Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "刺猬索尼克 (1991年游戏)" in Chinese language version.
Through March 1992, "Sonic" sales had climbed to 2.8 million packages, a record high for Sega software. "Sonic 2," introduced in November 1992, proceeded to outperform its predecessor. The initial release of 3.2 million packages sold out only two weeks after hitting the stores
It sold 1.8 million copies of copies of "Sonic the Hedgehog" in the U.S. and another million in Europe and Japan.
Sonic the Hedgehog, a video game which has made over four hundred million dollars worldwide, compared to two or three hundred million for a blockbuster picture.
Unfortunately, I pretty much forgot all that when working on James Pond 3, and I spent too much of the development time chasing after what Sonic had just achieved.
Mark Cerny: Sonic had been a lighter blue, but he was very hard to see against the ocean backgrounds, so his color was darkened at the last moment.
Sega scored significantly last Christmas with the original 'Sonic the Hedgehog' for the 16-bit Genesis machine, selling nearly 1 million copies.
Mark Cerny: Sonic had been a lighter blue, but he was very hard to see against the ocean backgrounds, so his color was darkened at the last moment.
Sega scored significantly last Christmas with the original 'Sonic the Hedgehog' for the 16-bit Genesis machine, selling nearly 1 million copies.
Unfortunately, I pretty much forgot all that when working on James Pond 3, and I spent too much of the development time chasing after what Sonic had just achieved.
Sonic was delivering [the kind of] high speed no other [game] was capable of, and the Mega Drive allowed this stunning demonstration of rotation during the bonus stages. This was said to be impossible on the hardware at the time.
Sonic the Hedgehog, a video game which has made over four hundred million dollars worldwide, compared to two or three hundred million for a blockbuster picture.
Sonic was delivering [the kind of] high speed no other [game] was capable of, and the Mega Drive allowed this stunning demonstration of rotation during the bonus stages. This was said to be impossible on the hardware at the time.
