Sega spins Sonic charity drive

Before I knew this I downloaded Sonic 4. Glad I did when this was happening!

this is interesting considering I just saw something on CNN that says that Japan is getting less money, through donations over four days, than after the Haiti and Katrina disasters. It is nice to see that gaming companies are standing up, while others are not.

I'm glad to see the game companies helping Japan. It feels good to see people helping each other. I hope to donate some money, too. :)

That said, I would want to see Capcom do this for at least one of its AAA games - like maybe the next month's sales of Marvel VS Capcom 3, or even an entirely upcoming title like the 3DS edition of Super Street Fighter IV (instead of just the iPhone version). If not, then I suppose that 100 million yen is already quite a lot, coming from a public limited corporation whose investors may not like it giving away so much cash (even if there are tax breaks for charitable/humanitarian donations).

Wow. I wish I can see how many downloads there are for these games. That's some - if not a LOT of - revenue that Capcom is eschewing there. I suppose that Capcom is not afraid to risk possible complaints from investors who would rather not see Capcom's revenues going into charity, and if that is true, I salute Capcom!

I wish they expand this to consoles so people who don't own iOS gear can participate too on this especial sale for a good cause ;)

@LinusBlue there should be a link to donate to the Red cross at the top of the page, if not then just google it bro'

"God bless Sega". :)

heres an excuse for me to buy these again

And just for this, I am going to try and purchase another copy :)

That's great. Good to see the Japanese gaming companies donate millions of dollars. Kudos to Capcom and Sega.

Good job Sega.

Good job Sega! I hope the Japanese people have a quick recovery from your great generoisty.

Thank You Sega for supporting your Country.

if there something like this on psn in euo towowow i want to do my bit buy sonic game or game whats rated to charity in japan want to pay back giveing us so much of the playstation or the nindendo

Just downloaded the Sonic games a few minutes ago. I didn't have to replace my iPhone after all. Thank you so much for the help, AT&T employee :)

Kudos to SEGA and Capcom for showing dignity and thier Japanese pride, Japan is going through a serious spirital awakening, thier economy may be down now, but it is going to bounce back and rise higher then we have ever seen in our lifetime.

Good idea. Too bad I already have all those games.

@JustPlainLucas EA maybe Activision none

Man... can you imagine how much relief EA and Activision could provide?

I bow my head to you sega. I hope other video game companies follow your example.

go sega!

That's awesome. Way to go, Sega.

Sega just got some epic win.

They should have done this for Sonic Adventure on Xbox 360 and PS3. I want to help but don't own an Apple product.

@Kenshiro_Kenoh Nintendo donated the same amount as Sony.

@Kenshiro_Kenoh: Actually I read that they pledged 300 million as well.

@xgalacticax sony donated 300 million yens havent heard anything from nintendo yet

amazing what they are doing truly amazing but there is one thing that is kinda bothering me i heard some one say some japanese game companies might be exploiting this to increase their sales i treally hope its not true but anyway i will also contribute to the cause

@red-ray haha no way activison loves money

They should also expand to Xbox Live, PSN, WiiWare, and PC so everyone can get in on this and help! This is an occasion where all gamers can unite and give to a good cause!

Score one for Capcom and Sega! I love seeing this kind of support for Japan in their time of need. I'll be downloading SFIV and some Sonic games immediately!

I love seeing this kind of support coming from the gaming industry, times like these truly make me feel proud to be a gamer

nice i will def buy some of thse title knowing its 4 a good cause and ive heard there good and have a iphone so why help somebody

It's good to see companies doing what they can to help...I however do not own any hardware that supports iOS titles.

I can only afford these two for the time being but I plan on buying the other Sonics as soon as I add more iTunes credit, which I will after hearing this news :) @red-ray: Indeed. Thumbs WAY up for Sega ^_^

A good start but they should expand it to PSN, VC/WiiWare and Xbox Live Arcade. Sega is going to need all the help they can get.

Once I (hopefully) replace my iPhone today, I will immediately purchase Sonics 1 and 2. I believe all developers should follow suit. It'll really benefit the Japanese government a great deal :)

Thumbs up for Sega. Guess Activision would do the same if tsunami hits US?

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@trancedanne you idiot... your not GIVING them your money, you are BUYING an awesome game cheap for a good cause. Idiot.

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i just downloaded sonic 4 because of this :)

This is awesome.

Awesome move on Sega's part!

SFIV is one of the included titles also!

Go Sonic! Go Japan! I hope Sonic speeds the Land of the Rising Sun to SUPER SONIC recovery!

gooo sonic!!! i will buy it for japan. watches alot of videos of the water crushing houses like they were nothing. i feel really sorry for people of japan...

I don't own ipad/iphone so if they do something similar on PSN. You would think Sony would have.

Good move from Sega, I hope others follow their example!