Sonic Colors Wii - did it bombed?

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Galaki on 04 February 2011

Sonic Colors Sales (Wii) Sales History (Launches Aligned)

Summary of weekly unit sales from launch broken down by region (for first 10 weeks of sale)

Week	Americas	Japan	EMEAA	Worldwide	Running Total
1	59,846	4,301	10,230	74,377	74,377
2	55,515	1,564	17,839	74,918	149,295
3	44,628	788	25,081	70,497	219,792
4	46,285	575	33,228	80,088	299,880
5	51,572	634	39,316	91,522	391,402
6	72,918	777	45,075	118,770	510,172
7	39,924	548	47,901	88,373	598,545
8	19,163	390	18,074	37,627	636,172
9	10,085	223	8,692	19,000	655,172
10	7,418	186	6,814	14,418	669,590
Ten Week Totals:	407,354	9,986	252,250	669,590
Lifetime Totals:	413,098	9,986	266,288	689,372

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Joelcool7 on 04 February 2011

Its alittle early to be called a failure. Infact Sonic Unleashed barely outsold it in the same time frame selling only 782,333. Also lets look at it this way UbiSoft said they would consider Red Steel 2 a success if it sold 500k so Sonic Colours has already topped 500k so I would consider it a success.

Now Sonic Colours also has another year to go on the market before Sega starts cutting price. One thing with Sonic games is they have long legs. I'd say lifetime sales of about 1.5-mill maybe not the most successful Sonic game but definatly a success in both my eyes and probably Sega's.

Also keep in mind that Unleashed on 360 and PS3 combined only sold 1.4-mill and that was with a much larger budget. Sonic Colours was probably pretty cheap to develop and sales like these have no doubt brought Sega a nice profit. But will Sega port their next Sonic title to 360 and PS3 as well? Probably it means more profit and honestly I think Sonic Colours would have sold just the way it is on any platform.

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EL_PATRAS on 04 February 2011

Why is it so low in japan?

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huaxiong90 on 04 February 2011

I'm surprised at the Japanese numbers...but I think it's too early to call it a bomb.

I think maybe by the end of the year, it could reach 1 million units sold.

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SnesTea on 04 February 2011

EL_PATRAS said:

Why is it so low in japan?

Probably because the Japanese stopped buying into the Sonic cycle.

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gumby_trucker on 04 February 2011

I think SEGA was quoted saying they are happy with the sales of Colors so far.

Personally I wish it'd do more but it came a bit late in the console cycle to really be a huge seller. They should port it to every platform under the sun, if not for the sales then for the recognition -- just so everybody knows Sonic isn't dead.

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pariz on 04 February 2011

I don't think it bombed at all, specially considering the very competitive market of Wii platformers.

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Conegamer on 04 February 2011

What's up with Japan...

No, it's selling fine. It'll be a million-seller, so there's no worries really!

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MrT-Tar on 04 February 2011

I don't see with those sales how it can be considered a bomb, the Japanese numbers are disapointing though

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