There was a period, now lost in the gaming mists of time, where the blue hedgehog known as Sonic sat atop the world of gaming. During the glory days of Sega’s war with Nintendo there was a more personal visceral conflict taking place involving Sonic The Hedgehog and the already well established favourite Mario, the Italian plumber.
Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for week of June 2, 2025 to June 8, 2025.
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
Switch 2 – 947,931 (New)
PlayStation 5 – 14,535 (5,690,661)
Switch OLED Model – 8,040 (9,060,680)
Switch Lite – 6,089 (6,581,795)
PlayStation 5 Pro – 4,230 (218,056)
Switch – 2,482 (20,109,545)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,017 (974,094)
Xbox Series S – 163 (337,686)
Xbox Series X – 113 (320,660)
Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 57 (20,820)
PlayStation 4 – 24 (7,929,628)
So its official. Switch 2 dethroned PS2 in Japan for the biggest hardware launch ever.
Tripled the switch launch numbers, yeah Nintendo's domination of the Japanese market is going smooth
And take note. This is just for retail sales only; sales from the Nintendo Japanese website are not yet included.
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Re-invent him? I think the guy just needs a good game instead. I think it may be time to hand Sonic off to a third party or even Nintendo since Sega is now all buddy buddy with them. Have someone else take a crack at the blue speedster.
I pretty much lost all interest in Sonic, Mario, and all the other kiddie shit when I grew pubes 24 years ago.
Take it back to its 2D platforming roots and let Klei Entertainment do something with it, they are very good and are great with 2D visuals.
Make his shoes green and his eyes red.
Then grab some popcorn and watch the fan havoc commence.XD