Gaming News Sonic The Hedgehog is definitely SEGA’s most lucrative franchise, lewd numbers revealed
Sonic is surely the fastest character in the video game world. Certainly fast, but also very, very, very bankable. The SEGA star is literally exploding the publisher’s counters, which are delighted with the latest figures he shared during his tax report.
He is the star
Anyone familiar with video games knows what Sonic stands for. First released in 1991, the unlicensed blue hedgehog quickly rose to stardom before becoming a true legend of the video game world.
With around sixty games to his tally, Sonic saw the heyday of SEGA along with Tails, Knuckles, and Eggman. Quiet, The Japanese company is still betting heavily on its mascot, especially with the next work expected in early November, Sonic Frontiers.
Star of the video game but also of the cinema since 2020 with the release of the first film with the Sonic stamp. After a second work that was a hit at the box officea sequel is already in the works for a planned release by 2024. But that’s not all ! The blue hedgehog and his gang will soon be packing their bags on Netflix with the upcoming release of Sonic Prime.
Between his new 3D open world, his series and his film career, Sonic seems to have a bright future ahead of him, a situation that SEGA has to satisfy in more ways than one. The giant also recently shared his hero’s numbers, which are absolutely scary.
A full career
It’s on the occasion Son bilan fiscal that SEGA has revealed the numbers for its flagship license. Sonic is at the top of his game and exploding the counters, placing him well ahead of any other license from the giant. At the top, it shows an astonishing score of 1.5 billion units sold and downloads (for free-to-play games) throughout its career.
In the past year, the license has already written very good numbers and reached 1.38 billion sales and downloads combined. That difference between the two years makes us realize that the hedgehog is on the rise, which bodes well for Sonic Frontiers?
Note that the license is very far ahead of their comrades on the SEGA team. In the distance we first find Total War and its 40 million units sold. A very nice figure that remains almost anecdotal compared to Sonic.
