Street Fighter 5 has sold 1.4 Million Units across PS4 + PC
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Stone Ocean
Member
Wow, that's a much higher number than I was expecting, not bad at all.
Hopefully the stream of content should keep the game's legs nice and smooth.
Hopefully the stream of content should keep the game's legs nice and smooth.
Gunstar Ikari
Unconfirmed Member
SFxT numbers are pretty much what I expected from SFV out the gate, even before all of the launch complaints. It'll have legs that SFxT didn't have, but I doubt that it goes significantly beyond 2 mil without a major relaunch.
Given that it was specifically the March 31st target.... no.
They ALREADY rebooted SF with vastly less budget.
Comparing it with MK is also quite ill-advised, as they don't follow the same business plan at all. If anything, compare it to KI, currently in its third season with most probably the same budget and the same initial sales (or even less)...
Omnistalgic
Member
Definitely agree with all of this. Capcom should have asked Sony to help develop if they were this strapped for cash. I think the franchise could have opened up to 2.5 million sales if they actually matches feature set MK/Smash brothers. The fighting game genre isnt big, but SF is one of the names that can do big numbers. Not MK/Smash opening numbers, but definitely more than what likely amounted to a 600K launch week. Well see if Capcom addresses all these issues how much it will help sales. Hard to imagine something big happening without a relaunch though, but thats exactly what Ono said they arent doing. Im assuming they dont even want to release an updated disc every year because that cost money.
7DollarHagane
Banned
This has to be one of the worst responses ever to a game. Capcom built the game for online play and replayability.
Casual response: I'm too impatient to learn the game, please give me a dumb cpu that makes me feel like jumping in and doing a shoryuken is a good idea.
The fear of fighting game mechanics is 100x worse than the hyperbole that used to get thrown around about how hard and bad and incorrectly designed demons Souls and dark Souls were before that series managed to break through to the mainstream.
Casual response: I'm too impatient to learn the game, please give me a dumb cpu that makes me feel like jumping in and doing a shoryuken is a good idea.
The fear of fighting game mechanics is 100x worse than the hyperbole that used to get thrown around about how hard and bad and incorrectly designed demons Souls and dark Souls were before that series managed to break through to the mainstream.
iconoclast
Member
just imagine how many more millions of copies would've been sold if it had an arcade mode
Not a whole lot. And even then, the Character Story Mode can easily be repurposed into an Arcade Mode substitute.
Fixed.
Cool.
Anyway, good to hear SFV isn't quite dead yet. Capcom's still got their work cut out for them though.
wumster3000
Member
IMO, that doesn't seem good for a game that's known worldwide like SF.
You know, I sort of expected to be like this. Alot of how SFV has panned out reminds me alot of Actvision's Destiny... The franchise wouldn't die on bad performance, but the ceiling for SFV is lower than it was at launch. Capcom is rather known to be more business first than alot would like (I can't blame them for that),so I am sort-of expect them to act on this info. And it will not be good should it happen.
1.4 million... better than what I was predicting, but the fact remains that this isn't good. Capcom waited till they absolutely had to when reporting those numbers, that is never a good sign for the health of a franchise. Treating it like it is saved/good (or treating it like it is doomed) is rather silly at this point, there much that can be done with this information and it remains to be seen what brass will do about it.
1.4 million... better than what I was predicting, but the fact remains that this isn't good. Capcom waited till they absolutely had to when reporting those numbers, that is never a good sign for the health of a franchise. Treating it like it is saved/good (or treating it like it is doomed) is rather silly at this point, there much that can be done with this information and it remains to be seen what brass will do about it.
Primethius
Banned
Wow, much higher number then I think anyone was expecting post launch.
I bet the most of it is in other regions around the world where the FGC is growing.
I bet the most of it is in other regions around the world where the FGC is growing.
Wonko_C
Member
I thought Sony paid Capcom lots of money for the exclusivity. Is there more concrete info about this deal?
Capcom apparently didn't build the game for anyone judging by how lackluster the online is.
Stats still aren't working, people are still rage quitting after the patch that was supposed to fix it, daily challenges still aren't up, still no way to sort battle lounges by region or by ping, buggy battle lounges too, still no zenny shop, still have one sided rollback lag.
Dargor
Member
Last thing that was said was that Sony just helped fund the game, nothing more, but maybe more information on the subject has surfaced since then?
The only tidbit we got was that Sony wants to get in on eSports so maybe they threw money at the CPT?
Welfare
Member
Capcom's Platinum titles list is only shipped to retailers + digital download. The PS4 version is ~ 1.25m shipped + digital, and it seems like retail sales are slowing to halt.
I was expecting close to 1 mil and since the number is shipped and capcom is known to overship i suspect i am not far off.
It is a terrible number for the franchise imo, it could and should have been a lot bigger if capcom had handled previous releases better and if they hadn't botched sfv's release so badly.
SF's popularity has fallen so low that people suddenly think sf brand is nowhere near mk in popularity and sales. Sure now it isn't, mk9 didn't sell that much better than sfiv nor did previous mk's. Capcom keeps making the franchise smaller with each problematic release.
It is a terrible number for the franchise imo, it could and should have been a lot bigger if capcom had handled previous releases better and if they hadn't botched sfv's release so badly.
SF's popularity has fallen so low that people suddenly think sf brand is nowhere near mk in popularity and sales. Sure now it isn't, mk9 didn't sell that much better than sfiv nor did previous mk's. Capcom keeps making the franchise smaller with each problematic release.
Lol And here come the goal posts being moved. Yeah the game didn't set the world on fire, but it wasn't the bomba everyone wanted. Now that we know the game is selling, everyone is backtracking and going, "W-well it didn't hit the 2 million mark!" It's sad.
And? What does that have to do with anything? Once a game is shipped, Capcom gets paid either way.
Yeah...
On one hand, I'm going "that's not too bad" and the other hand is "that's easily less than they expected".
And internally, I'm going "well, the solid game is good so it deserves to succeed so it'll make good on its promises and deliver future content to make it better" but on the other hand I'm going "they shipped an unfinished, incomplete game missing the most basic fighting game features ever; I don't want that tactic to ever succeed or be accepted."
It's a weird release of a game and even its sales numbers seem weird.
It's... good but disappointing. That I think sums the whole thing up.
???
Do you know my personal post history about the sales of this game or are you lumping me in with some random group.
The Artisan
Member
I feel this game could've been so much more successful if it had a more proper launch.
ethomaz
Banned
Dammit my estimations was 1.5m shipped.
Congrats... the game deserves every sales.
Best SF gameplay I ever played.
It sold 63k in March NPD.
Congrats... the game deserves every sales.
Best SF gameplay I ever played.
Why not?
It sold 63k in March NPD.
Resident Evil 7 by the end of next March?
What is this from? Is it thread worthy or not?
LukasTaves
Member
If it's shipped than it's not so simple. It's a Street Fighter game, which sold a lot previously, its very possible many retailers ordered a lot initially, and ended up overstocked, which is not a great thing for the publisher, specially if the game did bomb at retail like it seems it did.
The Artisan
Member
So what exactly are you trying to say here? Sf5 flopped because...of something other than its launch?
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Traditionally, shipped figures are given unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Given Steam Soy numbers plus the lack of NPD presence suggests the 1.4 is shipped with a much significantly smaller number sold through even with digital.
It's an awkward situation. Not many genuinely want to see Street Fighter flounder. When the number 1 fighting game franchise struggles, it hurts the genre. But at the same time, Capcom needed to learn a harsh lesson and hopefully they have.
The worst outcome from this would be no Street Fighter VI down the line. Street Fighter V as it stands right now, needs a restructure in pricing and its purchase options.
Just using you as a launchpad.
First quarter comparison:
Street Fighter IV (360, PS3) 2,500,000 (1,700,000 projected)
Super Street Fighter IV (360, PS3) 1,350,000
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition (360, PS3) 300,000
Ultra Street Fighter IV (360, PC, PS3) 500,000
Marvel Vs Capcom 3 (360, PS3) 2,000,000 (2,000,000 projected)
Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 (360, PS3) 600,000
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (3DS) 1,000,000
Street Fighter X Tekken (360, PS3) 1,400,000 (2,000,000 projected)
Street Fighter V (PC, PS4) 1,400,000 (2,000,000 projected)
Street Fighter IV (360, PS3) 2,500,000 (1,700,000 projected)
Super Street Fighter IV (360, PS3) 1,350,000
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition (360, PS3) 300,000
Ultra Street Fighter IV (360, PC, PS3) 500,000
Marvel Vs Capcom 3 (360, PS3) 2,000,000 (2,000,000 projected)
Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 (360, PS3) 600,000
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (3DS) 1,000,000
Street Fighter X Tekken (360, PS3) 1,400,000 (2,000,000 projected)
Street Fighter V (PC, PS4) 1,400,000 (2,000,000 projected)
ethomaz
Banned
New maths...
I can say the game is around (or perhaps over) 1 million sold WW right now (May) based on these shipments.
Shipped: 1.4m as of March 31
Sold estimate: 700-900k as of March 31
That is in line with the data we have from PC + US (retail) + UK (retail) + Japan (retail) > 550k sold.
I can bet it is around/over 1m sold right now with shipment close to 2m.
I can say the game is around (or perhaps over) 1 million sold WW right now (May) based on these shipments.
Shipped: 1.4m as of March 31
Sold estimate: 700-900k as of March 31
That is in line with the data we have from PC + US (retail) + UK (retail) + Japan (retail) > 550k sold.
1.4m shipped is for March 31.
I can bet it is around/over 1m sold right now with shipment close to 2m.
I am willing to make a bet that it is mostly the NA (The United States in particular), Japan hasn't been so hot (no arcade build really hurt the game), and there hasn't been much of a pickup in Europe as far as I know.
Outside of that... I doubt that other regions even know that the game is a thing. The number that you get from that is likely not a whole lot, to be honest.
If they have, I wonder what they do now...
I'm saying that SF5 was going to do below expectations with or without arcade mode.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Interesting.
Primethius
Banned
Well, we have the US numbers. We have the UK numbers. We have the JP numbers. Unless Capcom massively overshipped in those regions, yea there's quite a bit of the numbers unaccounted for.
It wouldn't matter to Capcom Amazon bought copies in bulk. So it doesn't matter to Capcom what amazon sold it for.
Well, I'd appreciate it if you didn't say I was backtracking or anything like that, lumping me in with your hypothetical, goal-post moving, boogeymen. Thanks.
I've been saying this game's sales were incredibly disappointing ever since they fell way short of their expectations in March for a while now. That they still aren't really near the 2 million mark they expected to reach in 1 month after all this time makes this a bad result. I'm not gonna lie and say this is a good result or better than expected because I sure don't think it is. It's below what Capcom expected for the series and below what I think a new mainline Street Fighter should be getting.
And, (I can't believe I have to even have to write this) I love this game as much as anyone considering I bought both the PS4, the PC version and a $400 arcade stick for this game, and have put hundreds of hours into it already. So don't accuse me of wanting this game to be a bomba, because I've sure invested a lot into it and want it to succeed.