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UK: Team Sonic Racing toped the charts more than doubling the launch week sales of its predecessor, 2012's Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transform
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As expected Team Sonic Racing did great on Switch (a mere 200 units behind the PS4 version, said Chris Dring on Twitter) and probably because of that the game actually sold more than twice the launch week sales of its predecessor, 2012's Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.
I did not expect that but on the other hand anyone knows how much did the 2012 game ?
Also, Days Gone is still #2 on the UK chart 1 month after, and remember that game has no bundle.
As expected Team Sonic Racing did great on Switch (a mere 200 units behind the PS4 version, said Chris Dring on Twitter) and probably because of that the game actually sold more than twice the launch week sales of its predecessor, 2012's Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.
I did not expect that but on the other hand anyone knows how much did the 2012 game ?
Also, Days Gone is still #2 on the UK chart 1 month after, and remember that game has no bundle.
So I guess SEGA's low budget low price solution to the declining Sonic sales seems to be working.
Didn't hear a lot of buzz around it so it's still a pretty impressive result
Didn't hear a lot of buzz around it so it's still a pretty impressive result
By all accounts, it is a very good game, so I'm happy for Sega and Sumo Digital that it did well.
The insane hold of Nintendo software on the British charts will never cease to amaze me. Happy that Days Gone has held on well too.
The insane hold of Nintendo software on the British charts will never cease to amaze me. Happy that Days Gone has held on well too.
Holy fuck, Transformed came out in 2012? Doesn't feel that long ago.
Aside from the roster (which is lacking even for a "Sonic only" game), that game is fantastic and well worth the price
Aside from the roster (which is lacking even for a "Sonic only" game), that game is fantastic and well worth the price
Turns out people actually prefer it when there's less of the SEGA mascots unlike what era pretended.
Dang, double Transformed numbers? That's mighty impressive.
Need to play more of it, picked it up last week, but was at MCM over the weekend (Playing Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled whilst there amusingly enough) but really enjoyed what I played of it so far (Boost Races online allows for some crazy speed when you use the team item passing techniques to the fullest.) Glad to hear it's doing well.
Need to play more of it, picked it up last week, but was at MCM over the weekend (Playing Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled whilst there amusingly enough) but really enjoyed what I played of it so far (Boost Races online allows for some crazy speed when you use the team item passing techniques to the fullest.) Glad to hear it's doing well.
kinda figured it'd do well, hopefully this will make people stop trying to make out like TSR and Crash Team Racing are in some sort of blood feud when I'm sure both of them will do super well, especially in the UK where both Sonic and Crash are incredibly popular to this day
I mean, the console versions of Transformed didn't have Football Manager so it's an unfair comparison.
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I've seen some really shitty reviews out there for this game... Saying it should've been more like Transformed, saying 'It's no Mario Kart'...
But if you judge this game on its own merits it's an excellent, exhilarating kart racer that does enough to separate itself from the competition... with loads of content, a stunning OST, great track design, and 60fps on everything but Switch. I'm having a blast with it.
But if you judge this game on its own merits it's an excellent, exhilarating kart racer that does enough to separate itself from the competition... with loads of content, a stunning OST, great track design, and 60fps on everything but Switch. I'm having a blast with it.
Nice to hear it did well, but the regional pricing on Steam is arse :s
I figured as much, but Zhuge said on Twitter that Transformed opening was poor, just for context. Guess the difference here is really we have Switch instead of Wii U.
Good to see. There's not enough Kart Racers around these days, so competition is light and people are clearly craving for more.
Crash Team Racing is going to do insanely well.
Crash Team Racing is going to do insanely well.
It's not that I'm unhappy for Sumo, the excellent dev team, I just wish this was a Sega racer.
Hopefully the sequel will bring on Vyse, Kiryu and NiGHTS.
You could even do themed teams like a Saturn Team (Edge/Azel, NiGHTS, Burning Rangers) and a Dreamcast Team (Vyse, Ryo, Beat).
Hopefully the sequel will bring on Vyse, Kiryu and NiGHTS.
You could even do themed teams like a Saturn Team (Edge/Azel, NiGHTS, Burning Rangers) and a Dreamcast Team (Vyse, Ryo, Beat).
This is one me and Zhuge disagree on
Doubling the predecessor opening in physical sales while digital has skyrocketed since 2012 is a great result.
No Team Sonic Racing isnt among the biggest releases of the year, but it's a very good performance for the franchise
I think Transformed didn't open that well, but had a really long tail.
More likely it's riding on the success of that previous game actually.
More likely it's riding on the success of that previous game actually.
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Selling double what a bomba release sold isn't that great. But good to see it doing well in the charts, relatively.
Tried finding figures over on Gaf but release was so low on the charts that i can't even find any estimates.
Tried finding figures over on Gaf but release was so low on the charts that i can't even find any estimates.
It begs the question of why is the online empty ? Sumo needs to fix it quickly.
Also, what were transformed's opening numbers ? 20-40k?
Edit: From the sound of it, was it lower than 20k?t
Also, what were transformed's opening numbers ? 20-40k?
Edit: From the sound of it, was it lower than 20k?t
Maybe. For example, I bought this game mostly because how good Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed was.
Impossible, I was told that being Sonic only was going to hurt their sales despite it being more popular than pretty much every other franchise in SASRT combined.
The game has its issues, but it's still a great arcade racer that SEGA can hopefully improve if they're not stupid and decide to not do DLC.
The game has its issues, but it's still a great arcade racer that SEGA can hopefully improve if they're not stupid and decide to not do DLC.
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Launch week it was 27th in the combined chart. Could even be 4 digits.
The Wii U version (and all other versions than PS3 and 360) launched later IIRC.
Correct.
Racing Transformed had a very low opening in the UK and it was word of mouth and promotions that gave the game a long tail.
In fact, First week sales for Racing Transformed were just 1.6% of lifetime sales in the UK. So that should tell you how well the game sold after it was out.
TSR isn't a bad opening, but i'd be surprised if it matches lifetime sales of transformed.
Damn. When you put it that way lol. Holidays or weaker period of the year?
Looking back at it, Sonic Racing Transformed didn't launch in europe on Wii U till several weeks later.
Game also launched on PSV, 3DS, and PC a couple month after.
Makes it slightly less impressive as I believe it sold best on Wii U (of the console releases, maybe not 3DS/PC)
Also probably explains why Tranformed had longer legs
Game also launched on PSV, 3DS, and PC a couple month after.
Makes it slightly less impressive as I believe it sold best on Wii U (of the console releases, maybe not 3DS/PC)
Also probably explains why Tranformed had longer legs
I dunno about all that, but another fight game would be nice. Though if we got one I figure it would be more spectacle than substance , similar to the Naruto games. Though if they did make a legit competitive competent one I think it would be neat. I would like an extreme sports spin off though.
Semi related, I think mentioned a while ago, if they ever made another shadow game, " literally just make it revengence "