How much did the Sonic brand make in 2008?
Posted by George. Filed under George, Multi-platform, News, Nintendo Wii, North America, Sonic. Tagged with $, Sonic, Sonic and Mario, Sonic Unleashed.
So how much did the Sonic brand make in 2008? According to Wedbush Morgan Securities’ industry report it made $163 million dollars. A even better fact, this only accounts for United States, not Europe, where Sonic is more popular.
Sonic came in at number 11 on their top 30 list of most profitable game brands. This means that it made more money than the Gears of War , The Sims and Tom Clancy brands.
The majority of sales came from Mario and Sonic, a game that has been charting since it was released in 2007 (Wii version) and the release of Sonic Unleashed in late 2008. I’m sure Sonic would have cracked the top ten if they released Sonic Unleashed around spring 2008, instead of in the fall. Another Sonic game that was released in 2008 was Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.
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Sega Nerds no longer able to make Sonic levels in LBP
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, Sonic, Sony PlayStation 3, Video. Tagged with Fan Stuff, Green Hill Zone, Little Big Planet, Sonic.
~No more fun levels like this, I’m afraid~
You might remember several weeks back we posted up this rather nifty video (above) showing off a user-made version of Sonic the Hedgehog’s Green Hill Zone, with Little Big Planet. While perhaps not as speedy as the original hedgehog outing, what we saw was pretty good.
No doubt many PS3 owning Sega Nerds would be excited at the prospect of uploading their own Sega-themed outings to the Little Big Planet servers, but it seems that will no longer be possible. Sony is now removing any user-creations that could potentially infringe on copyrights.
