Sonic the Hedgehog is putting an emphasis on quality this year?

[CM30]

Well, these quotes from a recent interview make you wonder just what they focused on before:

We want to release good titles to all the players, and that is the challenge for us moving forward – making sure our games are great.

SEGA is really – as of this last year – putting a huge emphasis on quality. One of the things about Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is that we held the title for a year, which is not something SEGA has traditionally done, but this focus on quality is really about trying to take Sonic back to where it used to be.

https://issuu.com/newbayeurope/docs/mcv884_june_24th

So... what were Sega focusing on before? Kicking as many Sonic games out the door as quickly as possible?

Because that's some pretty terrible wording there...

 

[main_gi]

I feel like this line, "about trying to take Sonic back to where it used to be." is almost a self parody because we all know how certain entries turned out.