oh and how the heck is Sonic Mega Collection not the same product? they just added few features no different than any game that is a late port, by that logic you might as well count GE for PS360 as a different game than the Wii one or HOTD overkill or No More Heroes etc.

And as for Sonic 4 here you go: "Speaking with VG247, Sega West CEO Mike Hayes stated that Episode I cleared over one million downloads across all the platforms,[40] with the PlayStation 3 version selling the most copies.[41]
Direct from Wikipedia via Sonic Stadium website

You compared a DS game to a PS2 game but i cant compare two different versions of the same game? Fair enough, thats still accounts for three games though. Sonic Heroes, Collection (your moving goal post with this one) and Sonic 4

Adding features to a late port makes it a distinct game, so better sales needn't be due to better market. Of course, if you add features to a late port, and don't remove any, and it makes a "better game", yet the game sells worse, it may be indicative of market issues (it depends on the extent of feature additions, etc).

For Sonic 4, as I said, we don't know the *extent* of the difference. It could be 300,000 copies on PS3, 290,000 on 360, and 280,000 on Wii, for all we know. Or it could be 900,000 on PS3, 80,000 on 360, and 10,000 on Wii. Without specific figures, we can't know.

And I didn't compare the DS game to the PS2 game. It was purely an aside, intended to emphasise that Nintendo platforms are a better home for Sonic games.

And best doesn't have to mean most. It can mean best relative to <something>, where the something could be install base, years on market, price, or one of many other factors. Which sold better - a game that sold 30 million copies at $50, or a game that sold 300 million copies at $1? It depends on how you define "better", of course.

Since when did people care about Sinic games? Wasnt the gamer consensus that Sonic games tanked in quality?

it actually does sell the best on Nintendo consoles by total sales and average per game.

GC-8.81 million from 6 games/1.47 per game

PS2-7.31, 5 games/1.46 per game

DS-16.84, 8 games/2.1 per game(8.48, 6 games/1.41 per game excluding Mario & Sonic)

PSP-2.67, 2 games/1.33 per game

Wii-24.66, 9 games/2.74 per game(8.95, 6 games/1.49 excluding Mario & Sonic)

PS3-6.14, 6 games/1.02 per game 

360-5.71, 7 games/.82 per game

3DS-1.81, 3 games/.6 per game(.86, 2 games/.43 per game excluding Mario & Sonic)

Vita-.09, 1 game

To my knowledge, there has been two Sonic games on PS3/360 that didn't sell better on Wii, and that's Sonic Generations and Sonic 06 - and the only reason they didn't sell better on Wii was because they weren't on the Wii. On the other hand, the game that most people call the "redeeming" Sonic title was on Wii only - Sonic Colors.

And I'm sorry, but Sonic, multiplatform? Really? The Wii got three exclusive Sonic titles, not counting the Mario & Sonic titles. Sonic fans *had* to own a Wii to enjoy Sonic last gen.

And like I said, Sonic fans would definitely go and buy a Wii U for Sonic, rather than petitioning for this partnership for all of three titles, one of which is Mario & Sonic, to be undone. They wouldn't be petitioning if they didn't already know that Sega had good market reasons for the deal - they'd trust in the market to show Sega that they need to put it on the other platforms.

I think you misunderstood. I'm saying, much of the Sonic fanbase, if asked to describe what Sonic games should be like, point to Sonic Colors. It's not that it was seen as redeeming in the leadup to release, but that it's seen as the redeeming title *now*.

EDIT: I have seen multiple people describe Sonic Colors as "the point at which Sonic stopped sucking again".

less than 200 signatures? Clearly people care.

Now look at Rayman to keep original date effort.

http://www.change.org/petitions/ubisoft-entertainment-s-a-keep-to-the-original-rayman-legends-release-date-for-the-wii-u

I'm the 400 LOLOL's !!

You mane like the 2D or 3D Mario games? Maybe Nintendogs? Or is it a new Zelda with a dozen new gimmicks slapped on it? You see, we can both play this game

I agree with u on 2D Mario lately and Nintendogs but 3D Mario Iis a bad example of rehashed experience compare Mario 64 to Sunshine to Galaxy, vastly different gameplay. Also with Zelda i wouldnt compare the things it does as gimmicks, moreso trying to stay fresh and different from its predeccessors. One more thing about 3D Mario/Zelda is they come out every 3-5 years as opposed to annually. I do believe they use Mario as a character too often in games hes not needed tho.