| Rei said: Bad for everything except Bayonetta. Goes to show that not even Tekken can bring japanese back to the fighting genre. This series used to sell 1m+ with each installment in Japan. Namco is sure as hell dissapointed now. Also goes to show that nobody wants old-school RPGs anymore, both new SMT and 4WoL sell terribly. |
It's been a long time since Tekken managed numbers like that. Only Tekken 2 and 3 broke a million in Japan (and they broke it handedly, selling around 1.4 million each). Tekken Tag only managed around 500k, and the rather mediocre Tekken 4 killed what was left of the franchise's popularity after that. It barely sold 300k in Japan, and Tekken 5, despite being much improved over 4, wasn't able to bring that popularity back to the series. It wasn't a game changer like Tekken 3 or Street Fighter II.
At this point, the only way to create a truly break out fighting franchise is to create something incredibly different what else is already on the market, like Super Smash Bros. Otherwise you'll be stuck selling less than 3 million across all platforms, like Street Fighter IV and Sould Calibur IV
