Mr Puggsly said:
Alright, I dont want to argue why sales are the way they are. Its just a bunch of excuses and both had launch window concerns. People aren't even mentioning one platform has a massive userbase advantage.
The sales are what they are and this thread is interesting because expectations were different. Discussion is fine, some excuses are expected, but lets not complain about how this comparison is unfair. That only became an argument when SFV failed to meet high expectations.
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This is not a excuse, you need to take everything into account, you are comparing Tomb Raider, that launched on March, with Rise of the Tomb Raider, that was marketed as a Exclusive, and launched on November, and had sales increase during the weeks.
And you also are comparing Street Fighter V, with IV, the Street Fighter IV, was launched after a long Hiatus of the franchise, Street Fighter V, was launched after Capcom, made 10 Versions of Street Fighter IV, and launched the game un-complete because of the Pro Tour.
Is a Fair comparison, but due to the circumstances, Tomb Raider have a Advandage, is a Single Player game, that Microsoft, brought the exclusivity when already was ready, but Street Fighter V, nearly made the same numbers as the last game (first week), they launched nearly the same day of February, and the series was not coming back from a Hiatus.
You Know that Street Fighter V, on PS4, will out-sell Tomb Raider 2015, on Xbox One, because the game will have 5 Years of Support, and you did only the 10 First Weeks, to compare the games and try to say that Tomb Raider, on Xbox One, had more Sucess than Street Fighter, on PS4, but don't forget Tomb Raider, was undoubtedly a High quality game, while Street Fighter, is undoubtedly a un-finished game, The Timing of the year, the Launch, is on favor of Tomb Raider, but only on the 10 first weeks.
If you compare 1 Full year of sales of both versions, so you would see the true picture, but i still think that Street Fighter V, will break Tomb Raider's numbers until the end of the 10 weeks, on 10 weeks, Tomb Raider, sold 1.008 Millions on Xbox One, and after the Holidays's End, and the Release of the PC Version, on 17-18 Weeks, only sold 1.100 Millions on Xbox One, on Total, this means that sold only 100 Thousands from January, to March, so Street Fighter V, sold in 2 Weeks, half of what Tomb Raider, sold on 18 Weeks, and you want to say that Tomb Raider, don't had a launch advantage ?
