i think its a game that doesnt really need the hype to sale well. people will go into the stores and see it and pick it up just because it has tekken on it. regaurdless if they knew it was coming out, i know for me ill be getting it first day

Tekken will never flop because it's Tekken. It's like Madden---never really "hyped," but the core fanbase always knows about it, and is large enough to produce decent sales.

That said. Namco really dropped the ball here. I have yet to see a single commercial for this game. SCIV was EVERYWHERE. With appropriate marketing, this game should've outsold SFIV. Now, looking at the pre-order numbers, I'm not even sure if it'll beat SCIV. The only thing that may save it is that it's way more popular than either SC or SF in PAL.

Your tears are tasty....

The only reason why I see multi-platform possibly hurting the buzz is that prevents the game from becoming ammo in the arsenal of exclusive titles for a platform.  Beyond this, all the characters are supposed to be unlocked.  Also, we are years away from the launch window, when a specific title release makes noise.  The fighting genre is also a bit tapped out now.  You can also factor in that Namco already released a fighting game for the platforms this generation.

Unless it is a JRPG or Forza, or another title which goes after the Playstation brand's core titles, and then it is the "BEST GAME EVA!" 

I will also say that by now, people should have learned that internet hype doesn't guarantee massive success, and zero hype doesn't guarantee failure. The Conduit and KZ2 have proved the former (not saying that KZ2 was a failure, but the hype was insaaaaane, and people clearly expected it to sell way more than it did based on that), and basically every sports game ever proves the latter.

What ever happened to days when people bought games they thought were fun? Buying something purely because it's an exclusive, regardless of whether or not you think you'll enjoy it, is one of the stupidest things I've heard.

Tekken and Soulcalibur have always been the fighting franchises for me because those are the ones I played at the arcade. I will pick one or both up eventually. I'd probably pick up Tekken now but there is way too much let for me to buy.

Those days are still here, you just can't tell on the internet lol.

Seriously, I'd never even heard of "console wars" until I started visiting video game forums.

I think the delay hurt the game. Now we have a bunch of fighters to choose from: SFIV, BlazBlue, MvC2, etc. Also there are other games worth getting over this. I'll probably pick Tekken 6 up in that Best Buy deal.

The long delay hurt it since there are many fighters out right now. I'm getting the game for sure as a long time Tekken fan.