Posted by Jarod McChicken
Sumo Digital's Sonic the Hedgehog kart racing series had been in the garage for seven years before last week's launch of Team Sonic Racing, but the time off seems to have served the franchise well.
According to the UK Boxed Charts report for the week ending May 25th, Team Sonic Racing toped the All Formats Chart, more than doubling the launch week sales of its predecessor, 2012's Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. In fact, this is the first time a Sonic the Hedgehog game has topped the charts since Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games managed that feat in 2008.
The only other new release in the top 40 was Everybody's Golf VR for PlayStation 4, which ranked 22 on the charts. However, Assassin's Creed III Remastered (already out on Xbox One and PS4) did see the debut of a Nintendo Switch version, which helped propel the game to the 15th spot on the charts.
Last week's chart-topper, Rage 2, slid to fourth place with a 73% week-over-week decline in units sold. The previous week's second and third place sellers -- Days Gone and FIFA 19, respectively -- saw smaller declines and maintained their chart positions.