You are ALL wrong. They get their funding the same way that Uwe Boll does.
Anyway, I had heard of this game some time ago, but forgot it existed...Like Sega should do. They should forget about the existence of Sonic and let him just die already. Not only do they suck more and more, but the constant attempts to "spice up" gameplay by adding stupid things like swords and guns and the weak attempts at adding an actual story are just getting painfully ridiculous. Well, more so than they have been.
Seriously, Sega has forgotten what made Sonic FUN in the first place.