Segas stock reached a new low today with the revelation that their North American sales had come in extremely under expectations. While Sonic Team titles sold extremely well, Sega only sold 400,000 copies of NFL2k2, a title which they expected to sell 1.5 million copies.
This could be a serious hitch in Sega's plan to become the number one publisher in North America.
Source: *Reuters*
Joyride Studios is currently advertising their line of action figures based upon video game characters. They recently deployed a 30 second advertisement on Cartoon Network showing them off. Sonic is in the commercial, where he is seen briefly, trapped in a glass cage.
Source: *Joyride Studios*
Candystand has added an online version of Sonic Spinball! Check it out at http://www.candystand.com/games/cs_shock_scsp.htm
I also heard that it's a promo for the GBA version of Sega Smash Pack, which also has Sonic Spinball. Top scores wins a GBA and Sega Smash Pack to go with it.
IGN recently did an analysis of Sega's sales since entering the third party market. They report that among Sega's console games, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle has far and away sold the most copies, while most of their other gamecube games have flopped. Unfortunately, there was no mention of Game Boy Advance sales, and how Sonic games on that platform had sold.
Graph of Sega's sales
Source: *IGN*
Well, for anyone who thinks Archie doesn't listen to the readers at all, this might change your mind a little. There's been a relatively big outcry over the possibility of the Knuckles' series being "reset" and Justin Gabrie posted this on Ken's message board to clarify things.
Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog #115 is available in comic shops starting today.
Source: Diamond Comics
At Gamespot:
We talk to Sonic Team's Yuji Naka about Sonic Mega Collection and Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II.
We caught up with Sonic Team's Yuji Naka recently and had the chance to grill him about the studio's upcoming projects, Sonic Mega Collection and Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II. Sonic Mega Collection for the GameCube collects the bulk of the blue hedgehog's exploits from the Genesis games, and Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II presents a new installment of Sonic Team's groundbreaking online console RPG for the Xbox and GameCube. We talked to him about developing both games and about what's in store for both franchises.
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IGNCube has added two direct GCN feed Mega Collection movies to view. The second movie reveals that the menu will be Games, Manuals, Options, and Extras. In the Extras, there will be movies, illustrations, and Sonic comics, which will be the Archie comics. TPB: Sonic Firsts seemingly will be the full issue included and the covers from at least Sonic #1-70 (that's all that was in the movie) will be included.
Source: IGNCube
