Sonic the only Sega Presence for Last Week’s Sales
There was good news in Britain for Sonic, bad news for much of Sega’s other promising franchises, and incredible news for a clash of gaming titans that is clearly withstanding the test of time.
The Wii edition of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games jumped twelve places on the British multiplatform sales charts last week, from number 15 to number 3 overall. Wii Fit and the XBOX 360 edition of The Godfather II were first and second, respectively.
The DS version of Mario and Sonic also was in the top 40, clocking in at #30, down two places from last week.
In all, unofficial tracking site VGChartz.com estimates that between both versions, well over 11 million copies of the game have been sold. A majority of the sales occurred in Europe, according to VGChartz.
Elsewhere on the charts, Sonic and the Black Knight clung to a top 40 spot, dropping five places from the previous week to #32. It was the only other Sega title on the charts this week–no MadWorld, no House of the Dead, nothing.
With continued hype for the Mario and Sonic olympic clash, now’s a good time to participate in our @Issue poll, where we ask if you want to see Mario and Sonic together in a platformer. Right now, 58 percent do–what say you?
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Hasn’t everybody and their Uncle bought this game yet? Seriously how does it still keep selling?
I know! I mean c’mon this is: 0.o
This is obviously the result of sticking two of the biggest faces (well two of many) in video game history in the same game…sheesh imagine the cash the publishers would rake in by sticking them in a ‘proper’ game, one with a storyline and protag/antagonists. I dunno if it would work (judging by the poll everyone seems to think it would, I was lazy and voted unsure hehe) but it sell like mad!
But seriously, to repeat PJMan, how is this game still selling….???
Well, with the Wii at 50 million users, the people who bought M&S would make up about 22% of that userbase.
This is insane!
@Max Cady:
Quite impressive…… But not as impressive as to how boring the game is. I mean , it’s Sonic and Mario…. Why can’t the entire game be focused on dream races?
That is why I would rather see the platformer as I voted in the poll. The platformer overall be a better game.Imagine this plot:
Mario discovers a blue portal in a pipe. Learns that there’s a slight connection between his world and Sonic’s. Bowser quickly catches on and follows Mario in there, and eventually teams up with Eggman.
Mario v.s. Eggman
Sonic v.s. Bowser
Mario v.s. Sonic
And last but not least….
Super Mario and Super Sonic v.s. the dastardly duo in a giant Mario and Sonic inspired mech. (Possibly Bowser-esque)
I think it could sell a more-over better majority than the crap Olympics.
Still….. I’m hoping for good Winter Olympics. After all, if they want to please, they should revise mistakes. After all, who was tired of friggin’ having to shake their arms like a maniac to race?
And I don’t have it! Haha, maybe it’s time for me to go and bye it soon… No, I buy the winter games instead. Much better!
I think Winter Olympic will be much better. They’ve screw it up in some of the olympic events.
But I like the game. I voted maybe. I’m not sure, if the mix mario and sonic in the right way it would be awsome! But I don’t want this boring Mario platforming! It’s slow and boring! Nintendo! Make a game with real, fun platforming!
And I say the same to SEGA, need more platforming. But it is some places in Unleashed (360/PS3) when you have to slow down for some platforming.. I like that, I can’t wait to get my hande on the 360 version!(I know, I’ve change my mind. No PS3 version.XD)
Anyway, if they made a game with mario and sonic it would probably sell like *peep*! Or maybe not.
Two years and it’s still on the charts. This game is better than I thought.