Sales of Sonic 2 and Sonic 3?

[Dr. SEGA Monkey]

So is there like no place on the internet that can give the correct amount of copies sold for Sonic 2 and Sonic 3?

I know Sonic 1 shipped 15 million copies, but surely Sonic 2 has sold A LOT more than 6 million. The gap between Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 numbers is just too big. Especially for a console that had 65% of the market share at one point.

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#Sega_Mega_Drive.2FGenesis

[STORM!]

　It's pretty hard to find out Mega-Drive sales numbers around.

 Especially numbers for Japan. I have seen the "TOP 10" once, and it was not that a reliable source.

 On that time, Shining Force was the top 1 in Japan for the Mega-Drive, and Sonic 1 has sold something like 300k here... lol.

[Dr. SEGA Monkey]

Hmmm, I don't understand why SEGA wont give out these numbers.

The current numbers make the Genesis and the Sonic games look less popular than they really were.

[Waffle]

Hmmm, I don't understand why SEGA wont give out these numbers.

The current numbers make the Genesis and the Sonic games look less popular than they really were.

No one normal really cares.

[Dr. SEGA Monkey]

Well it's annoying when you read people referencing these low numbers and small list of big sellers as evidence to how Nintendo was better than SEGA. (Which I have read many times in the past and also very recently, hench why I made this topic.)

It would be nice to have the correct numbers for once.

[Waffle]

Just photoshop some gay porn of Reggie and Miyamoto, then give them that as evidence.

[jonboy101]

I've never seen 15 million for Sonic 1. That's probably for all the rereleases. The MegaDrive only sold about 29 million in its life, and most of that was 1992-1994. I highly doubt there were even 7 million MegaDrives on the market when Sonic launched.

I was always of the impression that Sonic 1 sold about 4.8 million, not counting pack ins, Sonic 2 sold about 6.7 million and Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles both put out about 2 million, one a bit higher, the other a bit lower. Sonic CD did about 1.5 million, if you're curious.

[Dr. SEGA Monkey]

Well I'm wondering how much Sonic 2 sold WITH the pack-ins.

And the 15 million number from Sonic 1 came from this interview:

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Yes, it was from bundles. And since Sonic 2 was eventually bundled with the Genesis too, surely the number must be higher.

[jonboy101]

Well yeah, but how long was Sonic 2 a bundle? And when did it become a bundle?

[ribbitking17]

From watching part 1 of that video i learned sonic is
1 part Michael Jackson
1 part Santa Clause
1 part Bill Clinton