Somehow, someone bought a brand new copy of 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2' in 2018

Someone just bought a brand new copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Game Gear.

No, it wasn't from an online reseller or a copy from a consignment store. Someone bought Sonic 2, new, at a store that has apparently been carrying it since the game first arrived in 1992.

This weird piece of information comes from Mat Piscatella, a video game industry analyst at market research company The NPD Group, who tweeted about the sale on Saturday. The NPD group receives point-of-sale (POS) data from different retailers, Piscatella explained, and he was surprised to see Sonic 2 pop up, considering the game probably arrived at the store that sold it 26 years ago. Read more...