They really didn't want to make a 2-3 hours long game, didn't they?

I wouldn't mind sonic games being 3 hours of gameplay 7 hours of cheesy cutscenes but they just INSIST on making shitty gameplay sections instead

What a waste of development time
https://youtu.be/5zo2M5SH75U?si=mp3eweC_6k8GX1ho
https://youtu.be/ploWe7Jljco?si=3S8EyxYHkGxGLVu9

Why did they make the game that long? There's barely any storyline here to justify the length