According to VGChartz, Black Ace and Red Joker collectively sold a total of 23,792 units since launch (6/30), currently placed at #29. A detailed look at the game shows SF3 debuted with 9,214 units. Sales saw a small surge the following week with an additional 14K.All in all, SF3 seems to be off to an "okay" start. Let's just hope things will pick up from here.
Considering the other DS titles doing better than it on that list, yeah, it's a pretty decent start.
ReplyDeleteConsidering I have yet to even see it have a spot on the shelf to purchase it in stores like Target or Wal-Mart in my area gives you reason to think it's not going to be given a chance to grow all that much, though. :/
I know the Best Buy near my house didn't even bother to stock it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this is the type of title whose sales pick up... At this point those who are going to buy it usually buy it on release.
ReplyDeleteWell, I bought/imported it, but I STILL don't have it yet. Wonder if it's gonna be here today...
ReplyDeleteI did my part bought MMSF3 at EB games for $40 bucks it was well worth the money.
ReplyDeleteSame, I haven't seen it at my Walmart or anywhere else other than Gamestop. In fact, I handed in my Black Ace when I beat it to get Red Joker. Maybe that helped a little.
ReplyDeleteActually I've to buy it on a web site (play-asia) because where I live (Mexico) the game ALWAYS has a delay of 3 months (or more... blockbuster doesn't have the SF2 on storage...)
ReplyDeleteI can't get it anywhere to raise the sales :(,so I downloaded it and this is doing a good start,since it's aleready been 2/3 weeks.
ReplyDeleteHopefully this is the final Star Force game. If games like these sell well, then that's all Capcom will milk and churn out. Not that they are necessarily bad, but enough is enough, lol. Too much of the same thing, but I am very excited about the EXE remake though. A part of my past turn anew. It had better be good...
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to sell well when there is little publicity. This game not being on shelves for very long proves that.
ReplyDeleteWell, at least it went out with a decent title that wrapped up most of the story. Those stories a couple other commentors mentioned are unfortunate - did places like Walmart expect the game to bomb or something? That's why I always go to game-specific stores, like GameStop (Despite always getting ass clerks). There was one time, though, that even GameStop didn't stock it - King Of Fighters '98 UM. I had to use GameStop.com to buy it...
ReplyDeleteAnd MegaMac, what do you mean "too much of the same?" That's an argument non-Megaman fans use, not the fans themselves! Also, if these games don't sell well, then there won't even BE Megaman games for the time being, period, as Capcom probably knows better than to release a new ZX game after Advent's sales (Despite people like myself wanting a ZX3 more than any other new Megaman game). It's the same reason there was never a Legends 3. In addition, the EXE1 remake - as of now - looks to be half-assed, "more of the same" "plus alpha" PORT.
Megaman has gone the way of Castlevania, in that the games are great, but no one plays them. OSS may bring it back up to the sales of the golden age, but even still... I really wish ZXA did well, so we wouldn't have this apparant port situation as our only Megaman fix.
And yeah, I do realize how long my comment is for a blog. Sorry Protodude!
I can't get over that mmsf3 didn't well in sales. The only places that I have seen sf3 is in game stop, game crazy and frys, I didn't see it at any walmart or target (bastards). For the people who want a sf4 like me it probaly won't happen because how sf3 end, also since rockman exe operate shooting star would propbaly replaace sf series.
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