SEGA talks Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds sales, says initial performance didn’t meet expectations

SEGA has shared a few words about the sales of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. This comes as part of the company’s latest financial results presentation towards the end of last year, but is making the rounds today.

It was previously announced that the game had sold over one million copies worldwide. Although that’s an important milestone, this isn’t enough for SEGA. Executive Koichi Fukazawa said that the “initial performance did not meet our expectations”. SEGA intends to give the title further support, including additional DLC, to held sell another million copies within the fiscal year.

Fukazawa said:

“Now, I’d like to talk about Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. It has received high ratings, scoring over 80 on Metascore at Metacritic and earning an ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ rating on Steam’s customer reviews.

We recently announced that worldwide cumulative sales have surpassed 1 million units. However, initial performance did not meet our expectations, and we are aiming to sell approximately another 1 million units within this fiscal year. We aim to sustain long-term sales by encouraging players to enjoy the game over time through the continued support of the title including ongoing release of additional downloadable content.”

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds initially launched for Nintendo Switch at the end of September with the Switch 2 version dropping at the start of December. The newer console is receiving a physical release next month.

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