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06/23/91 Sega
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07/01/91 Sega

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Sonic the Hedgehog (Series) > Opinions (12)

Machina posted 09/02/2024, 02:43
+2.34 million in the holiday quarter
https://web.archive.org/web/20240209142609/https://www.segasammy.co.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/pdf/en/ir/20242029_q3_presentation_e.pdf

The 21st series to reach 100 million confirmed sales!

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Machina posted 08/11/2023, 07:17
+1.49 million last quarter.
https://web.archive.org/web/20231108105158/https://www.segasammy.co.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/pdf/en/ir/20231108_q2_presentation_e.pdf

Should hit 100 million next quarter.

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Machina posted 02/08/2023, 08:51
+1.22 million last quarter
https://www.vgchartz.com/article/458003/sonic-series-sold-122m-units-in-june-quarter-persona-series-sold-063m/

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Machina posted 08/05/2023, 06:47
+300k for Frontiers between March 31st and now, putting it on 3.5 million total.
https://www.vgchartz.com/game/231379/sonic-frontiers/

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Machina posted 28/04/2023, 07:06
+200k for Frontiers
https://www.vgchartz.com/article/457029/sonic-frontiers-sells-over-32-million-units/

The Sonic series as a whole shipped 1.4 million last quarter.
https://www.segasammy.co.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/pdf/en/ir/20230428_q4_presentation_e_final.pdf
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Machina posted 27/03/2023, 07:09
+100k for Frontiers in the last ~3 months.
https://www.vgchartz.com/article/456685/sonic-frontiers-sells-over-3-million-units/

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Machina posted 10/02/2023, 08:33
Between March 2011 (when the series hit 70 million) and June 2021, Sonic Colors shipped an extra 1.82 million.

Sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120315043047/http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/pdf/release/1103appendix_e_final.pdf#page=3

https://web.archive.org/web/20230210082530/https://tailschannel.com/sonic-the-hedgehog/30th/iizuka-hoshino-insight-colours-ultimate-interview/

Thanks to GonSama for the tip-off!

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Machina posted 09/02/2023, 05:06
Sonic Frontiers is now up to 2.9 million by the end of 2022.
https://www.vgchartz.com/game/231379/sonic-frontiers/

Sonic series (including Frontiers) shipped 4.12 million total for the quarter ending 31st Dec 2022.
https://www.vgchartz.com/article/456265/sonic-frontiers-sells-over-29-million-units-persona-5-royal-remaster-sales-top-13-million-units/

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Machina posted 13/12/2022, 03:45
+2.5 million debut for Frontiers
https://www.vgchartz.com/game/231379/sonic-frontiers/

+2.63 million shipped in the first half of Sega's FY 2023 (end March 2022-end of Sept 2022).
https://web.archive.org/web/20221113234840/https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/library/pdf/settlement/2023/20221031_presentation_e_final.pdf

Takes the series to 91.96 million confirmed sales (not including the F2P inflated figures).

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Machina posted 30/10/2022, 02:57
Just pasting my old deleted posts:

Machina posted 11/06/2022:
+4.4 million sold in the year ending March 2021.

+5.8 million sold in the year ending March 2022

https://web.archive.org/web/20220602083853/https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/library/pdf/settlement/2022/20220513_presentation_eng_final.pdf#page=20

Machina posted 27/02/2020:
This new figure is incomplete, but is the best I can piece together (see discussion below for why this has been so difficult in Sonic's case). Think of it as an absolute minimum for the Sonic platformers.

It consists of:

- 70 million for the series up to March 31st 2011 ( https://web.archive.org/web/20190827160409/https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/library/pdf/printing_annual/2011/ssh_ar11e_all_final_1021.pdf ).

- 100,000 min. each for Sonic 2, CD, 4 Ep. I, Ep. II, on Android ( https://web.archive.org/web/20171116184917/play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sega.sonic2 ).

- 500,000 min. for Sonic 1 on Android ( https://web.archive.org/web/20170429014358/play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sega.sonic1 ).

- 107,991 for Sonic Adventure 2 on XBLA ( https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RyanLangley/20130211/186346/Xbox_Live_Arcade_By_The_Numbers__An_extensive_look_back_at_2012.php ).

- 1.85 million for Sonic Generations ( https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/pdf/release/201503_4q_tanshinhosoku_e_final_.pdf ).

- 710,000 for Sonic Lost World ( https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/pdf/release/2014_4q_presentation_e_final.pdf ).

- 620,000 for Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric & Shattered Crystal combined ( https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/pdf/release/201503_4q_tanshinhosoku_e_final_.pdf ).

- 1 million for Sonic Mania ( https://www.vgchartz.com/article/276048/sonic-mania-tops-1-million-units-sold-worldwide/ ).

- 1.45 million combined Steam figure that we know of for Sonic games released after March 31st 2011.

Couldn't find any figures for:
- Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
- Sonic Forces

Have intentionally not counted the racing releases or Mario & Sonic at the Olympics, which we'll list separately.

Machina posted 27/02/2020:
Yes @Salnax seems to be right.

It isn't until 2018 that Sega actually admits to including free downloads in the overall total. But there's a large jump from 70 million in the 2011 financial report to 150 million in the 2014 one (the ones in between don't specify a figure, as far as I can see), which can only really be explained by adding in free downloads.

I've removed the total for now - not happy listing a figure that almost certainly has been artificially inflated by F2P figures.
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S.Peelman posted 21/02/2020, 12:58
SEGA cheating with Sonic numbers.
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Salnax posted 08/02/2020, 05:21
For context regarding Sega's newer, more generous numbers that include free downloads, Sonic Dash alone had over 200 million downloads back in 2016.
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Shipping Total

101,857,990 Units
As of: December 31st, 2023

Opinion (12)

Machina posted 09/02/2024, 02:43
+2.34 million in the holiday quarter
https://web.archive.org/web/20240209142609/https://www.segasammy.co.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/pdf/en/ir/20242029_q3_presentation_e.pdf

The 21st series to reach 100 million confirmed sales!

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Machina posted 08/05/2023, 06:47
+300k for Frontiers between March 31st and now, putting it on 3.5 million total.
https://www.vgchartz.com/game/231379/sonic-frontiers/

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Machina posted 27/03/2023, 07:09
+100k for Frontiers in the last ~3 months.
https://www.vgchartz.com/article/456685/sonic-frontiers-sells-over-3-million-units/

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