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[Draugoth]

According to information shared by Christopher Dring on social media (which is part of Gamesindustry), Tekken 8 had a strong launch in the in the UK, beating Street Fighter 6.

 

[Spyxos]

King is back.

SF6 pfff

 

[Dane]

Isn't Tekken the most popular fighting game in Europe?

 

[Spyxos]

Isn't Tekken the most popular fighting game in Europe?

I think it was always Street Fighter.

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

Tekken 7 was massive. It was expected for the sequel to also sell well.

 

[Dane]

I think it was always Street Fighter.

Nope, saw here, Harada confirms its Europe indeed.

 

[SJRB]

Had no idea Tekken was this big in Europe.

 

[Fake]

Tekken is more like a continuation of the srries, while SF6 is more like a sucessor of SF3 plus trying to get generation z attention somehow.

 

[Klosshufvud]

Had no idea Tekken was this big in Europe.

It has to do with the popularity of Playstation consoles in Europe and the fact that Tekken 3 was so synonymous with Playstation 1. They have a synergistic relationship. I'm guessing SF is more popular in places (East Asia, US) where arcades were a big thing. They were never a big thing in Europe in comparison. So Tekken, which was always more about home console releases, dominated here.

With that said, several entries for Tekken had lackluster sales and it was with Tekken 7 it was somehow revitalized.

 

[YCoCg]

Had no idea Tekken was this big in Europe.

During the break out of the PS1 days in Europe ,Tekken was one of the games always used to push the more "adult" side, especially when Tekken 3 dropped with it's grunge style and soundtrack being heavily influenced by break beat styles, drum & bass, etc.

Makes me miss the days of each region having it's own marketing style, Playstation EU was the best back then, big up Psygnosis!

 

[Griffon]

SF mostly sells in America. Whereas Tekken is everywhere.