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NEWS: Sonic the Hedgehog Game Franchise Has 1.5 Billion Combined Sales, Downloads Worldwide




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Kadmos1



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:40 am Reply with quote
Article said: "Sega Sammy Group revealed in its Integrated Report for the fiscal year 2022 on Friday that its Sonic the Hedgehog franchise has a combined total sales and downloads of 1.51 billion units. This number includes downloads of free-to-play titles."

While I am sure that some other video game IPs might have more units/downloads, that 1.51 billion units is the most I have seen listed for any video game IP.
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bagman



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 5:51 pm Reply with quote
Kadmos1 wrote:
Article said: "Sega Sammy Group revealed in its Integrated Report for the fiscal year 2022 on Friday that its Sonic the Hedgehog franchise has a combined total sales and downloads of 1.51 billion units. This number includes downloads of free-to-play titles."

While I am sure that some other video game IPs might have more units/downloads, that 1.51 billion units is the most I have seen listed for any video game IP.


Back in the early iOS days the sonic 'games' they had on the store were easy downloads for any kid with no money, but the 'episodes' cost money. It's a nice way to present the number for investors but definitely is not representative of 'how many people have played, or paid for, a full sonic game'
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MagicPolly



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 2:58 am Reply with quote
Sakura Wars isn't under past IPs yet, there's still hope I guess if only a sliver...
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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 4:48 am Reply with quote
MagicPolly wrote:
Sakura Wars isn't under past IPs yet, there's still hope I guess if only a sliver...
That might just be because of the PS4 game they made a few years ago.
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Tenchi



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:38 pm Reply with quote
Would Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game collections and mini-consoles that include at least one Sonic the Hedgehog game count towards the 1.5 billion number, even if a lot of us who like classic gaming on modern consoles or mini-consoles don't buy Sega Genesis game collections primarily to play Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2 (and 3&Knuckles for those collections where they were able to work something out with the music rights) again for the umpteenth time?

Granted, if I'm trying out a Sega Genesis collection, Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the first games I start up but not so much to play it but rather because I use it as an audio test to test the quality of the emulation because I know how it's supposed to sound and wrong-sounding "Green Hill Zone" is usually a bad sign for the quality of the emulation as a whole.
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