Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games will sell four million copies, according to SEGA.
It's a bold statement, given that the figure is equivalent to 20% of SEGA's total game sales last financial year.
The figure comes from Masanao Maeda, a corporate director at SEGA speaking at the Tokyo Games Show.
The spiky speedster has done it before, with the first Sonic game having sold 4 million units when it was released back in 1991. That, however, was when SEGA was a platform holder and had the muscle that comes with it. Sonic is not quite the powerhouse franchise it once was, with the last game bearing the title Sonic the Hedgehog having been poorly received.
Still, with the historic first meeting of Sonic and Mario and an Olympics license, SEGA's chances of seeing those kinds of sales again seem significantly improved.
You can find out more about the Mario & Sonic at the Olympics, due out on the Wii and DS this November, on SPOnG's dedicated game page.
Source: Bloomberg
It's a bold statement, given that the figure is equivalent to 20% of SEGA's total game sales last financial year.
The figure comes from Masanao Maeda, a corporate director at SEGA speaking at the Tokyo Games Show.
The spiky speedster has done it before, with the first Sonic game having sold 4 million units when it was released back in 1991. That, however, was when SEGA was a platform holder and had the muscle that comes with it. Sonic is not quite the powerhouse franchise it once was, with the last game bearing the title Sonic the Hedgehog having been poorly received.
Still, with the historic first meeting of Sonic and Mario and an Olympics license, SEGA's chances of seeing those kinds of sales again seem significantly improved.
You can find out more about the Mario & Sonic at the Olympics, due out on the Wii and DS this November, on SPOnG's dedicated game page.
Source: Bloomberg
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SuperSaiyan4 21 Sep 2007 11:05
1/4
This is messed up, Mario the fat plumber vs Sonic the super fast Hedgehog...Let me guess so SEGA will mess this up as well and make Sonic slow as we all know hands down that Sonic would easily win this.
They will sell 4 million who knows but I think its an absolute disgrace to have those 2 in the same game! I hate Mario!!!!
They will sell 4 million who knows but I think its an absolute disgrace to have those 2 in the same game! I hate Mario!!!!
bertybassett 21 Sep 2007 11:27
2/4
You might hate mario but he has constantly been at the forefront of all the best platfomer games.
He is the single most important character in gaming history preiod.
He is the single most important character in gaming history preiod.
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deleted 21 Sep 2007 11:45
3/4
Do you really think nintendo would of allowed this game if mario wasnt as good as sonic?, i suspect that some of sonics stats will be better than marios and visa versa, ie: sonics speed and endurance where as marios jumping and strenth possible better, but as no one has actually played a completed game yet know one knows maybe sonic will trounce mario?
realvictory 21 Sep 2007 12:08
4/4
There is definitely something wrong if Sonic isn't faster than Mario in a race. He better had be.