Microsoft has released a list of what will be available with the launch of XBOX 360’s Games on Demand service, expected to launch next week. Though Sonic the Hedgehog was prominently announced to be a part of the library, it isn’t on the list of titles slated for launch day.
Another Sega title will make the cut when the XBOX 360 Summer Dashboard update is released, and that’s Sega Rally. It joins other fare such as Test Drive Unlimited, Assassin’s Creed, and Tomb Raider Legend, to name but a few.
But the lack of the 2006 Sonic on the list raised some eyebrows, and subsequently, questions as to whether the widely panned release is getting some tweaks before it hits Microsoft’s on-demand service. If so, it certainly needs it–the game was almost universally panned by the Sonic community upon its release for its multitude of glitches and bugs that made some areas frustrating, if not unplayable. It didn’t fare well with our review editor, either.
As it turns out, all of the gaming media was given a list of launch titles for the wrong territory. The link cited, as it turns out, is the list of titles launching with Games on Demand in Europe. After receiving a revised list from a news tipster, the United States’ launch list adds three titles, and the 2006 Sonic is one of them. Equally puzzling now is why North America gets Sonic and Europe does not.
Another Sega title will make the cut when the XBOX 360 Summer Dashboard update is released, and that’s Sega Rally. It joins other fare such as Test Drive Unlimited, Assassin’s Creed, and Tomb Raider Legend, to name but a few.
But the lack of the 2006 Sonic on the list raised some eyebrows, and subsequently, questions as to whether the widely panned release is getting some tweaks before it hits Microsoft’s on-demand service. If so, it certainly needs it–the game was almost universally panned by the Sonic community upon its release for its multitude of glitches and bugs that made some areas frustrating, if not unplayable. It didn’t fare well with our review editor, either.
As it turns out, all of the gaming media was given a list of launch titles for the wrong territory. The link cited, as it turns out, is the list of titles launching with Games on Demand in Europe. After receiving a revised list from a news tipster, the United States’ launch list adds three titles, and the 2006 Sonic is one of them. Equally puzzling now is why North America gets Sonic and Europe does not.
