ARMS has best launch for an unlicensed fighting game in Japan within the past seven years

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F.Scofield on 26 June 2017

let me do it before someone does: "it only did that cause there's no games at all, switch owners are hungry for games and there's no competition"
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johnsobas on 26 June 2017

the state of fighting games in Japan is shocking. Back in the day games like Virtua Fighter, Tekken and street fighter were good for several hundred thousand week 1. They were also very popular in arcades on top of that. Now these games are selling 60k max, usually less. Arms probably could only get 100k by doing something different and reaching a larger audience.

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Erosensei on 26 June 2017

Excellent sales for a great fighting game. Good job, Nintendo!

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think-man on 26 June 2017

Sad to see the fighting genre selling like it is now.

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Mnementh on 26 June 2017

LethalP said:
I won't be suprised if Arms outsells every PS4 exclusive this generation, and probably FFXV on PS4. For whatever reason nothing but Nintendo games appeal to the Japanese. Like seriously, even Europe buys millions of copies of some Nintendo and MS games, but it's like Japan only care about Nintendo, fuck the rest of the industry.

Nintendo land sold over a million in Japan on WiiU, why the fuck can't PS4 rack up that on Persona, Metal Gear Solid, FF, Resident Evil, they're all dead. Arms probably has more brand power than Metal Gear there now. It's insane.

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b00moscone on 26 June 2017

killeryoshis said:

Why isn't Pokken on there? All you do in Pokemon is fight.

If you're curious, Pokken sold ~75k, so ARMS still retains that top position.

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Mr Puggsly on 26 June 2017

think-man said:
Sad to see the fighting genre selling like it is now.

Well the genre has gotten stale. Its sequels without significant changes.

This is part of the reason I'm a big fan of KI, its actually fresh.

For the record, MKX and Injustice 2 have done really well. Just not in Japan.

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naruball on 26 June 2017

F.Scofield said:
let me do it before someone does: "it only did that cause there's no games at all, switch owners are hungry for games and there's no competition"
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Done to death. Might as well post "ps3 has no games" as a joke.