Hey everyone, I’m looking for charts and sources on Sonic sales data for a potential retrospective I may write later this year. I recalled seeing a chart showing the sales figures of Sonic over the last 5-10 years in which Sonic games sales spike upwards when Mania came out and then spikes upward again following the movie. The only chart similar to this that I could find was this chart showing an increase in partnership offers following the movie: Does anyone know where I could find the chart and/or sales data on the last decade of Sonic games? Am I even remembering the correct information? Thank you for your time
I don’t believe that information is revealed by Sega. The IR material from Sega Sammy has broad overviews that you can make some inferences from, but they never give hard figures on each game title. Even if you just tracked the overall Sonic series sales in each press release that mentions them, they include digital downloads which makes it difficult. If you don’t mind including the download numbers, you can still make a case for the series increasing in popularity by measuring the amount the sales/download number increases between set periods and comparing how that rate changes prior to 2017, after 2017, then once again after the film. Though you’d have to keep in mind that the majority of sales typically occur in the initial launch period, so years without a release are not perfectly comparable to years with one.
