Is it Selling Better than Sonic 4′s 1st Day? Depends
The iOS re-release of Sonic CD has in most countries not been on the App Store for more than a day. But already, the game is climbing toward the top of the iOS paid app charts.
As of this article’s publication, the game is #11 on the Top Paid apps within iTunes. Among the Top Grossing charts, it stands at #21, also as of this article’s publication. In the former, SCD has steadily been climbing from the low 20s and then high teens all day today.
To put this in perspective, it may be helpful to look back on the first day of sale for Sonic 4: Episode I on iOS. That game had an average four star rating among reviews; SCD at this moment has a perfect score among its more than 260 reviewsthus far. But after 24 hours of sale, Sonic 4 stood second in the Top Grossing category, perhaps due to its $10 price point at the time. However, in Top Paid, the game was just 16th after a day; SCD has the edge here. Ultimately, how you compare this to the last major Sonic release on iOS depends on what number you want to look at and believe.
The question now is whether SCD can maintain these strong sales once its price increases, whereas Sonic 4 needed a price drop in short order to shake things up. It will be interesting to see the charts evolve over the coming days and weeks. We’ll let you know anything noteworthy.
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Sonic CD’s re-release selling better than Sonic 4: Episode 1 on the 1st day sounds like a good thing to me.
I sent you guys a news tip – Sonic Before the Sequel is out
@Ricardo: IT’S WHAT?!? WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD?!?
@Meta Ryan – Type on Youtube “Sonic Before the Sequel – Release Trailer” Look in the description, and download it!!
@MetaRyan – Or just look at the “LakeFeperd” channel. If you cannot find the trailer, just click on the “Sonic before the sequel 1st trailer, and in the description, it will be edited, and the link is there
Thanks ricardo for replying with certin sounding info
i personaly think sonic dimensions is real because that infomation was a bit to detailed to be false and the past 2 or 3 sonic rumors has been true so yeah…
as long modern sonic has no boost to win gameplay then i guess i’m happy lol. spindash pwns boost ANYDAY. theres nothing more epic than rolling into robots like a bowling ball
as long as sonic can roll again lol. item pods too… i miss alot of things since boost to win arived on consoles in 2008 
friends… items… spindash or roll… platforming (with boost its dreadful… stop start sections or planet wisp in this case) and i miss the heavyish storys like adventures storys…
anyways basically, i used to love boost but its now overused :/ i was hoping for sonic adventure 3 for wii u
lol.
i guess we will find out in 2012…
last question guys! can someone tell me what iizuka meant exactly by: i wish to create a new standard sonic… a new modern sonic if you will.
please reply
Nice! Can’t wait till it’s on psn.
@Blueblur
Dude, you’ve been bringing up “Boost to win” for over four times now… Shut. The. Fuck. Up. Colors and generations aren’t as boost happy as your Adventure-loving mind loves to make them out to be. You act like it’s such an important thing if he isn’t curling up into a goddamn ball And ou also like to think theres no platforming in either of them. Just stop.
Go back to playing the Adventure games and 2006 if it matters that much to you. Adventure fanboy…
SEGA’s is gonna rocket to the top when this hits PC and PSN!
@knuckleschaotix more like DRILL through the…….fuck it I’m not starting this again XD
@Darkgomugomu
Fuck you!!! XD
@Stephan – Come on now, really? The man likes the Adventure series, so what? I love the Adventure series, I love Spindash Sonic, I love dark stories, so what? Does that make me an Adventure fanboy? No, it just shows my respect for the Adventure series, just like Blueblur.
From Blueblur’s point of view, Colors, Unleashed, and Generations are “boost to win” for HIM. Its HIS opinion, don’t get so caught up in it. I’m pretty sure what Blueblur really means is that he is extremely tired of Boosting Sonic + silly stories, and would like to go back to 3D and shocking stories. He likes to roll into a ball – I do too. He likes full 3D – same here. He likes playing as Shadow, Tails, and Knuckles – I don’t give a hoot if they do different gameplay from Sonic, I MISS playing as other characters. Thanks to SEGA, today’s Tails acts like a pussy (not that I really care, I think its cute). If Tails continued to be playable, he probably would’ve continued to grow stronger. Take a look at when Tails fights Egg Walker “I’m not scared! I’m not scared!” In SA2, when Eggman launched Sonic to his death, right in front of Tails’s eyes. “This is the first time Sonic asked me to do something for him, I won’t let him down! I won’t give up!” In heroes he was okay, same with 2006, but after that, he went down hill in his strenth and self-believeness.
Eh, sorry about that. Anyway, Blueblur is entitled to his opinion, and so am I. Call me crazy, call me an adventure fanboy, I don’t care! It just shows how immature and unreasonable you are. If you do not like what BlueBlur posts, then ignore it, and don’t reply to it. You have no right to tell a person to shut the fuck up. “Freedom of Speech”, ever heard of it? I learned to ignore people over the years, because they just aren’t worth it.
@Blueblur
Just call it boost gameplay instead of boost to win. Also you say, you miss platforming when Sonic Unleashed, Colors and Generations has more platforming than SA1 and SA2. Overused….. O.o
@Ashura
…There was platforming in Unleashed? XD
2D sections atleast. xD
@Blueblur – I just had to back you up. Don’t ever let anyone put you down, or tell you who you are. Those type are just messed up.
Anyway, I miss the spindash too, I would choose it over boost anyday. Though I wouldn’t really mind if they put in both the spindash and boost, but whatever.
I also hope Sonic U is real, though I doubt the real name would be Dimensions, especially because some fan game already has that name, but it doesn’t matter, SEGA could still use it because the fan doesn’t own Sonic. SEGA has never thought of a title this early though, so again the title most likely isn’t real. I also hope for a Sonic Adventure 3 for the next gen consoles, though if you see SEGA still not doing it, it shows they won’t make one until SEGA goes back into the console business….maybe.
About Iizuka, he either means a different design for Sonic(as the new new modern Sonic), or he wants a new style of Sonic gameplay.
@Ashura – Yes Colors and Generations had more platforming then SA1 and 2, but the SA series were done AGES ago. Of course SEGA would get better at platforming after many years. If SEGA made a Sonic Adventure 3, I’m positive it would be a good 3D platformer.
Though I wouldn’t criticize SEGA’s next full 3D game, being the first after many years. 
Sonic Before the Sequel is amazing so far. There are a couple of frustrating parts, but overall it’s awesome.
I have just set the best ‘total score’ on the Sonic CD re-release (psn) under my psn account name ‘StonecoldSAS1mgs’. No1 in the rankings. Score of 535400. 66 lives and all time stones. I love exploring every inch of every level of this game. Another 100 hours of play might be enough, lol!
Omg thanks fucked ;D I owe u one for telling that stupid spindash to shut up
no one has ever backed me up like that before… thanks mate 
dreamcast era sonic was the shit! thats how ill put it now lol. and someone mentioned about performing lol maybe it is overused because ur boosting and bam wall of jumps! If anyone has played sonic ,3Some BLAST then please check my current level in works on littlebigplanet2
my PSN is lukex34
speaking of which ricardo have you got a PSN account? i,d like. to be friends
spindash sonic FTW!!!
@blueblur
You probably wouldnt even care about Dimensions rumors anymore if he has the boost instead.
I can’t wait to get this game on Tuesday for my PS3. I really wish they would have included that Desert Dazzle stage but only after you finished the game once or make it as like an Extra Stage mode or something, but you can’t have them all I guess. But I wonder what Sega means when they say that this is the direct prequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 4; Episode 2..Hmmm…. Well I guess we will find out that little mystery when we get there I suppose. I really wish this would be released for Nintendo 3DS as well so I can play it on the go! But Hey lets just enjoy the game
Actually steven guy i dont give two shits about your pity hate against my harmless opinons. if dimensions has boost then yeah its true. i wouldnt be satisfied about buying sonic unleashed 4 -_- im sick to death of segas modern era cheap boost gameplay. it feels restricted, cheap, empty and nothing to the game but speed… even sonic 1 has more freedom than boost games…
and with iizuka saying hes creating a new modern sonic.. hopefully this means the whole dreamcast era ideas will return! the original gun truck chase is more fun because you can roll away from it and it looks epic
yeah im in love with spinball / dash get over it! its the,best thing since 3d…
sonic heroes is my fav game and it was epic because everything was just amazing! He couldnt spindash but rolling was acceptible, items were great to grab, and you can play as friends! yes 3d was liner but it was still better than 2d
and the story was big, but a lil kiddy but nowt like colours crappy story! in one answer i dislike boost gameplay
@Blueblur – Sorry, I don’t have a PSN account, I only have a LIVE account. :S
Still, we could still be friends and talk!
@blueblur
Pathetic…
Hating a good game and liking a crappy one just because of rolling… That’s sad…
@Stephen your clearly retarded then… after reading my big comment on the THINGS i love about sonic and sonic heroes all you could pinpoint out was the fact i love spinballing -_- pure. re. tard. and go fuck yourself your the pathectic one by bashing my own opinion and your also clearly a boost to win fanboy,defending that gameplay with your “good game without ball to you is pathetic” shit. after being a sonic fan since sa1 1999 and exprerienced nearly every sonic game up too today, i know what in my opinion a sonic game is and should have in it.
basically stephen… stfu u troll.
anyways ignoring scumbags like stephen, @ricardo sure
thatd be great! 
can i rely on you to back me up if noobs like stephen attack me when im not here? cause thatd be great lol 
Lol i noticed my typos of my stupid spell checker xD “thanks for shutting that spindash up” LOL and thank fucked XD lololol. had to correct lulz
Good LORD! Do you really have to argue it’s merely a matter of opinions! Although, really, Blueblur is wrong about the lack of platforming, he still is entitled to his opinion. Now. SHUT UP TAI- I mean, both of you.
Now everyone’s going to be screaming at me, aren’t they?
Blueblur, you can’t call people retarded over their opinion, if it was a stupid one, maybe. But he’s just saying that Colours, Unleashed and Generations aren’t boost to win. And frankly, I agree. They’re pretty good games in their own right, just as Adventure 1/2 was.
Now, re-read what you typed and think for a bit, are you really being a good guy about this?
What does this discussion have to do with anything? It felt like it was started up out of the blue. (No pun intended.)
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i never cared for the adventure games but thats just me, i like the boost games because they do have more platforming, and ever since colors they made it so you cant boost through the whole level
Just an update: I just checked the store again and Sonic CD is now 4th in the Top Paid section and 7th in the Top Grossing section.
I really hope it stays like this and that the game gets the recognition it deserves, because this is truly an amazing port. I own it on iOS and I can honestly say that it plays even BETTER than on the Sega CD. That’s saying something.
Keep buying it you fuckers!