Barozi said:
VGKing said:
Barozi said:
Nintendo is simply excluded because they managed to keep the quality. Same is true (to a slightly lesser extent) for Capcom. But then ?
Some very popular and critically acclaimed Japanese gaming series are dying in case of sales, quality or even both.
Pro Evolution Soccer
Final Fantasy
Kingdom Hearts
Tekken
Soul Calibur
Dragon Ball Z fighting games
Well you get the idea.
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1)Pro Evolution Soccer - Competition from FIFA
2)Final Fantasy - True. But after more than a dozen Final Fantasy games, it was bound to get stale.
3)Kingdom Hearts - Disney + Final Fantasy. Many people dont even remember Mickey Mouse anymore.
4)Tekken - Too much competition in this genre. and with Capcom milking Street Fighter with super and ultimate editions, it damaged the whole genre.
5)Soul Calibur - Same thing as Tekken.
6)Dragon Ball Z fighting games - DBZ was over a long time ago. These games are being based on the same old story. People aren't going to keep buying the games when there are plenty of new anime they would rather see made into a game.
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1) FIFA was always there and always big. PES lost sales and quality since PES 2008. FIFA gained sales and quality.
2) Sales of XIII are excellent, quality apparently for most not so much (excluding Boutros and myself), XIII-2 also failed sales wise. Versus is nowhere to be seen.
3) no true sequel. Handheld games which aren't bad and have decent sales, but don't quite reach KH and KH2
4) The sales of Tekken 6 aren't actually so bad, but the quality dropped quite a bit, plus it was a rather late arcade port.
5) Soul Calibur IV has great sales and is also quite a good game, but they dropped the ball with SCV. A sequel that no one needed.
6) Okay but why the drop in quality then ?
Even though there is competition among the fighters, they pretty much all have just as high sales as the fighters last gen. Doesn't stop them from being disappointments though.
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Street Fighter IV got excelent scores though and as far as I know audience loved it also.
