Depends how much traction it gets. If it sticks around as long as 7 did, then sure.
SF6 looks like it learnt its lessons from 5's launch and may have initial booming sales.
MK1 can also have initial success, but heavily dependent how people embrace this new Kameo system.
MK has an interesting story and simple enough gameplay that anyone can pick it up. It's also fun to do fatalities since most games these days tend to avoid gore.
Street Fighter is all about frame perfect combos you have to memorize. The story is non-existant and online matches are dominated by people who spend 16 hours a day playing it.
Tekken used to have a lot of fun game modes, fun arcade endings and fun local multiplayer. Unfortunately local multiplayer is mostly dead as a concept, the extra game modes have only gotten shittier and the current story system is garbage. The gameplay is still very simple to understand but hard to master, making it perfect for anyone interested but not already heavily into online fighting games.
the non-competitive aspects of the game make it appeal a lot to the broad audience >graphics >violence, fatalities >designs >nostalgia >story mode >voice acting >character banter in every match intro
People who don't play fighting games buy and play MK to see the story, the fatalities, never actually learn how to play the game and then fuck off. These people account for 80-90% of the sales of the game. The only way for another fighting game to capture this market would be to go down a road none of the core fans of those games want, so we are saved from the genre falling into total collapse. But MK will always outsell everything else outside of maybe Smash for those reasons.
there are some massive misconceptions regarding the MK series
MK games were not particularly popular for a long time (after the first couple games were a big hit, just about anything between MK3 and 9 had pretty lukewarm reception and very mild popularity),
Their current popularity started with the reboot (MK9) which got a massive boost in budget thanks to WB but especially with MKX which also got a massive boost in terms of marketing. MKX sold over 15 million copies and so did MK11, in comparison MK Armageddon sold around 1 million copies. Not just Tekken but even SC and DoA were both more popular at the time.
MK9 basically went back to what the series used to be during it's old peak popularity, a more casual and western friendly version of Street Fighter with more realistic graphics, easier controls, more graphic violence. Ofc there is more to it's current popularity (finishers are huge clickbait magnets, it reboots the story all the time making sure newcomers don't feel alienated, focusing on high fidelity models/textures/lighting and cinematics for good first impression), but the narrative that it has some great single player content, an actually good story or amazing graphics are none of them. The main single player mode is just a few hours long cinematic with shoehorned 1v1s, the story gets rebooted nonstop ruining any continuity it is trying to rely on, and the gameplay is still animated like ass for the most part.
I don't get why MK is so incredibly popular. The actual mechanics are garbage compared to both Tekken and Street Fighter. Is le funni blood and guts really enough to sell well?
>Is le funni blood and guts really enough to sell well?
Yeah, you have no idea how popular fatality compilations are on youtube. Also boomer references like the Terminator and Robocop
Because despite MUH BALANCE, they are usually pretty fun to play and didn't cater to the needs of the retarded FGC, who nearly killed the genre with their BS "improvements"
It’s exactly because you don’t understand it that it is popular, it attracts many people who actually don’t care about fighting games at large. Mortal Kombat is actually a cinematic adventure with a fighter skin.
Yes anon also MK has easier controls, you'd be surprised how hard quarter circle punch filters people, tho SF casual mode might help a bit
Most people just want to be able to randomly pick up and play a game and do cool things not long combo strings with animation cancels
SF4 went with the longer shelf life cycle by pumping DLC and revised editions; Tekken still was playing the old game of releasing the game and just let it stay as it is. As soon as Tekken 7 went with the same model of aiming for a longer life spam it went back to outsell Street Fighter.
that much i agree with
bruce had his chances to return many times but never did
launch roster for t7 or as dlc
pretty confident for josies return, especially given the billboard model tease which looks like her
pretty sure bruce died anyways in t6
josie is a much easier sell over that ugly abomination
+ pretty sure his player base dropped off after he was nerfed
people only played him because of his strength online, they didnt care for his character
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They put Leroy in the game, do you really think they're going to put Jose in over Fahk when Fahk was one of their most successful DLCs? I hate him too, as any right thinking person does, but he's going to be the MT rep from this point on.
Tekken 8 is a predictable follow-up to a series that's never aimed particularly high, it may please casual gamers for a day or two but the stagnant ongoing series is definitely in the second tier of fighters way below Capcom or Arcsys games, and it's seriously getting old and tired. The lack of depth and subtlety and the emphasis on the offensive, rather than the defensive, puts this squarely two notches below the best in the genre, the shallow gameplay leaves much to be desired from a serious fighting game player. Like the prequels, Tekken 8 is geared towards casual gamers and anyone who's been exposed to more technical, more dynamic fighting games will quickly pass on tekken. Other top fighters, namely Street Fighter, Guilty Gear and King of Fighters games have advanced impressively in their latest installments; but the relic that is tekken just can't seem to evolve, furthermore many combos can be done simply by hitting 1-button, and the nearly "instant-kill" rage art moves are just laughably broken. Instead of supplying a proper fighting engine, matches in T8 seem to rely heavily on "who can get their Heat move off first". So many elements of the gameplay don't even require any sort of skill. In my book, Heat system also gets old very quickly. And in the end, it's more of a novelty or gimmick rather than an actual, thought-out fighting game mechanic. But hey, the casual crowd will be pleased!
If you want something a little more "button-masher-friendly," tekken might be your cup of tea.... Key word, might.
>MK1
Nope
>Street Fighter 6
At least the same amount of sales
Depends how much traction it gets. If it sticks around as long as 7 did, then sure.
SF6 looks like it learnt its lessons from 5's launch and may have initial booming sales.
MK1 can also have initial success, but heavily dependent how people embrace this new Kameo system.
hello pretty girl, nice to feet you
I think it might outsell SF6 but MK1
>SF6
probably not, at least not in the first couple years
>MK1
hell fucking naw, MK sells a fuckton, only rivaled by Smash Bros
why does mk sell the most? legacy? more interesting setting?
Normalfags
Singleplayer content. Casuals treat it like any non-fighting game.
cinematic story mode, single player content and graphics
MK has an interesting story and simple enough gameplay that anyone can pick it up. It's also fun to do fatalities since most games these days tend to avoid gore.
Street Fighter is all about frame perfect combos you have to memorize. The story is non-existant and online matches are dominated by people who spend 16 hours a day playing it.
Tekken used to have a lot of fun game modes, fun arcade endings and fun local multiplayer. Unfortunately local multiplayer is mostly dead as a concept, the extra game modes have only gotten shittier and the current story system is garbage. The gameplay is still very simple to understand but hard to master, making it perfect for anyone interested but not already heavily into online fighting games.
the non-competitive aspects of the game make it appeal a lot to the broad audience
>graphics
>violence, fatalities
>designs
>nostalgia
>story mode
>voice acting
>character banter in every match intro
People who don't play fighting games buy and play MK to see the story, the fatalities, never actually learn how to play the game and then fuck off. These people account for 80-90% of the sales of the game. The only way for another fighting game to capture this market would be to go down a road none of the core fans of those games want, so we are saved from the genre falling into total collapse. But MK will always outsell everything else outside of maybe Smash for those reasons.
Kinda mister, mk was a meme during the last years of midway. Idk how WB sold shit like 9 as resurrection of the legendary series
MK was selling 1-2m every year and kept Midway afloat
there are some massive misconceptions regarding the MK series
MK games were not particularly popular for a long time (after the first couple games were a big hit, just about anything between MK3 and 9 had pretty lukewarm reception and very mild popularity),
Their current popularity started with the reboot (MK9) which got a massive boost in budget thanks to WB but especially with MKX which also got a massive boost in terms of marketing. MKX sold over 15 million copies and so did MK11, in comparison MK Armageddon sold around 1 million copies. Not just Tekken but even SC and DoA were both more popular at the time.
MK9 basically went back to what the series used to be during it's old peak popularity, a more casual and western friendly version of Street Fighter with more realistic graphics, easier controls, more graphic violence. Ofc there is more to it's current popularity (finishers are huge clickbait magnets, it reboots the story all the time making sure newcomers don't feel alienated, focusing on high fidelity models/textures/lighting and cinematics for good first impression), but the narrative that it has some great single player content, an actually good story or amazing graphics are none of them. The main single player mode is just a few hours long cinematic with shoehorned 1v1s, the story gets rebooted nonstop ruining any continuity it is trying to rely on, and the gameplay is still animated like ass for the most part.
>Not just Tekken but even SC and DoA were both more popular at the time.
I wish I could go back
I don't get why MK is so incredibly popular. The actual mechanics are garbage compared to both Tekken and Street Fighter. Is le funni blood and guts really enough to sell well?
>Is le funni blood and guts really enough to sell well?
Yeah, you have no idea how popular fatality compilations are on youtube. Also boomer references like the Terminator and Robocop
Because despite MUH BALANCE, they are usually pretty fun to play and didn't cater to the needs of the retarded FGC, who nearly killed the genre with their BS "improvements"
Cool story, cool characters. Most people don't care about FGC gayry.
It’s exactly because you don’t understand it that it is popular, it attracts many people who actually don’t care about fighting games at large. Mortal Kombat is actually a cinematic adventure with a fighter skin.
Yes anon also MK has easier controls, you'd be surprised how hard quarter circle punch filters people, tho SF casual mode might help a bit
Most people just want to be able to randomly pick up and play a game and do cool things not long combo strings with animation cancels
she should play christie if they make a new movie
She should get that tattoo removed is what she should do.
I think Capcom will be surprised by the dropoff of Street Fighter6.
Tekken always outsells SF.
SF4 sold more than T6
SF4 went with the longer shelf life cycle by pumping DLC and revised editions; Tekken still was playing the old game of releasing the game and just let it stay as it is. As soon as Tekken 7 went with the same model of aiming for a longer life spam it went back to outsell Street Fighter.
TT2 was also just Tekken6 with new stages and tag grabs
Tekken is a full time job. It's easier to win an actual UFC match. But it has really good graphics in at least one stage. So who knows.
sexo
josie bros how we feeling
We're Ok. No one ever liked Bruce.
>We're Ok
Denial phase?
that much i agree with
bruce had his chances to return many times but never did
launch roster for t7 or as dlc
pretty confident for josies return, especially given the billboard model tease which looks like her
pretty sure bruce died anyways in t6
Muay Thai reps have been a constant since 5. We're fine.
Fahk is going to be your MT rep and Bruce/Josie will be left out, Murray is not going to let his OC die.
josie is a much easier sell over that ugly abomination
+ pretty sure his player base dropped off after he was nerfed
people only played him because of his strength online, they didnt care for his character
They put Leroy in the game, do you really think they're going to put Jose in over Fahk when Fahk was one of their most successful DLCs? I hate him too, as any right thinking person does, but he's going to be the MT rep from this point on.
Ah yes, that guy.
No, because they have a stale audience
>Will it outsell MK1
HAAHAHAHAHA NO
> Street Fighter 6
Easily
Tekken 8 is a predictable follow-up to a series that's never aimed particularly high, it may please casual gamers for a day or two but the stagnant ongoing series is definitely in the second tier of fighters way below Capcom or Arcsys games, and it's seriously getting old and tired. The lack of depth and subtlety and the emphasis on the offensive, rather than the defensive, puts this squarely two notches below the best in the genre, the shallow gameplay leaves much to be desired from a serious fighting game player. Like the prequels, Tekken 8 is geared towards casual gamers and anyone who's been exposed to more technical, more dynamic fighting games will quickly pass on tekken. Other top fighters, namely Street Fighter, Guilty Gear and King of Fighters games have advanced impressively in their latest installments; but the relic that is tekken just can't seem to evolve, furthermore many combos can be done simply by hitting 1-button, and the nearly "instant-kill" rage art moves are just laughably broken. Instead of supplying a proper fighting engine, matches in T8 seem to rely heavily on "who can get their Heat move off first". So many elements of the gameplay don't even require any sort of skill. In my book, Heat system also gets old very quickly. And in the end, it's more of a novelty or gimmick rather than an actual, thought-out fighting game mechanic. But hey, the casual crowd will be pleased!
If you want something a little more "button-masher-friendly," tekken might be your cup of tea.... Key word, might.