WrenchNinja
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Naruto kicking Street Fighter's ass is great
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NPD Sales Results for February 2016 [Up1: Fire Emblem]
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Darth Smurf X
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Sad about SFV, but I'm not too worried. I think this game will have legs. It's the most fun I've had with Street Fighter in years. I think digital sales will be fairly significant (that's how I bought it). And I'm sure they'll have a few sales right around big content releases to lure in folks who need more single player stuff. The foundation is great! They just need to keep adding and drawing more people in.
would be even lower.
John Wick
Member
There's no content in the current game. How the hell Capcom thought they'd get away with this bare bones release is beyond me. People will buy SFV if it's got all the content
Hopefully not by the end of the fiscal year.
Steve Youngblood
Member
We already know that Fates sold close to 400K including digital sales, and SteamSpy sales are worldwide. But even if we count all of them, it didn't come out on top. Of course, this ignores PSN sales, so it's possible it did relatively well there?
I don't think this is possible. I also think Sony beats MS to this as they already have PS Now on their TVs as well as some Samsung TVs, blue ray players, etc. imagine if they already start putting out decent PS4 titles. I can't see how they allow competing storefronts on their devices.
Completely agree. If NX turns out to be something special - MS may accelerate their hw exit plans.
Why though? Is it good that people prefer bloated fighter games with shitty gameplay?
Steam is worldwide. We can add Japan numbers for both SFV and FE to make it a better worldwide comparison, but I don't think that will help SFV.
DriftingSpirit
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It is by March 31st.
Steve Youngblood
Member
Yes. That was their target by March 31.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
So what is the worldwide sales of SFV and Fire Emblem Fates/if?
I guess the lesson is that you have to be careful about how you launch your game. You can't count on "we'll fix it later" as a selling point. Early word of mouth is important. Game sales are front-loaded, but they aren't that front-loaded. The market now has time to react quickly if your game launches busted in some way.
TheAutomator
Banned
Shitty gameplay? Well, that's your opinion. I will just say that fighting games don't have to be deep to be good.
Balance and true character diversity also helps.
I'm well aware of the merits of the Naruto games, and they deserve the good sales they get (even with so many games in the last years), there is a lot of care put into the story mode cutscenes and story mode in general.
Street Fighter 5 though is one of the best, if not the best, fighter from the gameplay standpoint in the market, and in a genre where the most important thing should be, you know, fighting, it's a shame that it's not being rewarded as such.
I mean it should have done over at least 500K in a week, even other bad games like RE6 managed to do at least 2 million I think in a week and that was horrible.
freefornow
Gold Member
SFV steamspy numbers (worldwide) have muddied the NPD sales. Any idea what the US PC sales for SFV are?
TheAutomator
Banned
Aren't PC retail copies steam redeemable?
Added to data, thanks!
Steve Youngblood
Member
They would be if there were retail copies. There aren't though (at least in the US).
NinjaCoachZ
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Gat damn, Street Fighter outsold by Naruto and Fire Emblem? What a time to be alive.
So much for that financial target... On the bright side it means the game should drop in price pretty fast. Good for us late adopters, but maybe not for Capcom. Ouch.
So much for that financial target... On the bright side it means the game should drop in price pretty fast. Good for us late adopters, but maybe not for Capcom. Ouch.
So quick math is that that there were 47.5 copies of the special edition which were basically three (more 2.5 imho) in one.
edit. Fixed math; typos are fun.
dreamlongdead
Member
Street Fighter V has many parallels to Street Fighter III. It will have a devoted hardcore fanbase, but will never be as popular as its predecessor. It's still a great exclusive grab for Sony and the franchise can "recover" in the future.
It is hard to say if Project X Zone 2 was affected much by releasing during Fire Emblem week. I wouldn't have bothered with that game even without competition, because there are so many games that I would prioritize over it.
It is hard to say if Project X Zone 2 was affected much by releasing during Fire Emblem week. I wouldn't have bothered with that game even without competition, because there are so many games that I would prioritize over it.
WrenchNinja
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Because of posts like yours.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Huh?
If Steamspy's geography numbers are accurate (and there's no way to be sure), Street Fighter 5 sold roughly 56k between the US and Canada on Steam.
129k from Steamspy also includes activations outside the US and FE is close to 400k with digital in one week in NA only.
So adding the 210k to the 56k from Steamspy NA and a generous(?) 30% from PSN sales (60k) is around 330k.
Which is what I said that they were close but not over as 330k < 400k.
ethomaz
Banned
Capcom targeted 2m shipped as of Mar 31st.
Is that possible?
Well shipments are know to be well over sales and right now we can draw SFV sales at over 500k (possible 600-700k).
If it reach 1m sold at end of the month then the shipment will be north of 1.5m for sure and that means 2m shipped is not out of question.
My estimate for SFV shipped this quarter is 1.5-1.7m but I won't be surprise if Capcom reach it targets.
Is that possible?
Well shipments are know to be well over sales and right now we can draw SFV sales at over 500k (possible 600-700k).
If it reach 1m sold at end of the month then the shipment will be north of 1.5m for sure and that means 2m shipped is not out of question.
My estimate for SFV shipped this quarter is 1.5-1.7m but I won't be surprise if Capcom reach it targets.
Naruto is second only to Dragonball in the West when it comes to mainstream popularity . The sheer number of usernames online in gaming and other things like social media in reference to Naruto characters or references to things in the Naruto world speaks to its popularity.
freefornow
Gold Member
Would it be reasonable to say SFV 250K in NPD (PC & PS4)?
valkillmore
Member
Should Street Fighter make a triumphant return as a sprite-based fighter?
Coffee Dog
Banned
It's a useless masturbation post. He might as well have posted "go fuck yourself".
For some reason I remember a story of sprite fighters costing more to make.
Want to say it was from the Skullgirls developer.
Even than I doubt being sprite based would make any difference.
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Steve Youngblood
Member
No. NPD is retail only. If you're trying to figure out the overall North American numbers, then you'd need PS4 digital data as well.
entremet
Member
Exactly.
I love the game but I'm worried about the series.
I remember people saying it would be fine and I retorted with the argument you made.
You cannot get bad word of mouth in this connected era.
WrenchNinja
Member
No, it's more like complaining about a casual game selling more is super funny. You might want to try toning it down a notch.
ethomaz
Banned
PS4 retail + PC digital is over 250k already... you need add PS4 digital too.
Man-is-Obsolete
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I too think it will have legs. Word of mouth about how the game plays is very strong, but lack of content and features literally greyed out is also spread very strongly. So it has a lot of people in your position I think.
Make no mistake though. They messed up and should have waited another month.
TR had the holiday ahead of it though, and with quick discounts.