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Sonic The Hedgehog series has sold 1.5bn copies

Sega Sammy Holdings revealed that the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise has sold 1.5 billion units as of March 2022. The sal…

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Sega Sammy Holdings revealed that the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise has sold 1.5 billion units as of March 2022.

The sales milestone includes both its full game and free-to-play offerings, the publisher said in its 2022 integrated report.

Sega Sammy also shared the lifetime sales from its other video game IPs.

After launching in the year 2000, the strategy series Total War has amassed 40.4 million units in sales.

Sega's Football Manager and Chain Chronicle franchises have sold 25 million copies each.

Meanwhile the Persona series has sold 15.5 million units since its 1996 debut.

Additionally, Sega Sammy said the Persona 5 series has sold 7.22 million copies globally. As of March 2022, 77% of the Persona 5 sales have been international.

The franchise includes; Persona 5, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, Persona 5 Royal, and Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers.

 

[Snes nes]

glad to hear that sonics doing well and this random dating sim I've never heard of came out of nowhere though surprising

 

[Grinchy]

Does that include some stupid mobile Sonic-related game or something? That number doesn't really make sense.

edit - ok yeah it does. Didn't read before posting bc lol why not

 

[GreyHorace]

Frankly amazed at this news. Wasn't it common knowledge that Sonic games have been shit for a very long time ever since he moved to 3D? But I'm glad the blue rat is experiencing a resurgence, especially with the surprise success of the movies.

Also amazed that Persona 5 sold more outside Japan. For such a game series with a heavy focus on Japanese culture and society, I thought it'd only attract a niche audience. I just hope this doesn't mean Atlus will adjust the series tone and writing to reflect international tastes. I'd hate for Persona to go woke.

 

[zebraStraw]

IIRC SMT 5 sold several times more in the west as well.

 

[Snes nes]

Frankly amazed at this news. Wasn't it common knowledge that Sonic games have been shit for a very long time ever since he moved to 3D? But I'm glad the blue rat is experiencing a resurgence, especially with the surprise success of the movies.

Also amazed that Persona 5 sold more outside Japan. For such a game series with a heavy focus on Japanese culture and society, I thought it'd only attract a niche audience. I just hope this doesn't mean Atlus will adjust the series tone and writing to reflect international tastes. I'd hate for Persona to go woke.

Idk the fanbase here is already woke.

 

[brap]

Frankly amazed at this news. Wasn't it common knowledge that Sonic games have been shit for a very long time ever since he moved to 3D? But I'm glad the blue rat is experiencing a resurgence, especially with the surprise success of the movies.

Also amazed that Persona 5 sold more outside Japan. For such a game series with a heavy focus on Japanese culture and society, I thought it'd only attract a niche audience. I just hope this doesn't mean Atlus will adjust the series tone and writing to reflect international tastes. I'd hate for Persona to go woke.

You just know it fucking will.

 

[Dacon]

B-b-but we must make our games for a global audience to succeed in the west!

Fact of the matter is the only reason people like Jap games is bc theyre made with japanese sensibilities and culture at the forefront. You nix that and you have the same kind of garbage you can get in the west and the interest is gone.

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

B-b-but we must make our games for a global audience to succeed in the west!

They'll think that they could have sold even more by changing various aspects to appeal to supposed western tastes, which will result in the dreaded wokism occuring. It's dumb.

 

[Franky Family]

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