SEGA
Sammy
made
a
minor
mistake
when
they
published
their
latest
“Management
Meeting”
document
detailing
the
various
financial
aspects
of
the
company.
Most
of
it
was
standard
stuff,
such
as
forecasting
the
next
financial
year,
but
on
page
25
there
was
an
intriguing
screw-up:
sales
data
for
11
of
their
games.
The
data
has
now
been
removed
from
the
PDF,
replaced
by
a
blank
panel
that
simply
says
“Some
content
is
currently
under
adjustment.”
But
the
Internet
is
a
difficult
place
to
erase
information
from,
so
within
the
first
0.000001
seconds,
people
had
already
taken
a
screenshot
and
spread
it
far
and
wide.
And
here
it
is:
| Game | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Persona 5 Royal (Including Remaster/Multiplat version) (Doesn’t include P5 OG) |
1,030,000 | 700,000 | 350,000 | 1,820,000 | 1,600,000 | 1,750,000 | 7,250,000 |
|
Sonic Frontiers |
– | – | – | 3,200,000 | 760,000 | 610,000 | 4,570,000 |
|
Team Sonic Racing |
1380,000 | 870,000 | 520,000 | 310,000 | 200,000 | 220,000 | 3,500,000 |
|
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS |
2,100,000 | 410,000 | 230,000 | 230,000 | 170,000 | 70,000 | 3,210,000 |
|
Yakuza: Like a Dragon |
450,000 | 720,000 | 410,000 | 240,000 | 680,000 | 360,000 | 2,860,000 |
|
Sonic Superstars |
– | – | – | – | 1,810,000 | 620,000 | 2,430,000 |
|
Total War: WARHAMMER III |
– | – | 960,000 | 580,000 | 420,000 | 380,000 | 2,340,000 |
|
Shin Megami Tensei V (including Vengeance) |
– | – | 990,000 | 150,000 | 10,000 | 960,000 | 2,110,000 |
|
Persona 3 Reload |
– | – | – | – | 1,220,000 | 850,000 | 2,070,000 |
|
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth |
– | – | – | – | 1,180,000 | 480,000 | 1,660,000 |
|
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name |
– | – | – | – | 740,000 | 220,000 | 960,000 |
Based
on
this
data,
it’s
very
easy
to
understand
why
SEGA
is
still
trying
to
ride
the
Persona
5
gravy
train.
7.2m
copies
sold
across
the
last
five
financial
years
is
very
impressive.
If
we
include
the
vanilla
Persona
5
(last
reported
in
2018
as
being
3.2m
copies)
then
Persona
5
is
over
the
10m
mark.
Another
notable
game
that
has
quietly
been
doing
some
work
is
Team
Sonic
Racing,
shifting
3.5m
copies.
No
wonder
there’s
a
sequel
scheduled
for
this
year.
I
also
noticed
that
Total
War:
Warhammer
3
were
surprisingly
low
(2.3m),
even
compared
against
Total
War:
3
Kingdoms.
true,
3
Kingdoms
had
a
few
extra
years,
but
I
thought
the
Warhammer
license
would
have
counted
for
more.
Perhaps
3
games
in
that
sub-series
was
just
too
much.
What
do
you
guys
think?
Do
any
of
these
numbers
stand
out
to
you?
