Official Data is Not Good
It had a full week of sale in the game last week in the UK versus the two days that made up week one. But the official Chart Track ranks for Sonic Generations show it didn’t matter one bit; the game simply could not compete with other major fare released.
Chart Track shows the combined Generations sales dropped eleven places in the all-format to 21st. To demonstrate how alarming that is, Mario Kart Wii, which is exclusive to Wii and is more than three and a half years old, came in just two places under at 23rd.
On the individual format charts, the news is even worse. The XBOX 360 edition dropped 18 places to 32nd overall. The PS3 version is out of the top 40 altogether. It came in 21st last week. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim dominated the UK charts overall.
To compare, Sonic Colors on Wii and DS combined charted 18th in the UK its second week of sale, and actually climbed up from its first week.
Unofficial guesstimates aren’t in yet, but we’re going to guess they are ugly, given the competition. We’ll relay those when made available.
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Maybe Christmas?
ouch.
So how about that Collectors Edition for the US?
Give the UK a collectors edition = bad sales. Now if they gave this to the US…
This is unexpected. But you can’t really compare the ranking of what Colors did last year to what Generations did this year as you noted that both Skyrim AND MW3 came out the same week this year. I’m completely guessing here but I get the feeling Colors didn’t have that competition last year. Official numbers will definitely support it more but the perspective with that and Mario Kart for Wii is pretty crazy.
I am say a repeat business of COLOURS is gonna happen near X-MAS it will perk up. Plus bit silly to have released it between/same time/before COD:MW3/SKYRIM/UNCHARTED 3 as they will have had more dominance in first week sales
Kind of depressing. A mario game could last up to two hours and it would still rank higher than Sonic.
Why did they release it during the same time as Modern Warfare 3, Uncharted 3, Batman Arkham City and Skyrim. Obviously this would happen because of that. 4 dominant games (which i dont play) against our pal Sonic.. He didn’t stand a chance
Yup, makes me really mad that they had the Collector’s Edition as a EU exclusive when clearly sales in America are much better.
Fuck you, Europe! lol
Hey that’s what happens when your franchise declines for soooo many years! They’ve gotta work their way back to the top.
Colors = Wii Only. Generations = FUCK you Nintendofans….
get it? Ignoring Sonics current success is like completely ignore his chances! Generations belongs on Wii not on the Call of Duty consoles!
@Jmack
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its not the fact of the franchise not being what it was, from most of my friends (UK) all they care about is FPS Call of Duty and battlefield, most UK gamers only care for those type of games, well from what alot of people i’ve met around uk seem to be interested in
@dude It wasnt on the wii because the wii sucks too much to handle the hedgehog engine
@Tundiam
It’s quality declining over the years has to play some significant role in why it’s not selling so high now. Call of Duty and Battlefield are consistently great franchises which is why they sell so high, and the sad truth is that Sonic games are not so consistent/polished as they once were. Although Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations are excellent games, some fans last straw was…DA DA DA DAAAA…Sonic 4.
I think the sales will go way better before christmas, Sonic is that kind of game that you buy for your children for christmas and that kind of game the children have on their wishlist. Well, expect for the annoying children who think they’re cool cus they’re playing CoD.(It’s so fun to pwn them! XD)
I see the results.
Sega create a new next werehog game.
Sonic Unleashed have more sells than generations and this is only 360/PS3!
Sonic Generations is awesome for fanbase, but overrall public prefer werehog or horrible swords sonic.
The reason it was released now is so Sonic Generations will be hot for the holidays, but released before the other major releases because the business is also first-come first-serve. The cutoff point is Black Friday though, at least in the US: Miss that, and your sales are practically halved.
I’m sure the holidays are a major reason to release the games in Europe as well.
Do not fret: Sonic games tend to have legs. Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim are the sort of games that get VERY strong sales early on but start sagging after a couple of months. (That’s why Activision releases a Call of Duty game every year, sometimes twice per year: They need to for the series to remain profitable.) Sonic games continue to enjoy sales due to his sheer recognizability: He is at his strongest as gifts to people, whether holidays or birthdays.
I walk around Target and Wal•Mart and I STILL see kids begging their parents to get Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Colors. That’s where Sonic’s true sales come from.
This is a business practice known as the “long tail”: A product doesn’t sell well initially but continues to sell decently for a long time, and thus in the long term is a success.
just wait for Christmas it was the same whit colors in Christmas the sales where big
Does anyone remember what came out with Colors last year, I don’t remember at all. Still given that this game was available on 2 systems and that Colors was only on one, Colors did pretty amazingly.
What the hell UK?
Get off your… uhh.. “blooming” asses and buy it.
Speaking of Sonic Generations, I’m surprised Gamespot gave it an 8.0 just recently….. http://www.gamespot.com/sonic-generations/reviews/sonic-generations-review-6345198?tag=summary%3Bread-review
@WhizzleKidd
I’m sure Sonic can dodge a few bullets(MW3,Uncharted), kill a freak in a costume(Batman, my fav supahero lol) and I don’t know what the fuck is Skyrim though.
And yet I’m having a hard time finding the damn CE at a relatively affordable price.
I’ve had enough with Call of Duty. It’s all I ever hear about. It might not be bad, but I’m sick of it!