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Street Fighter V has shipped 1,7 million, Dead Rising 4 still under 1 million
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Jawmuncher
Member
Dead Rising about to become Dino Crisis and vs put to hibernation. At least frank made it into MVCI
Caipirinha
Member
What SFV needs is an SSFV relaunch, Xbox owners aren't going to change it's fortunes.
Luckydog
Member
Would at least push it over the 2mm mark. There was a huge contingent of FG fans on xbox last gen. Even with a much smaller base than PS4, I have to believe they could sell 500K of units minimum on xbox.
Gunslinger
Member
Absolute disasterous number for sfv. Considering the brand name and how well fighting games sell now. Absolutely terrible. Shows us how you have to fuck up at a tremendous level to not even sell 2 million copy for biggest name in fighting game when injustice,smash,tekken7 are all selling like hot cakes and will probably have surpassed the 2 mil mark within one week of release.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
I'm not suprised DR4 has sold poorly, it didn't review well at all.
I bought all the DR titles but didn't bother with this, based on the reviews and the opinions I've heard that it's not particularly Dead Rising-y any more.
Shame, I would have been down for a new title that was more DR than DR3, this title seems to have gone even further away from the series' roots.
I expect it'll be GWG soon, or on sale for £10 digitally (have seen the physical version for that price and passed already) so I might get to give it a go soon.
I bought all the DR titles but didn't bother with this, based on the reviews and the opinions I've heard that it's not particularly Dead Rising-y any more.
Shame, I would have been down for a new title that was more DR than DR3, this title seems to have gone even further away from the series' roots.
I expect it'll be GWG soon, or on sale for £10 digitally (have seen the physical version for that price and passed already) so I might get to give it a go soon.
sixteen-bit
Member
Hibernation? DC is more like extinction.
sixteen-bit
Member
Capcom always has lofty sales expectations, no? Didn't they predict RE7 to sell 10 million?
OrbitalBeard
Member
I think the only bigger fall from this grace this generation was the Wii brand. Street Fighter V is an embarrassment. And I'm a massive sucker who actually bought two copies at launch (one digital, one physical).
Not even Smash did 2 million in one week.
Injustice 2 was close to 2 million in 2 months (1+ million in NA alone, no japanese release), Tekken 7 was under 1 million in 1 month.So not within 1 week.
It is pretty bad indeed
Which is why people thinking the low sales are due to xbox exclusivity are wrong. It will sell like crap on PS4 as well. There's no reason to buy this even if you're a DR fan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._for_Nintendo_3DS_and_Wii_U#Sales
The game was released in OCTOBER of 2014. That is less than 3 months of sales on the 3DS, a console that has less install base than ONE of the consoles SFV is avaliable. Or 6 months in the console that had so little install base it got killed before it's time.
But when Capcom says that they will make more switch games, it will not be a Pocket Fighter sequel in the style of smash bros for PS4, PC and Switch
Rise of the TR is a good game, it's irrelevant that it hit Xbox first. It's a good game. By most accounts, Dead Rising 4 is not.
I'm usually not one for schadenfreude (reserved for gearbox) but I'm glad DR failed. Everything up to it's release was a shitshow and they gutted everything about the game that made it Dead Rising to chase an audience that never existed.
Them managing to tank SF in this fashion is totally crazy though. And by all accounts they are making similar mistakes with MvCI
Them managing to tank SF in this fashion is totally crazy though. And by all accounts they are making similar mistakes with MvCI
That ship had long passed, too.
If anything, they need to get another monetary backer, and to hire a better development team, and make and ship a complete, finished product, in the form of Street Fighter 6. Free DLC updates every few months would go a long way towards keeping it alive. Remember back when companies assured us that DLC wasn't gping to be them dipping into our pockets every single time? I sure do. They could call it Street Fighter 6: Resurrection. Mel as MC, having been stolen by the Illuminati, packing a Resuryuken level 3 super.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
Yikes. I even bought DR4 brand new so this number is surprising. I mean hasn't this game been on sale multiple times? And it's been 4 years since it's launch right? I don't believe this at all tbh...just doesn't add up
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
That's obviously what they need to do, and it would be shocking if they don't.
It's too late for an xbox version due to the exclusivity situation and PC/PS4 crossplay situation. Unless Sony gives them an out on the contract and lets it be 3-way crossplay, which won't happen. Microsoft is not going to want a game on their system that segregates them from a PC-PS4 userbase, making it be essentially feature-lacking.
Dead Rising 4. It was released last Christmas.
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
It was on sale like two weeks after release or something ridiculous like that.
OnionPowder
Member
Maybe MCV5 will have a velociraptor in there for you.
Stallion Dan
Member
PS always been done dirty with this series.
DR1 360 only (yeah I know it only just recently got a PS4 port).
Chop til you drop Wii only.
DR2 beginning 360 only DLC
DR2 post game DLC 360 only DLC
DR3 Not on PS4
DR4 Timed exclusive not on PS4.
I'm amazed is even a PS fanbase for the series with such shitty support.
Yeah i hate when other platforms have exclusives too its such bullshit
ProBusinessgamer
Member
When people make comments with nothing to back it up.... SF V also missed its mark, any smart reply to that as well?
Nemesis121
Member
Not even a relaunch will save this game, it's reach a point in it's life nothing will change, a new name and new box cover won't change the fact the game never register with a big part of the Fighting game fans...
Stallion Dan
Member
4 million by end of March. It sold 3.5m.
Yearsoflurking
Member
Deadrising would have bombed regardless of the platforms its just not a good game
Sfv is just a rushed product that should have came out a bit later. Adding additional platforms could help a bit I guess . But they signed an exclusivity deal. Oh well
Sfv is just a rushed product that should have came out a bit later. Adding additional platforms could help a bit I guess . But they signed an exclusivity deal. Oh well
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Wonder if a ps4 port is coming to help cuts losses. I'd buy it.
I bet you that they will put DR into the vault rather than reconsidering their choices.
Stallion Dan
Member
A SSFV complete edition with first two seasons, stages and costumes up to now would go a long way. Works very well for other fighting games.
Knowing Capcom though they'd just put first two seasons characters, just those characters costumes and wonder why nobody wants it.
Stallion Dan
Member
Missed the point of my post completely.
I'd double-dip on SFV on XOneX if there's cross play and 4K gameplay for sure...
I think it can improve if they do a SSFV with all the casual issues addressed then maybe later on down the line make it F2P like Paragon. In terms of fighting game sales this generation they are doing better than their competitors like KOF, GG and BlazBlue (haven't seen Injustice and Tekken sales yet) so there's certainly still room for growth.
outsida
Member
giancarlo123x
Banned
Maybe after season 2 finishes up.
Not surprised about SFV's sales. Let it burn like Usher and that's a double entendre lol.
Just a correction on T7. We're not even sure what T7's sales are yet but what we do know is that it was the best selling game in June, Bamco was happy with the preorders and also that Tekken funds itself. Given it's arcade model, it doesn't have to sell as much as other fighters before they make a profit. That's something a lot of people don't get, profit matters more to companies at the end of the day.
Not even Smash did 2 million in one week.
So not within 1 week.
Just a correction on T7. We're not even sure what T7's sales are yet but what we do know is that it was the best selling game in June, Bamco was happy with the preorders and also that Tekken funds itself. Given it's arcade model, it doesn't have to sell as much as other fighters before they make a profit. That's something a lot of people don't get, profit matters more to companies at the end of the day.
Don't they still have something like another 8 months left?
It's a mixed bag, though. Having players all in one player pool is great. It just comes with that trade-off.
That's kind of a tough measuring stick though, because those are way more niche titles by comparison, and probably don't have nearly as lofty sales goals. So for the companies that make them, they may still judge their titles' success by their sales goals. When it comes to Capcom evaluating their franchises, they have to answer to their shareholders in terms of their own predictions primarily. If they miss their goal by a huge margin, telling shareholders they still have better sales then those three may not be too comforting.
spookyfish
Member
Or stop being exclusive-ized.