Sega Mobile says that its version of Sonic the Hedgehog has reached the milestone of being downloaded 8 million times since it launched in early 2006. Verizon Wireless has seen the most success from the $8 download of Sonic, with the company stating that the game has made a "substantial contribution" to the company's sales these past two years. Sega Mobile plans to introduce Sonic 2, Sonic Spinball and Sonic at the Olympic Games this year.
For those keeping track, this would be our second mobile success story of the day. We got this weird feeling ... could somebody check on Alderaan? Oh, really, not there you say? That's too bad.
Reader Comments (12)
Posted: May 29th 2008 5:06AM (Unverified) said
A star wars reference?
It must be that time of the month.
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It must be that time of the month.
Posted: May 29th 2008 5:12AM velocitystrike said
Not really a fan of mobile gaming and Sonic at the Olympic Games sounds a bit crap.
But well done to Sega and all that.
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But well done to Sega and all that.
Posted: May 29th 2008 7:30AM AwesomeTown said
I actually bought Sonic for my phone, usually stick to puzzle games for mobile, but got it anyway. Not bad. It stays extremely true to the original (including the music) unlike Contra which IMO is terrible.
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Posted: May 29th 2008 12:05PM (Unverified) said
A fool and his money...something....i forgot the rest. Well, more power to the people that make money off of other people that are so bored they buy things like this.
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Posted: May 29th 2008 11:15AM FredFredrickson said
Weird... I just downloaded this today, just to check it out!
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Posted: May 29th 2008 12:02PM (Unverified) said
Here, I'll save you 8 bucks. It's sonic the hedgehog.
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Posted: May 29th 2008 11:57AM SoCoolCurt said
i caught my brother playing the original Sonic on his old phone one time. he said he played it at school and stuff but i didnt like the controls when i tried it. nothing beats playing it on an actual gamepad.
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