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  • Sonic Dream Team Likely to Remain Exclusive to Apple Arcade

    If you want to play SEGA HARDlight's next Sonic game, you'll need an Apple device.
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    Sonic's upcoming Apple Arcade adventure, Sonic Dream Team, is likely to remain exclusive to Apple's service for the foreseeable future. Sonic Stadium was able to confirm this via a source involved in the game's production that has asked us to keep them anonymous, but we were able to confirm that they are indeed involved in the game's production.

    While Apple Arcade exclusives have gone multiplatform in the past, our source told us that this would be unlikely for Dream Team, due to the nature of the game's production. Specifically: Apple was involved in the game's production. Our source was not able to confirm anything beyond this, but this almost certainly means Apple has some sort of financial investment in the game at the very least.

    This means that, much like HARDlight's previous Apple Arcade efforts, Chu Chu Rocket Universe and Sonic Racing, Sonic Dream Team almost certainly isn't going anywhere else any time soon. Apple Arcade is available on iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs and Macs, all of which Sonic Dream Team has been confirmed for.

    Sonic Dream Team will be coming out December 5.

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    Slaz

    Well, developer contracts with Apple’s arcade service are not ‘indefinite’ but are either extended or dropped annually. Whether there may be additional terms regarding exclusivity have never been disclosed afaik. If I remember correctly, there have already been 2 waves of games that left Apple Arcade due to contracts not been renewed. Sega HARDlight has been with them from the beginning with Sonic Racing, a version of Sonic Dash without microtransactions, Chu-Chu Rocket, and more recently an extended version of Samba de Amigo. So basically, a PC or even Android version of this are not out of the question, but be prepared to wait for years.

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    Sean

    Yeah have fun not being able to play this game ever again once it gets inevitably delisted three years from now. That plus not owning an Apple device is why I can't get excited for this game.

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    Ming Ming Hatsune

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    1 hour ago, Sean said:

    Yeah have fun not being able to play this game ever again once it gets inevitably delisted three years from now. That plus not owning an Apple device is why I can't get excited for this game.

    While only like 15 AA games have been delisted out of 200+, none of those are from big developer names. And if it ever gets delisted, it's because Sega believes they can make more money with the game being multi-platform with IAPs and ads.

    Besides because Apple got involved with the development of the game, it's highly unlikely to be delisted.

     

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    The Swordsman

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    Oh well, it was a mobile game anyway so I probably won't be missing out on too much. Surely SEGA isn't going to go all Kingdom Hearts on us, considering the sad state of Runners.

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    Sean
    7 hours ago, Ming Ming Hatsune said:

    While only like 15 AA games have been delisted out of 200+, none of those are from big developer names. And if it ever gets delisted, it's because Sega believes they can make more money with the game being multi-platform with IAPs and ads.

    Besides because Apple got involved with the development of the game, it's highly unlikely to be delisted.

     

    Uh-huh.

     

    So where's my Chuchu Rocket Universe port

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    Chocoburger

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    Assuming this game never gets ported, is there going to be a method of game preservation for it? Some way to keep it playable, even after its eventual delisting in the future?

    As an example, I recently bought an Apple iPad Gen 3, then used a software mod to install old games that have been delisted for over a decade.

    I don't know if there's a way to have long-term preservation for Apple Arcade games, the way you can with standard .ipa games.

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    Ming Ming Hatsune

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    14 hours ago, Sean said:

    Uh-huh.

     

    So where's my Chuchu Rocket Universe port

    Well…yeah. Maybe the player base for this game was nonexistent for Sega to keep it up on AA. Remember, when the exclusivity deal with Apple ended, it is up to Sega/Hardlight to review the game and ask themselves is it worth keeping the updates up for it? The answer was probably no and delisted it.

    That is also why they probably went against porting it to other devices because it’s not worth it. The reason why this game exists in the first place is because of Apple’s contract.

    I think it will be different with Sonic and particular this game. Sonic is a much bigger franchise, and other Sonic titles launched on AA are still available.

    Not to mention this is the first Sega game Apple got involved in.

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    Maria.Sosori

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    Well, that's a shame. I don't have Apple Arcade, an Apple device, or even the money to buy one. I guess I'll resort to watching a streamer. I do hope that they eventually release it to other mobile platforms, but it's highly unlikely. It looks really interesting though...

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    Remynaka

     

     

     I thought most people had an apple device or some kind. Aren't they like everywhere? - I'm not trying to troll - But I always figured since Apple outsells Android, that most would have one. From the way this news rolled off the fanbase it appears not. 

     

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    MGA_Gamer

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    4 minutes ago, Remynaka said:

     

     

     I thought most people had an apple device or some kind. Aren't they like everywhere? - I'm not trying to troll - But I always figured since Apple outsells Android, that most would have one. From the way this news rolled off the fanbase it appears not. 

     

     

    Android is about 70% Market share

    iOS is roughly 30%

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    Remynaka

     

     

     Well bang. I was so off the mark lol. Guess I can't go off my old info I was told then. AS it was wrong. Now I wanna know if Apple actually helped in making this game. IF they did I wouldn't expect it to move on to anything else.

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    Hedgelot

    Definitely worth it for me to get an Apple TV device with 2 exclusive Sonic games and likely more to come. Hope the Apple Tv 2022 is getting a good Black Friday deal. 

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