Wouldn't surprise me if many of those units were shipped before the "horrendous start".
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Street Fighter 5 has sold 1.4 Million Units across PS4 + PC
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the_batman
Banned
seems pretty low for such a well known franchise. how much do the mortal kombat games sell?
When you write "shipped" you're basically including both sold and shipped copies to retailers, however, if you write only "sold", the numbers may be inferior because they count only how many people have bought the game
StrongBlackVine
Banned
We see games chart high on Amazon every month only to get whipped in NPD by games nowhere near the top in their rankings.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Man people really want this game to fail lol
SSF4 3D - 1.2m
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Oh it's low, but better than expected. Mortal Kombat had already sold over 5 million by the end of 2015.
ChaoticBlue
Member
if you hate this game, please pm me. i will buy it off you.
ShinMaruku
Member
Sales of this level should have been what was expected. People severely over estimated a fighting games's uptick.
lucebuce12
Member
And I just don't know why.
Yes the game shipped in an incomplete state, but you're gonna get the rest of the game eventually. You're entitled to the full product and you will still get it.
And the actual fighting in this game is SO GOOD. Every match is fun.
Chobel
Member
Ummm, no. Plus this is only Amazon US.
If you follow NPD threads, you'll know Amazon represents less than 10% of US retail market.
MKX sold over 5M copies in 6 months.
SFV has 1.4M in 3 months.
Not really fair to compare them. Idk what MKX's first month sales are but they're 2 different leagues sales-wise.
Either way SFV had a horrible launch, Capcom learned their lesson and apologized multiple times and they still sold way under their predicted amount so it's another slap to their faces by shutting out casuals and everyone who's not a hardcore FGC member. We just have to keep it going and pray they keep delivering additions to this game. That's all I gotta say to those dudes. I'll play it but they better keep their word for all the stuff this game doesn't have like they've said they would.
lucebuce12
Member
Game's got legs for days.
Rumors were at less than a million, even some spoke of less than half of that. Some of us are quite pleased to see it did better than that. Some are very displeased that it's not the hyper bomba they would have like it to be.
SFV has a lot of problems but it's amazingly good at its core, so a somewhat good peace of news regarding its financial health is nice for the few of us who have not forgotten the game yet.
capitalCORN
Member
Ono furiously staving off that janitorial 'promotion'.
It kind of reminds me of the situation the new Hitman is is, in that a ton of the discussion you see is bitching about the release model, online etc, so much that it almost drowns out that the actual game is probably the best in the series so far.
Nah, following this game from reveal to launch, they gave it a good amount of publicity (Comic Con, Evo, various international game expos) & the overall reception seemed amicable all along the way.
The 2 mil sounded plausible given the brand name & exposure, they just fucked up in the final hours.
Undead Fantasy
Member
That RE5 domination.
Vaughngief
Member
Glad to see it did that well! Hopefully we'll get more characters next year.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Better then I expected :O
Yeah so well hopefully they learned that a rush release and not having everything that people wanted / expected hurt sales.
And DON'T take away that people don't want SF anymore.
Yeah so well hopefully they learned that a rush release and not having everything that people wanted / expected hurt sales.
And DON'T take away that people don't want SF anymore.
Chobel
Member
AcademicSaucer
Member
Hasn't this game already hit bomba prices?
UnluckyKate
Member
Much more than I expected. Early reports really showed a disastrous launch. Guess the huge of these sales are digital on ps4 as it didn't show on charts.
And it makes sense as it a game you want on hdd instead of swapping disk
And it makes sense as it a game you want on hdd instead of swapping disk
1.4 M is did that well? do you know how many MK sold? that's what I would call "did that well".
storafötter
Member
Thats pretty good numbers considering its launch. I even stopped playing it, but been thinking of getting back to it again soon. Just waiting for more updates to entice me.
lucebuce12
Member
There have been quite a few people in previous threads that considered this game to be trash, Capcom to be thieves and wanted this game to just drop dead and be an utter failure [paraphrasing]
Sf6 wouldnt be out for several years regardless of how sfv performed.
Resident Evil 7 by the end of next March?
Hmm I think it might deserve its own thread no?
RedAssedApe
Banned
Sounds like you're new to these sfv threads.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
I doubt they budgeted the base game for more than 500,000 copies sold, given how slow updates are rolling out and how poor the communication's been. I know their expectations were 2 million, but it was clearly made on the cheap.
It's a mistake comparing directly sales between different ages.
Videogames industry grew in size generation after genereation, retails now absorb much more units.
I would be. Regardless, I'm hoping for the game to pick up and sell well especially once they have more of their updates rolling in.
Ah, I see. I got confused due to their inclusion of digital sales.
lucebuce12
Member
Target may have been
Million but these sales are still good all things considered.
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I'm only saying this based on the quality of both games. I know the industry's grown and evolved and why UMvC3 sold that much. It's the same as me saying something like "Vigilante 8 should have sold 2x more since it was a great game". Just based on quality.
If you look at it from a consumer stance and not only from a FGC enthusiast, I can totally see why. Heck, even as a gamer and FGC wannabe I can relate.
I'm glad the title is crossplay.
skLaFarebear
Member
S1, at least the characters, are probably all near a finished state at this point considering they're planning on rolling out one a month. They're not gonna have any issues pushing out the rest of S1 barring any crazy circumstances arise.
It's sold.
old manatee
Banned
I'm glad Capcom got flogged for releasing in such a broken, half-finished state, but since I was stupid enough to buy it and a fight stick I'm hoping other people start buying it in large enough quantities to justify support after season 1.
spazchicken
Member
That's what makes this news so sweet.
"but, but, but, they said 2 million!" "What about March??" "It's a demo!" " 1.4?? NNNOOoOoOoOoo..."
People proclaiming that it already failed and talking about it in a past tense.
Delicious.