sixteen-bit
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I feel they held back the more interesting characters for DLC
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Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite |OT| Marvel vs. Capcom: 4 Female Characters
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I feel they held back the more interesting characters for DLC
Turbanator
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Jedah is in so that's not entirely the case.
TheSpoiler
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I said this in the SFV OT, but even if this game doesn't reach 2 million, they aren't going to stop supporting it based on that alone. If the game has longtail sales, they'll keep it going, because DLC will keep development afloat. Additionally, now that esports is a thing, and Capcom is leading the charge with SFV, if Marvel takes off in a similar way, they could make back a fuckload a money like they did with SFV's development. That's even moreso a point of money if Disney sees it as revenue.
Jawmuncher
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SFV doesn't even have long tail sales. But yeah I think they'll support so long as the Esports is there and there's whales buying the DLC.
They expect 2 million in 6 months, so its possible that theyll be satisfied with over a million in a few weeks.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Sagat wasn't even rumored to be free character. Sagat and Sakura were to be planned to be part of season 3.
Yup, unfortunately
Because it is... out of Steam.
Jawmuncher
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Currently the Steam sales are tracking even lower than SFV and that came out as a bomb in a sense of units sold.
The big thing now is to see how much Xbox and PS4 pick up the slack. At this point 1 million is the good expectation. It sure as hell ain't close to 2.
This game is Bomba for sure.
Well Bomba as in well below the expected 2 million. Though who knows if it can make that in 6 months or not.
It's bombing, yes
sixteen-bit
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AWizardDidIt
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Y'all silly with the doom and gloom stuff. Game's going to be fine. Even if it doesn't sell super well right off the bat, the fact that they've designed the game from the ground up as a 'game as a service' model means that if it was seriously not going to make a profit they'd just F2P it like Dead or Alive 5 which has proven to be very profitable.
Also you need to wait until Christmas to properly judge what the marvel marketing will do for sales. I get the feeling that long term the game will be fine. The only scenario I see the game getting dropped is if Marvel drops licensing for whatever reason.
Also you need to wait until Christmas to properly judge what the marvel marketing will do for sales. I get the feeling that long term the game will be fine. The only scenario I see the game getting dropped is if Marvel drops licensing for whatever reason.
TheSpoiler
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I never said it did. But SFV doesn't have longtail sales because there's no reason to keep the game for most people (in terms of content), their updates have just now been more frequent (but communication remains an inssue), and online still isn't hot like Marvel is. And while people are gonna buy DLC, Capcom will most likely keep things like extra modes and shit free.
I think it'll reach a million after BF. It has a better shot than SFV ever did, that's to be sure.
Currently trying to run Gamora on point and I'm having trouble deciding a partner for her. I'm considering Dante, Dormammu, Ultron and Ghost Rider...possibly Jedah too and Strider. I'm more of a rush down kind of player but I wouldn't mind having some control to support gamora. Also looking to mainly use Space Gem.
Anyone else running Gamora?
Anyone else running Gamora?
direct_quote
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So besides steam spy stuff, when will we know the other sales data by?
AWizardDidIt
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We won't. Publishers don't release sales data these days.
Game will probably get a spike around December with the Capcom Cup/Battle of the Stones hype. The game is fire when it comes to game play (minus some obvious balance issues that will get ironed out over time) and people seem to be enjoying themselves watching the chaos. Plus Black Friday and general holiday sales though by that time this game will be on a sale for sure.
And yeah the game is going to be making a lot of its returns through DLC. If the new characters are all of the same quality of the new characters they have so far (Ultron, Gamora, Jedah, MH etc) then they will make bank.
But the launch is hella "soft".
And yeah the game is going to be making a lot of its returns through DLC. If the new characters are all of the same quality of the new characters they have so far (Ultron, Gamora, Jedah, MH etc) then they will make bank.
But the launch is hella "soft".
Man I really got a good listen to Dante's theme, and it is soooo bad. I have no real problem with the UmVC3 theme and the DMC3 battle themes in general. They're cheesy as hell but they get me hype and hold a special place in my heart for all the time I put into that game.
But man the chorus legit sounds like it was recorded with a toy speaker and a recorder flute. It's not even about taste, that just sounds bad. How did that happen?
But man the chorus legit sounds like it was recorded with a toy speaker and a recorder flute. It's not even about taste, that just sounds bad. How did that happen?
klabautermann
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Dude... Monster Hunter got me legit hype. When I saw her do the fuckin' actual Great Sword and Demon Mode Dual Blade combos from the game I got legit hype. I need this character,man. SO many nice details.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Or in this case, everyone wants Mega Man. They finally get Mega Man (X) and what happens? They go back to maining Zero.
sixteen-bit
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Unless it's good news. There's also the Capcom fiscal year reports which they publicize and people can extrapolate data from.
If we get any sales data for MvCi NPD next month it'll probably be from leaks.
Me!
I'm in the same boat... Struggling to pick a partner for her.
I really like Cpt. Marvel, but I can't seem to wrap my head around how to make her work. I keep dropping combos due to that fucking down down + HK absorb move, when I just want to do cr.HK to send the opponent to the floor.
Fucking stupid down down button bullshit.
Give me back Z-MOTION Crapcom!
I dont see this game getting close to SFV's numbers at all. Especially with the info with have on hand thus far.
sure they do. When they're good lol.
labbing a Thor / Spidey team
Spider-Man is too fast for me man, I keep dropping all sorts of combos
Jawmuncher
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We'll know during the next capcom fiscal report next year.
Capcom is one of the few companies that will say sales publicly.
At least for their big products and their succesful smaller ones.
You guys are killing me with this negativity / realism / etc. I think I love this game and its shaping up to be my favorite fighting game. Love is truly Blind guys. I think the game looks great (yes I really, really do), story is good fun and even the music is passable. Sure Morrigan still looks cross and Thor's hair looks funny in that helmet (like it's glue together and static)
But my point is I can see myself be entertained many, many hours.
Capcom doesn't need to give out a single character (maybe beyond firebrand which is already free). These are all name brand fighters. They made a marveloous package full of content that will occupy the devoted fans hundreds of hrs.
We need to tell our friends and fellow gafs to get upfront and buy this game NOW. Offer to freakin' help them learn the game too. I've fought against pro players in IJ2 so I'm used to getting bodied but this shit is gonna be tramatic for noobs hoping online and getting done dirty by these Dantes
Remember, Destiny-GAF is one of best communities gaf has. When I played Vanilla, we gafs banded together to help each other
If MvCI ends up being a failure and the MvC series gets put back on ice again I'm gonna be so disappointed - mostly in Capcom/Marvel for bunglefucking the most fun game they've made in the series thus far (imo) and a little bit in fans for being so convinced this game is a tire fire that I've even seen some speculate that people are only pretending to enjoy it. It is not an exaggeration on my end to say this game play fills me with so much joy unlike anything else, I've completely forgotten DBZF is a thing that's coming which was my most anticipated title before this came out.
MonHun is easily the best looking character
These character shots kill me because they look nice and clean before all the post-processing discolors and blurs the models in-game.
Awesome... Please send help:
How do I get the game to recognize Z-MOTION instead of Down Down for "rising uppercut style" moves?
Because seriously, I'm about to drop this game after a day and go and to SFV where life makes sense.
You can't. It sucks. I'd love to know what the fuck Capcom was thinking there -- down down uppercuts are neither beginner friendly, intuitive, or fun to use.
We'll know for sure when they publish the end of year financials at the end of March of next year. We might know before then if it's sold over 1m by the end of the year.
Capcom does. They release sales data for major titles every quarter, and maintain a list of all their million-seller titles and collective sales numbers for franchises that have sold over 1m on their website.
P4A pulled the same thing, as will DBFZ. Hopefully MvCI adds an update to switch everyone to DP motions (same for DBFZ).
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
She also looks finished day one. They also took out the means of earning free DLC characters from SFV. They also charged full price for this game as a service with a huge amount of lifted assets.
I'm annoyed that I'm enjoying playing it so much because as a premium product the value proposition's awful.
Jawmuncher
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I'm glad you're enjoying it. Hell a lot of us here are. But there's only so much we can do for the masses. It's mostly in capcom's hands if they can turn things around at this point. A lot of us are critical of the game since there are obvious flaws. But there's definitely stuff to like which people need to know. IMO it kind of reminds me of Mass Effect Andromeda which was much in the same situation.
I don't blame anyone for not liking the game in it's current state. If you want the casual dollar you need higher presentation and a more interesting roster. You could have the best gameplay in the world in a fighting game. But for the masses that isn't gonna matter especially when they aren't going to ever play to any level where that even matters. Regardless I don't see this being the end for MVC:I, I think capcom even knows where they messed up and if anything I think we'll see a MVC:I 2 or MVC4 and only if that bombed will they give up. Since the game will have a esports presence.
Fun fact: doing the Z motion works because of how the input works in the game:
You press Forward (doesn't count in current controls)
You press Down (counts as Down)
You press Down-Forward + Punch (counts as Down + Punch or Down-Forward + Punch or Forward + Punch when in sequence) - Dragon Punch
I've had no problems pulling it off with Ryu
This is actually fucking me up trying to chain air drill kick (d+hk) with shadow rave (d,d+HP).
it's making all of the Morrigan stuff I've tried really tough.
Is there any reason making them DP motions optional wouldn't cause some issue?
I hate the DD motions, and those moves might as well not exist for me in-game.
Changing them was such a counter-intuitive and misguided idea.
DD only really works easily if you're in neutral with no direction currently pressed, and that seems rare to me.
BassForever
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Got my deluxe edition where are my premium costumes? Only see codes for the character pass and ms marvel outfit
TheSpoiler
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SFV started hard (as one could with a shit launch) and petered off quickly. MVCI has a better chance of retaining steady sales. It won't sell more than SFV is right now, but it'll do decent. This game will get more spikes than SFV did.
AWizardDidIt
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Is MonHun the only character preview we were getting at TGS? I coulda swore I saw somewhere that Black Panther would be shown off there too...