Project Needlemouse confirmed to be downloadable

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dsister44 said:

mrstickball said:
I think everyone is discounting the potential sales of a downloadable release. It'd certainly be in their best interest to launch it on WiiWare, too.

However, a 2D-HD game (ala Braid or Shadow Complex) could do gangbusters for the digital platofmrs. Factor in much higher profit margins, and it could do great for Sega over a longer period of time.

I'm with you. I don't want to spend $50-$60 for a disc based Sonic game. Though I would love to get one for XBL. :)

That is the way I look at it as well. Sonic hasn't been worth $50 for a long time. If Sega plays their cards right, they could sell a new Sonic for $15 via XBL/PSN/WW and sell a million copies in a relatively short span of time, and continue to sell copies for a very long time. Sonic 1/2/3/Knuckles on XBL has sold pretty well (about 700,000 copies between all 4) so there is a good userbase to purchase a new Sonic game. Not to mention the HD enthusiats that'd buy it just for the fact it may be a platform-defining title.