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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 12 November 2009

Topic at hand.

 

I like SCIV and Tekken 6, but i get the feeling Tekken is the more popular between the 2 namco fighters. btw, Seraphim Jin > All.

 



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dystopia on 13 November 2009

Well because Tekken is the older franchise (unless you include Soul Blade, and if that's the case it's 5 to 6, not that different). And even inlcuding Soul Blade, Tekken is still two years older.



chocoloco on 13 November 2009

yah not much to this thread sir



Kenryoku_Maxis on 13 November 2009

Tekken and Virtual Fighter were the first true 3D fighters (with Virtua Fighter coming first). Games like Soul Blade (which later became Soul Calibur), Dead or Alive and Bushido Blade and etc. following their model.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 13 November 2009
dystopia said:

Well because Tekken is the older franchise (unless you include Soul Blade, and if that's the case it's 5 to 6, not that different). And even inlcuding Soul Blade, Tekken is still two years older.

This. Also, Tekken is the most complete fighter with multiple with the most and most accurate fighting styles. It's beautiful.



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Xxain on 13 November 2009

Tekken IS more popular than SC4, and is Tekken is also older too....?



Onyxmeth on 13 November 2009

I think both are about even is regards to popularity nowadays. It doesn't seem like one has a huge sales advantage over the other. Basically, Tekken was the first game of many to follow Virtua Fighter out of the gate. Soul Blade just didn't light things up the way Tekken did, so they left the series alone for a few years until they could make Soul Calibur on more powerful hardware. Above everything else, it initially got noticed because it was the shining example of 6th generation graphics right at launch. You usually don't get something so damn impressive looking right at the beginning of a generation. It was the equivalent of having Gears of War as a launch title for the 360.

Edit: Correction. I just checked the sales. It seems Tekken is now slightly less popular overall than Soulcalibur. 



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K-DOGG on 13 November 2009

dystopia is 100% right. Tekken is on older IP but is only up by one title.



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dystopia on 13 November 2009

I would say Soul Calibur is the more popular fighter now, in it's hayday on the PS1 Tekken was great, but since then it hasn't advanced as much as fighters like SC.



Seraphic_Sixaxis on 13 November 2009
Onyxmeth said:

I think both are about even is regards to popularity nowadays. It doesn't seem like one has a huge sales advantage over the other. Basically, Tekken was the first game of many to follow Virtua Fighter out of the gate. Soul Blade just didn't light things up the way Tekken did, so they left the series alone for a few years until they could make Soul Calibur on more powerful hardware. Above everything else, it initially got noticed because it was the shining example of 6th generation graphics right at launch. You usually don't get something so damn impressive looking right at the beginning of a generation. It was the equivalent of having Gears of War as a launch title for the 360.

Edit: Correction. I just checked the sales. It seems Tekken is now slightly less popular overall than Soulcalibur.

Wow wait what?! SC is more popular then tekken!? no way... im see'n way more Tekken 6 Advertisements then i did SoulCalibur IV ones, i love soulcalibur more overall since SC2 but only now i like tekken because of 6 because they have more original characters and new ones overall for this game VS SCIV's only new character hild'Gard.