SEGA will be having a merry Christmas this year with the success of Sonic Frontiers. The game, which takes the blue hedgehog to a semi-open world setting, establishes a solid new formula on which to build, and it seems that fans have rewarded the experiment.
A month out from release, it's now surpassed 2.5 million sales worldwide. The publisher confirms this is a combination of both physical and digital sales across all platforms.
Its success isn't too big a surprise; the franchise has always sold well, but it's the best-rated new 3D Sonic game in years, and the character has grown in popularity thanks to a pair of major movies.
In fact, the blue blur's on a roll at the moment; with the aforementioned films, the Sonic Origins retro collection, and Netflix show Sonic Prime set to release on 15th December, now seems like a pretty good time for fans. As for Sonic Frontiers, it's set to receive a ton of post-launch support, with free content updates planned throughout 2023.
Did you contribute to the success of Frontiers? Raise those hands in the comments section below.
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Well deserved, Sonic Frontiers is the best Sonic game I’ve played, even if it’s a bit flawed!
2022 really has been a great year for Sonic and I really can’t wait for the free updates for this game next year, especially the new story expansion!
I still remember the days of old, when I used to play Sonic on the original Sega master system, 8bit style. I've been a fan since the beginning, and glad to see the recent success of the franchise. I like this new approach they've taken. Hopefully they keep building upon the open world format.
They hope to release it only on ps5 Xbox PC from the next work. I want to see better visuals.
Always glad to see that review scores don't always equate to either people's buying or enjoyment. 'One man's junk' and all that.
I'm sure the steep price drop over Black Friday helped a lot with that. I picked it up for £28 in asda
It's been one month already?
@dasd2 Not gonna happen. Historically Sonic games have sold best on Nintendo systems even when multiplatform. Heck, Colours surpassed the HD version of Unleashed if I remember correctly. The only exceptions were the Wii U ones, obviously.
So as long as SEGA wants to target that market, and for Sonic there will always be a need for that large market, then it won't be next gen only. They tried that once.
I shall add to those sales when/ if the price drops to £15 or lower.
Fantastic game. They've took Sonic and mixed in some Nier Automata and Shadow of the Colossus.
Sega genesis is where i first play sonic the hedgehog game.now sonic frontiers looks cool.and it a good game.and selling well also.word up son
Very well deserved success. Bravo Sonic Team! Bravo! Looking forward to to the content updates next year!
Good news for the Blue Hedgehog. Well deserved.
Sonic is definitely on a roll. I bought the game for my son on Switch that he gets to open on Christmas.
My favorite Sonic cartoon from the 90's is also getting a third season made by fans. Trailer:
https://youtu.be/tzJBq-fPrF4
It's the most fun I've had with a game all year and the best 3D Sonic I've played for a long time. Having grown up with him on the Megadrive and Master System I'm happy to see Sonic doing well again
It's worth pointing out that by comparison, Sonic Mania sold 1 million copies after 8 months.
The last time we got sales numbers for a 3D Sonic was Lost World and Boom, both of which sold less than a million after 6 months (including 3DS numbers, which really shouldn't count since they're different games). They didn't bother telling us how much Forces sold; I imagine it did a lot better than those two, but they probably wanted to focus more on Mania's success more.
sales don’t equate to quality of a game but hopefully this success entices them to put more effort into their next game and not the other way around of them being comfortable with mediocrity . it’s one of the better sonic games but that’s literally not saying much . i’m still in the process of playing it but the fact that i haven’t beaten it yet .. hope it grows on me. i don’t dislike it though .
One of my favorite games of the year and really looking forward to the DLC, especially the new story and characters. Nice to see it selling well.
Good numbers after being put on sale for half off two weeks after launch and being released on every platform. Which I think was actually smart. Most people weren't touching this at $60. Even though the game is mediocre I honestly expected way more. Ragnarok did over twice that on only two platforms in it's first week (5.1 million). Imagine if the half off sales didn't happen. Lol!
Looks like it's on sale again for $39.99 everywhere now. Not as good as the $29 from last month though.
Best Sonic game in ages so well deserved.
Im happy to see people liked the game but it's clear the game really needed a little extra polish that is the only pity that games that are clearly not finshined seem to get good sales it sends a strange message to the developers.
Well deserved. Between this, the second movie and the hopefully good Prime show coming tomorrow, this year was truly a blast for Sonic.
I was so bitter toward this game before it came out (those previews really did look dreadful) but I was blown away by how much I enjoyed this when I got it in my hands. Got the platinum on both PS4 and PS5 I was enjoying it so much. I really hope they continue down this path and don't just throw it all away for the next game as I think they've got a winning formula here.
@Coolmusic @Uncharted2007 @Milt I still need to play Sonic Frontiers, but definitely 2022 has been the Year of the Sonic!
Loved both films and I'm planning to binge the Sonic Prime series soon as I have the free time.
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