Sepreth(@Sepreth):Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka says the series finally has the staff and money to ship better games, and more pressure to prove it on Metacritic. In an Automaton interview, he said past Sonic releases were inconsistent because the brand was struggling and “we simply had less money to invest in each title.” A million copies is basically expected now, and “we can’t afford to let our Metacritic scores drop.” It did not remove the scoreboard.

2026.10.05 00:00

Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka says the series finally has the staff and money to ship better games, and more pressure to prove it on Metacritic. In an Automaton interview, he said past Sonic releases were inconsistent because the brand was struggling and “we simply had less money to invest in each title.” A million copies is basically expected now, and “we can’t afford to let our Metacritic scores drop.” It did not remove the scoreboard.