Is ARMS a failure, or not?

[Majin-Tenshinhan]

Replicant said:

Wyrdness said:
The only fighting games that have sold more than it this gen are Tekken and Smash Ultimate so it's far from a failure.

Besides Tekken and Smash, there's actually a bunch of fighting games that have sold more as well. That still doesn't make ARMS a failure though.

Best selling fighting games in the 8th generation (excluding WWE 2K and EA Sports UFC):
1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: 20 million (link)
2. Mortal Kombat X: 11 million (link)
3. Tekken 7: 6 million (link)
4. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2: 6 million (link)
5. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4: 5.8 million (link)
6. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse: 5 million (link)
7. Dragon Ball: FighterZ: 5 million (link)
8. Street Fighter V: 4.7 million (link)
9. ARMS: 2.1 million (link)
10. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot: 2 million (link)

No new sales updates on Mortal Kombat 11 (1.8 million in 1 week) or Injustice 2 (1.5 million in 3 months).

Edit: Updated the list with a few new numbers. I noticed that many of these games' numbers aren't updated in VGC's database but I guess that's due to lack of staff.

While I can see how games like DB Xenoverse and Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm fit the definition of fighting game about as broadly as ARMS itself does, Kakarot is a goddamned RPG lol. Having it on that list makes no sense whatsoever.