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Sonic Frontiers launched on November 8 to mostly mixed reviews, and now the game is available at a steep discount despite only being two weeks old at this point. With Sonic Frontiers, Sega took a swing at an open world Sonic the Hedgehog game. Some Sonic fans have praised the game as being a big step forward for the franchise, though others were less impressed with the Blue Blur's first open world outing.
There are millions of Sonic the Hedgehog fans out there, and it's safe to say that many of them pre-ordered Sonic Frontiers or otherwise purchased it on day one. Those fans paid the full retail price of $59.99 to get their hands on Sonic Frontiers, but if they had just waited a couple of weeks, they could have picked it up at a big discount. For a limited time, Sonic Frontiers is available for a mere $35.00 as part of Amazon's Black Friday sales.
Right now, the Sonic Frontiers Black Friday deal appears to only be for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 versions of the game. The Nintendo Switch version of Sonic Frontiers, notable for having poorer performance than its PlayStation and Xbox counterparts, appears to have sold out. Same goes for the Xbox Series X version of the game. It's possible the stock will be resupplied, especially since Amazon has had some chaotic gaming deals this year, but for now, fans can only count on getting the deal for PS4 or PS5.
While some Sonic the Hedgehog fans may be worried that the game being discounted so heavily is a sign it's not performing well, that's not necessarily the case. It's not uncommon at all for even the biggest games to get huge discounts or be made part of special promotions during the holiday shopping season, even when they're new releases. For example, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was part of the latest Target Buy 2 Get 1 Free video game promotion despite it being a recent release and probable best-selling game of the year.
That being said, it will definitely be interesting to see how Sonic Frontiers does in the long run. As previously mentioned, Sonic Frontiers reviews have been mixed, and if that weren't enough, the game has had some seriously stiff competition. The highly-anticipated God of War Ragnarok launched just one day after Sonic Frontiers hit store shelves, while Pokemon Scarlet and Violet released a week later. It's possible Sonic Frontiers has been selling great despite this, but fans won't know until Sega decides to share sales data for the game.
Sonic Frontiers is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.