At least Sonic games don't force you to buy fancy drum controllers.
I hope that wasn't a shot at Jungle Beat, since the Bongo controller came with the game for only $50, the price of a regular Nintendo game anyway. While the game without the Bongo's was only $40.
As you can see, it was no problem at all. And considering Jungle Beat is still to this day the best 2d platformer since Yoshi's Island, paying $10 more for the game with Bongo's was a great deal.