Om vi får tro Sega så finns publiken som gillar deras kotte Sonic the Hedgehog främst till Nintendos konsoler. Det säger Segas brand manager Aaron Webber i en intervju med Polygon. Han berättar att Sonic-spelen alltid sålt bäst till Nintendo-format, ända sedan de släppte Sonic Adventure 2: Battle till Gamecube. Därför var det naturligt att prioritera Nintendo 3DS och Wii U inför Sonic Lost World, menar han.
"If we trace Sonic's third-party roots all the way back to just after the Dreamcast, we released Sonic Adventure 2: Battle on the Gamecube and it did phenomenally well. We think that's because there was a lot of overlap between the Sonic/Sega and Nintendo crowd at that time, and we just found historically that Sonic performs really, really well on Nintendo platforms. Sonic Colors did great, Sonic and the Black Knight did well and Sonic and Secret Rings did well - all Nintendo. When we look at the numbers, we thought - this is clearly where our audience is."
