Investor Briefing Sonic Frontiers Sales Surpasses 3.2 Million, Total Sonic Sales Pass 8 Million For FY 2023

[nuckles87]

It’s that time of year again! SEGA has released their report for fiscal year 2023, and with that, lots of juicy numbers and info. We’ll have a more in-depth look at the report later, but for now we’re going to focus on some of the bigger, Sonic-related numbers!

Like the headline says, Sonic Frontiers has sold 3.2 million units as of the end of March, meaning the same’s sales are still going strong. This puts it ever closer to surpassing Sonic Heroes’ 3.41 million units sold, which would make Frontiers the best selling Sonic game of all time. Given that Sonic Frontiers was at 2.9 million at the end of December, it certainly seems plausible that it will surpass Sonic Heroes by SEGA’s next fiscal report in July.

The Sonic franchise as a whole moved 8.15 million units this fiscal year. That an increase of 1.45 million units from what was reported back in December, earning that way more than just Sonic Frontiers is selling right now. This is also a significant increase over the 5.8 million units Sonic sold last fiscal year.

In addition to all this, SEGA also outlines their efforts to expand Sonic’s mixed media presence and increase the franchise’s brand awareness. For 2024, SEGA forecasts that the Sonic IP will receive record licensing revenue.

If you want to see the report for yourself, you can find it here. It’s 75 pages and goes into a lot of detail on a lot of things, including multiple pages explaining why SEGA’s buying Rovio (spoiler: they want to increase their foothold in the western mobile gaming space, use Rovio’s mobile expertise on SEGA IP, and also Angry Birds is still very popular).

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[StellarBlur]

Even accounting for Sonic Origins, those back catalog sales for Sonic feel to high. Are they counting mobile downloads there as well ?

[sonicclaasic]

I'm glad Sonic Frontiers done really well and those numbers are excellent results Indeed for both Sonic & Sega. I enjoyed playing Sonic Frontiers and the games soundtrack Is amazing as well.

Looking forward to the next DLC for Sonic Frontiers coming up this year.

[Shilvanic]

Personally I enjoy and I still enjoy Sonic frontiers and their songs are great, waiting for the long-awaited DLC