Soooo, flamebait thread huh?

Good luck with that

I dont think its a flamebait thread...You're free to discuss why you think the game sold 24 k, or if it might go up or whatever. If I paraphrase what people have said and challenge them on it, how is that flamebait? I'm perfectly happy to discuss all this quite civilly. Maybe you're reading anger in my post, but its more of a weary cynicism, and perhaps a friendly nudge in the ribs.

Dec 18, 2008 -- 11:44AM, Chen Li Cha wrote:

Oh and great thread, the bait already attracted Darknut, INSTANTLY.

Which is an honor for him of course

I'd post the sales figures to prove that the fighting genre has been in decline for years and is almost dead, or how a Japan only release only made things worse, but I don't want to spend more time with the insane fanboys on here than I have to.

Instead I would like a quick comment from Svensson about how Capcom feels.

The crossover with tatsunoko was just not enought to convainc people of getting it.

It easy,this is a arcade port,they are a lot of game there so people generally will pick the bigest.Tvc isn`t the biggest game so,they is no excuse except people were more interested in the big games rather than enjoying a fast paced arcade experience.

But 240 000 copies is a reasonnable numbers,especially that the fighting genre became less popular.

I can say that if the game would have been released in north america,it would have been a lot worse.Fighting game are still popular in japan,less than in the 90 but still popular.In north america,people are more interted in mmorpg and shooters wh dominates the population of gamers.Wii owners who are familiar with tatsunoko or the vs series would have picked it up but many wouldn`t care about a simplistic arcade port.

So 240000 is a reasonnable numbers so,tvc isn`t the biggest games,it just a arcade port.No story,no online,not a lot of depth on it,not a lot of unlockable that encourage people of playing it for years equal it a game for dedicated fans.

And this is not a awesome game,just a fun but lacking games that will be expended with the upcomming but yet to be officialy announced mvc3 and the rumored crossover with sunrise.Whencapcom will made them,i hope that they will bring a lot of stuff to make sure this is not just a arcade port with the basic stuff.Do you know why game like mortal kombat,virtua fighter,tekken,dead or alive,soul calibur still sell.Because those are great for a arcade experience while having depth and replay value that encourage people of playing them over and over again,And online is a popular thing to bring on a fighter because fighting game are funs online and make them stood out from the competition.I forget with that rumble roses xx,fight night round 3 and def jam icon^many hate it but it a fun game^Who also have online that allow many to have fun and be encouraged to play games for a while.

I understand the many japanesse who didn`t pick tvc and i want capcom of doing the same to their upcommings fighting games.Oh,street fighter 4 is also a game that will be added to the list because this is not just a arcade port,it improve the game,put additionnal characters,unlockable characters,online and several mode of gameplay so that how we need to do fighting games on console.

The only thing left after is making more original fighting game that will appeal to mature audience and other audience as well.