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Sonic Boom, the latest game in SEGA’s Sonic The Hedgehog series, has flopped in the UK after failing to crack the entire Top 40 UK Video Game Chart.
Neither the Wii U’s Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric or 3DS’s Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal managed to make a dent in the all-formats software charts, despite Rise of Lyric debuting at No.3 in the single-format Wii U chart. Shattered Crystal entered at No.10 in the 3DS chart.
Official sales figures have yet to be announced.
Sonic Boom’s failure is the latest in a string of disappointments for SEGA’s much-loved mascot, and follows shortly after last year’s underwhelming Sonic Lost World. The game currently holds a 38 Metacritic rating on Wii U.
It’s also the first major home console Sonic game developed by a third-party developer and the final game in Nintendo’s three-title exclusivity deal.
SEGA has yet to announce where Sonic may head to next.
Source: GfK Chart-Track
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