don’t know what they are planning yet. We still have quite a bit of time for SEGA to even announce their appearance there.

In fact, speaking primarily about Sonic as a brand, normally SEGA reveals their annual Sonic games during Spring or February.. I wouldn’t doubt that they may save their reveals for E3, to wow more consumers, as opposed to some random day, or during an ordinary stream. With Sonic Boom’s video games setting them back a bit (though I truly still believe that people are overreacting by saying one game spells doomsday forever), it’s going to be quite tough for Sonic this year, but I have a feeling we will see at least something from SEGA at E3… Even if it’s not Sonic we see, I highly doubt that SEGA would miss it this year.

Does anyone on this site actually care of they release a main stream? Honestly? cause every single title that has came out in the 5 years you shat all over. So if at all this should be good news right?

Hmmm…well, if it turns out that they aren’t showing anything this year and Sonic Runners really is all we’re getting for now, then that might mean that they’re still working on the 25th Anniversary title and are trying to keep it under wraps until next year’s E3 where they’ll likely have more of a hype train going. So long as an absence this year means that they are harder at work on the next big console title and are putting more time and effort into it like they have been with the last few games, then I’m fine with missing Sega for one year. Just bring the goods this time SEGA, emphasis on the “GOOD” part!

The answer to that question is NO! After the shame of Sonic Boom, I think they just need to focus on a game for next year to mark his 25th!

    At least give us M&SATROG to keep us occupied. I know it’s not much, but it’s better than no Sonic game, and you have Mario on your side.

      If they do that, they better up their game from the last one!

A delayed game is eventually a good game, a bad game is bad forever

    Completely agreed, I’d rather have a game delayed and improved upon than rushed and released half done *cough* ’06.

      *cough* RoL

        That too.

    And that’s only if you know the game exists and that SEGA is working on it.

I know this is a Sonic site but I’m more concerned that the potential lack of SEGA means still no Hatsune Miku Project Mirai or new Phantasy Star for the West since that’s really the only two franchises that’s still keeping them afloat at this point.

I think we’ll get something around the holidays, Sega’s gotta make them christmas moneyz. Even if it’s just a spin-off

I’m ok with it. Better to take some time off that present more garbage

Sonic Team… It’s Nintendo(n’t) this time…
Realy sad…*sigh*

A year without a major Sonic game, I can live with that, as long as the next game, whenever it comes isn’t another Sonic Lost World nor another Boom.

Also I think there is still that high possibility that the next Sonic game will tie-in with the movie or at least will take place after the events of it.

you know it might be hard to say that sega is planning for something for the next sonic game next year but i can tell that its gonna be on the Wii U PS4 or Xbox ONE because last year in november they said that they are gonna put the next sonic game on next gen consoles but i doubt that it might be for everybody instead of just putting on One console see what i mean yeah and also gamezone on youtube wanted to see a sonic game on Wii U but i dont know if its gonna happen because i think SEGA are gonna create different versions of the game like in 3 consoles version and some stage will not be available its like how they did to Sonic Generations and Sonic Unleashed.

    Well, Sega is working with Sony to develop the Sonic movie so….

      true they are i heard alot of rumors about that.

        They aren’t rumours anymore.

i think they are skipping 2015 to give us a great game in 2016, the 25th aniversary of sonic

    you might be right you know i think they will hold the E-3 back this year and dont appear at all.

    That sounds quite accurate.I hope you are right.

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Personally, I’m quite happy about this, in from a Sonic standpoint.
I’m happy that they won’t be showing any Sonic game this year.
They need a break, and they need to prepare something really big for the franchise, most likely for next year.

At the same time…
Whattabout your other products Sega?
You’re a big company… Are you sure you have nothing to show?

    I’d be happy if they at least announced their big miss-out-of-E3 title. With Zelda for Wii U, we at least know that the game exists, what it looks like, and that it’s being worked on. The most we could hope for is an actual Sonic Adventure 3, the return of many obscure Sonic characters (from AM2, AM3, SIMS, Aspect Co., Traveller’s Tales, and Hudson Soft), the return of Chao Garden, a proper Mario & Sonic platformer game, etc. But for all we know, it could just be another Sonic Boom or a game that isn’t for video game system, much less the Wii U.

      that might be true but your right you know i think they are planning for a big surprise next year for sonic because i wanted this anniversary to be on every consoles instead of just putting on one console you know its great for them to develop a new sonic game early but i wanted to see a generations and sonic unleashed style again with more experience of the graphics of HD.

If Sega does nothing for E3 this year. I would not mind at all. They need to put all focus on making the 25th anniversary game rather than waste money and resources on teasing the fans with the concept” which they can simply do on the internet”. I doubt we’re gonna get a big Sonic Team game this year. We just need to be patient. You never know, we may get Sonic Adventure 3 or a Sonic 3 Remastered. We have to wait and see what Sonic Team has planned.

SEGA deserves to disband and remain as a shit company since they can’t release an MMORPG that had been licensed since 2012.

    So which Facebook campaign group are you from?

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I have a feeling that SEGA are still working on the sonic movie along with the game for the movie (remember anyone?) and it is possible that sonic runners will be the sonic game for this year.. (my opinion)

It might because SEGA are working on the sonic the hedgehog movie (remember) It is possible that Sonic Runners could be the sonic game for this year…

It might because, the Sonic the hedgehog movie is still in development (remember Months back) and that SEGA might be planning for next years big event… *cough*Sonic’s 25th Anniversary *cough* Sonic Runners could be the only Sonic game, for this year…

Who Says It’s The End?

Can a comment be that generic?

And Bill Freiberger ruined Sonic for television, as well as contributed to yet another dent in Cartoon Network.

Destiny.

its not the end

Then they deserve everything they get for their ego and lack of foresight, Boom might (emphases on might) have held itself up as a multiplatform title instead it’s stuck on a console where the other games exclusive to it beat it into a sports tape covered smear on the store shelves.
If SEGA doesn’t understand the mistakes they’ve made since 2013 and simply doubles down I won’t feel bad when the Sonic brand get’s sold for chump change to some no name publisher some day.

That was so funny I forgot to laugh. Sonic Boom (the show) is, in fact, a hit among its target audience, young children. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s a failure and it’s ruined Sonic for TV.

As much as it is juvenile to use chan humor, I believe it is appropriate to state the following:

>Implying that SEGA hasn’t been making mistakes before 2013
>Implying that SEGA will ever learn
>Implying that SEGA will EVER sell Sonic, even when they’re hanging by the tiniest of threads.

If Sonic ever belongs to another company, it will be because someone will buy SEGA outright. Sonic will forever be held by SEGA’s cold, clamny hands.

You wish the end on SEGA, but you do not factor in the fate of the Sonic franchise, or SEGA’s other franchises. Do you want these franchises to die? And even if SEGA’s IPs are lucky enough to be bought out by a successful company like Nintendo, we can’t necessary assume they will make a good SONIC game (as opposed to a bland fun game, like NSMBU, with Sonic characters in it), give Sonic the same amount of relevance as Mario/Pokemon/Legend of Zelda, or treat Sonic with same good quality SEGA has in the past with their better titles.

But either way, we probably won’t see anymore Sonic & SEGA crossovers, or Mario & Sonic games (which always signified a partnership between the two parties). Sonic would become the next F-Zero or Earthbound.

Sonic Rush, the Sonic Advance series, Sonic and the Secret Rings (as divided as opinions over it are), Sonic Colours (again, as divided as it is), Sonic Lost World (ditto the last two), Sonic Generations 3DS, the WiiU version of Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed, Sonic Adventure DX, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle… Yeah, Nintendo has really seen less good Sonic titles…