Sega in the Charts

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App Annie: Sakura Revolution was Japan's Most Downloaded Android Game in December 2020
And #2 Most Downloaded iOS Game in December 2020

App data insights and analytics company App Annie reports that Sakura Revolution was the most downloaded game on Japan’s Google Play Store in December 2020.
Per the agency, the title saw more downloads than Punishing: Grey Raven (Hero Entertainment), Among Us! (InnerSloth), and Roof Rails (Voodoo) during the period.
App Annie also reports that the title did not break into the top-10 highest grossing Android titles for the month.

Articles :
https://www.combatrevue.com/2021/01/app-annie-sakura-revolution-most-downloaded-android-game-in-december-2020/
https://www.combatrevue.com/2021/01/app-annie-sakura-revolution-2-most-downloaded-ios-game-in-december-2020/

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GENDA SEGA Entertainment dethrones Taito taking their Guinness World Record
for “Most Claw Crane Game Machines at a Single Venue”

It looks like SEGA continues to gather up world records in the arcade space, previously they had the impressive Guinness World Record for “Most Prolific Producer of Arcade Game Machines with over 500 different games”.
Not a huge fan of claw machines but I do like the idea of having SEGA’s name in the world record book even if its GENDA SEGA.

Article : http://segabits.com/blog/2021/01/18/genda-sega-entertainment-dethrones-taito-taking-their-guinness-world-record-for-most-claw-crane-game-machines-at-a-single-venue/

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Football Manager 2021 Won Game Debate's 1st Best Sports Game Award
(and also 2nd Best Management Game Award)

Numbers and spreadsheets aren’t always fun, but somehow Football Manager turns all of that into some of the most exhilarating experiences ever.
The nail-biting stress of guiding your team to victory has never felt so good, and Football Manager 2021 is the definitive football manager experience. 

Link : https://www.game-debate.com/awards/2020/best-sports

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Yakuza: Like a Dragon is Niche Gamer’s Game Of The Year 2020

Like many, we were initially apprehensive when it was announced the next entry in the Yakuza series would be an RPG.
These fears were quickly cast aside.
The world through protagonist Ichiban’s eyes made perfect sense, and an ideal fit for a series that manage to marry serious drama with sheer absurdity. 

Article : https://nichegamer.com/2021/01/30/niche-gamers-games-of-the-year-2020-yakuza-like-a-dragon-hades-and-devil-may-cry-3-special-edition/

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Persona 5 Strikers Becomes a Steam Top Seller Just Prior to Launch

Ahead of its launch this week, Persona 5 Strikers has managed to steal a spot on the top selling games for Steam, on PC.
The Persona 5 spinoff, developed by both Atlus’ internal P-Studio and Koei Tecmo’s Omega Force studio, managed to nab the 10th spot in Steam’s current top ten best-selling games.

Article : https://nichegamer.com/2021/02/22/persona-5-strikers-becomes-a-steam-top-seller-just-prior-to-launch/

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Yakuza: Like a Dragon has been nominated for 5 Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020



• Best RPG - Yakuza: Like a Dragon
• Best Narrative - Yakuza: Like a Dragon
• Best Performance (Actor) - Ken Yasuda as Nanba
• Best Performance (Voice Actor) - Kazuhiro Nakaya as Ichiban Kasuga
• Best Character - Ichiban Kasuga

Link : https://mynintendonews.com/2021/03/01/japan-famitsu-dengeki-game-awards-2020-nominees-announced/

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Persona 5 Strikers Ranks 3rd in February 2021 NPD Sales Results

Following its Western release on February 23, 2021, Persona 5 Strikers debuted at a strong 3rd overall position in terms of dollar sales (and not units sold), while it was the 3rd best selling game solely on PlayStation platforms.
This places Persona 5 Strikers as the ninth best selling game in the U.S. for the year of 2021 so far.

Article : https://personacentral.com/persona-5-strikers-february-2021-npd/

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SEGA is #1 on Metacritic’s Annual Game Publisher Rankings List

Metacritic has released their list of the publishers with the highest average metascore for games released in 2020, and it comes at no surprise that SEGA is NUMBER ONE.
We here at SEGAbits have seen SEGA’s 2020 output and can easily see why they’d take the top spot. Release good games, get good results!

Article : http://segabits.com/blog/2021/03/25/sega-1-on-metacritics-annual-game-publisher-rankings-list/

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Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's Dragon Engine Development Team won the Excellency Award for Engineering at CEDEC Awards 2021

The Dragon Engine development team from Sega’s Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio won the Excellency Award for Engineering.
It developed and shared an integrated QA (Quality Assurance) support system by combining automation and project management tools.
The team used screenshots from Yakuza: Like a Dragon in its presentation slide for the awards.

Articles :
https://sega.jp/topics/210826_5/
https://cedec.cesa.or.jp/2021/event/awards
https://www.siliconera.com/ghost-of-tsushima-won-twice-at-cedec-awards-2021/

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Phantasy Star Online 2 & New Genesis Achieved the Largest MAU ever in Japan and Overseas (Jun 2021)

The games have generated cumulative sales of 100 billion yen (about $911 million) worldwide.
Registered users have passed 9 million (6.5 million in Japan and 2.5 million overseas), and the release of New Genesis achieved the largest number of monthly active users ever for the game both in Japan and overseas in June 2021.
Moving on to Sega’s overall results, net sales were ¥59,447 million (+22.9% year-on-year), while operating income was ¥3,844 million, which basically reverts the previous year’s result which was an operating loss. 

Article : https://twinfinite.net/2021/08/phantasy-star-online-2-sega-results/

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Sonic Dash Has Reached 500 Million Downloads Milestone

500 MILLION DOWNLOADS!
A massive thank you to everyone who’s played Sonic Dash over the years for helping us reach this incredible milestone!

Source : https://twitter.com/SEGA/status/1438503023429316608?s=20

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Sonic Forces Mobile has Reached 100 Million Downloads !



Source : https://twitter.com/SEGAHARDlight/status/1443614115428134913?s=19

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Famitsu physical game software sales data for Japan
for the week of September 20, 2021 to September 2,6 2021



1. [PS4] Lost Judgment (Sega, 09/24/21) – 111,852 (New)

2. [NSW] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot + A New Power Awakens Set (Bandai Namco, 09/24/21) – 42,074 (New)

3. [PS5] Lost Judgment (Sega, 09/24/21) – 33,151 (New)

4. [NSW] WarioWare: Get It Together! (Nintendo, 09/10/21) – 21,909 (126,317)
5. [PS4] Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco, 09/09/21) – 15,224 (199,668)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 12,937 (2,204,855)
7. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 12,489 (2,843,132)
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,108 (4,063,247)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 8,185 (4,431,232)
10. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 7,104 (2,381,682)
11. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 6,125 (4,147,257)
12. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 5,535 (890,581)
13. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 5,140 (6,887,858)
14. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 4,913 (804,102)
15. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 4,565 (3,948,813)
16. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 3,760 (1,995,001)

17. [PS4] Judgment (New Price Version) (Sega, 04/22/21) – 3,309 (46,959)

18. [PS5] Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco, 09/09/21) – 3,193 (60,106)
19. [NSW] Game Builder Garage (Nintendo, 06/11/21) – 3,052 (239,178)
20. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,976 (1,877,859)

Source : https://www.gematsu.com/2021/09/famitsu-sales-9-20-21-9-26-21

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UK Boxed Charts - Sonic Colours Ultimate At No.3, 53% of sales were on Nintendo Switch

At No.3 is a new entry in the form of Sonic Colours Ultimate.
53% of sales were on Nintendo Switch, 32% for PS4 and 15% on Xbox One.
The Sega game just about holds off Hot Wheels Unleashed at No.4.
The Milestone racing title performed best on PS5, which represented 39% of sales.

Article : https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-10-03-fifa-22s-boxed-launch-down-35-percent-over-fifa-21-uk-boxed-charts

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Persona 5 Strikers Surpasses 350k Copies Sold in Japan

Alongside a Persona series 25th anniversary sale which will be ending tomorrow in Japan, Atlus has announced the latest sales milestone for Persona 5 Strikers, with over 350,000 copies of the game sold in Japan (including digital copies sold).
In February 2020, Persona 5 Strikers had debuted in Japan with 162k copies sold, topping the sales charts.
After the successful February 2021 launch of P5S in the West, it was announced that 1.3 million copies of the game had been sold worldwide as of April 2021.

Article : https://personacentral.com/p5s-350k-copies-japan/