Super Street Fighter 4 sold over a million, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 going strong still

All I can say is WooHoo

MvC2's success has been insane. I'm starting to think MvC3 might outperform the Street Fighter 4 series, which would be a pretty nutty accomplishment.

If 3rd Strike succeeds, should Alpha 3 and CvS2 follow?

Hopefully they can keep making arcade profits.

@2 yeah its insane how well its doing. back in the day when i was playing MVC2 in the arcades it didnt seem like to many people were into it besides the hardcore fighting game fans but now it seems like it has reached a wider audience. im pretty sure the release of all the superhero movies in the past decade have something to do with it as well. good report.

I'm sad that after all that good news capcom still has 90% drop in profits. How???

@Catalyst

I don't think that would be unusual at all, MvC3 definitely has a bigger draw and more publicity than SSF4. I think a lot more people would have played MvC2 in total if the execution barrier wasn't so high.

Guys this still isnt good. Capcom are still in a pile due to really bad titles like Dark Avoid, LP2 and Surprisngly Monster hunter on the Wii seriously underperformed.

Monster Hunter Tri sold over a million copies in Japan...

so in the end, fighting games save the company?

Shipped 2 million sold 1.35

Shipped doesn't equal sales!

Oh, good, they've made more money than expected on SSFIV - here's hoping that motivates them even more to keep improving the experience via DLC.

I'm not sure MVC3 will have more success than SSF4 but maybe just maybe SBO will pick it up. I'm sure EVO Japan will have it as well (next year) to help popularize it in Japan.

@Zeidust
nope
your forgetting they sell games in other genres though other titles fell short doesn't mean they failed completely and that SSF4 saved their whole business plan

@Clovr
Dead Rising 2 can do gangbusters and with how well it's shaping up it could be a sleeper hit

None? you forget Okami?
Lost Planet has a big impact in japan.
Dead Rising warranted a sequel and spin offs and an apperance by it's main character in TVC
Age of Booty did very well
Flock did very well
Veiwtiful Joe
Devil Kings
all new IP made in the last 10 years that stuck in one way or another

Dark Void is probably the only completely new IP that Capcom has done in the past 10 years that has completely bombed(that and rocketmen)

Adveristment on TV= Sales? NOPE

You're being racist....MAJORLY racisgt

FW was a funny character that allow of people do like

Age of Booty a popular Downloadable title, just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it's not doing well

Flock is a quirkly little game where you heard a flock of sheep using a UFO

Well you're still wrong I just gave 5 IPs that have caught on and there are only 2 that didn't since clover's demise.

Devil Kings AKA Sengoku Basara which since PS2 release has had 2 sequels an anime and manga

Around the time that MvC3 comes out, two Marvel Studios blockbusters (Thor & Captain America) will be also be on the verge of debuting, so Marvel will be deep in the public consciousness. That game has the potential to be the best selling Capcom fighting game since SFII (although those numbers will be hard to beat). As much as they hate to advertise, Capcom needs to find some way to tie their advertising into the Marvel hype that will be in full swing by then for the movies and make sure that the masses know that MvC3 is coming out.

I'm no big fan of the Marvel series, but I've enjoyed many Capcom games over the years and want them to keep the hits coming. Here's hoping for a better fiscal report next year.

@Soulbroryu
I pointed that out 2 months ago

Thor will come out and probably have a final preview trailer for it and by Captain America comes out and say how great of a game it is with review snippets

blah sorry for that FW slip meant to say
"FW is a funny characther that ALOT of people do like

Please make SFIV just have some super characters like Dudley and Adon.

@25
They're hardly wasted character slots if they weren't played at Comic-Con...

So why even bring up ads? especially when you bring up a game that did very well enough to get a Wiimake(remake using Wiimote functionality and by that logical I'll probably be calling games ported for the Playstation Move "Removes") and a DS spin off?

while the Otaku culture might like it I can probably find a more booming fan base that probably like something more then gaint robots

He hasn't been, whens his last big apperance been? TVC has he appeared since? nope though they did do alittle funny cameo message in Left 4 Dead 2
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Try those games you might like them

Sengoku Basara doesn't take it self seriously it is over the top in many ways and is more japanese based then Chinese based

and this is what gets me:
Sales of lost planet 2 were HIGHER than Super Street Fighter 4 though Super Street Fighter 4 came out Earlier(4/27 and LP2 came out 5/11) and had more PR

1.5 million units of LP2 sold
1.3(not Rounding up from 1.35) million units of SSF4 sold

@20

Well any gamer casual or hardcore who is a comic book fan knows about the Marvel vs. Capcom series and sales of the game has never been a problem with it, as a matter of fact it's stronger now since these games are plentful on the counsels where games like MvC could barley play on systems like PSOne for example. Who does'nt want to see their favorite comic book characters go toe to toe? take Tier rankings and Over-powered characters out of the equation and the game from a casual point of view is really fun.

Capcoms worry is not about advertisment, thats easy, they did a remarkable job advertising SF4 and SSF4 in the west and they can do the same with MvC3. The biggest push will be to make MvC3 accessable to both casual and hardcore players EQUALLY in which I think they have already done a great job of so far dispite nay sayers.

I promise you the people buying these games are not hardcore gamers (Yeah they are buying them but it's such a small market) the real buyers are the casual gamers, the parents, the old school gamers who remember street fighter. These are the gamers buying the game. And the same will be for MvC3. Advertisment won't be a problem and they will sell more than enough copies to please the Capcom suits.

Just do your part to promote the game if you want it to sell.

#15 I laugh at this.

"MVC2 in the arcades it didnt seem like to many people were into it besides the hardcore fighting game fans but now it seems like it has reached a wider audience."

I disagree. When I played in the arcades, the top players would gather late night on the weekends. If I showed up any other time there would always be these random latino guys mashing their heart out with Spider Man or team shoto. MvC2 has always been the best compromise between casual and competitive. Ironically, it also has the biggest gap in skill between the two.

Its cool to see that fighting games are doing at least moderately well again. It's hard to assume the point of view of a random Gamestop passer by. My friends that play all video games are aware of Street Fighter, but not particularly in love with it.

@ cloverlefy - dude, there are other things out there, bars, girls. It wont hurt but try a beer

Hopefully if Street Fighter 3 third strike sales enough,(i hope it does),CvsSNK2 should follow,a severely undarrated fun and deep fighting game that was.MvC3 should be a big hit if capcom AND marvel advertise it well enough,especially with a marvel movie coming out around the same time it has alot of potential to be one of capcoms best sellers.