15 Games That Were Underwhelming But Still Sold A Ton of Copies

Some games are average, and even then they can become commercial darlings.

Posted By | On 24th, Jul. 2017

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Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 – More than 2 million

Sonic has been a fan favorite ever since he first showed up as a rival for Mario. His first 3D games weren’t the greatest but SEGA knew they could do better. The only problem was that they couldn’t. The 2006 game Sonic the Hedgehog tried to reboot the blue blur. The result was a game that controlled horribly, looks bad, and has so many strange story decisions that fans couldn’t figure out what the game was trying to be.


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