Dragon Ball Game Sales [Those phone games ... yikes]

[DBZ Mick]

Heard Sagas tried to be like a console LOG, but failed very badly. Never came out here in Australia, so I never played it.

[Super Sayian Prime]

Toriko's anime ratings are lower than Kai, yet:

03./00. [PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival | ACT | (Bandai Namco) {2011.08.04} | ¥5.229 | - 62.882 / NEW

Huh.

[Innagadadavida]

Can you please post a source for this information. As well as context. How does it fare against the recent Dragon Ball games? These numbers don't mean much on their own.

[Super Sayian Prime]

Can you please post a source for this information. As well as context. How does it fare against the recent Dragon Ball games? These numbers don't mean much on their own.

Sorry, my information is almost always MediaCreate unless noted otherwise. I usually source my numbers from Chris1964's MediaCreate posts on NeoGAF. His posts are a translation of Japanese gaming site 4Gamer's release of the Media Create numbers.

For comparison here are the debut weeks for some recent Dragon Ball video games:

04. / 00. [NDS] Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden (Bandai Namco) {2011.02.03} - 31.108 / NEW
02. / 00. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 (Bandai Namco) {2010.11.11} - 47.610 / NEW
10. / 00. [PSP] Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team (Bandai Namco) {2010.09.30} - 19.080 / NEW

(These numbers have been referenced in the past, which is why I didn't do commentary initially)

Those numbers for Toriko's very first video game are pretty good, and the fact that a series debut on PSP outdid a PS3 game with a remade special shows why Kai got dropped. Dragon Ball video games on a whole have been on decline. At first I simply thought it was fighting game fatigue, but we also got a really weak debut for Dragon Ball Origins. I would definitely like to see the performance of a sequel to Burst Limit, or Attack of the Saiyans (the two highest selling games of late) but those are hypotheticals that do not yet exist. However, the overall trend is that the Japanese public is tired of seeing games with Goku on the cover.

[SparkyPantsMcGee]

I think it's pretty safe to say that the US is too. Namco Bandai really milked this franchise for all it's worth and the public is done. The only shot Dragonball has with a comeback is if the series goes on hiatus for a long time and then comes back a few years later with one perfect game.

[Saimaroimaru]

I think it's pretty safe to say that the US is too. Namco Bandai really milked this franchise for all it's worth and the public is done. The only shot Dragonball has with a comeback is if the series goes on hiatus for a long time and then comes back a few years later with one perfect game.

Subject to mass interpretation.

[dragonballzgtfighter]

I think it's pretty safe to say that the US is too. Namco Bandai really milked this franchise for all it's worth and the public is done. The only shot Dragonball has with a comeback is if the series goes on hiatus for a long time and then comes back a few years later with one perfect game.

Subject to mass interpretation.

Agreed.

During the hiatus they can actually make the game. An example would be. Instead of releasing a game once a year for five years. Do release one game that takes fives years to make.

[Saimaroimaru]

I think it's pretty safe to say that the US is too. Namco Bandai really milked this franchise for all it's worth and the public is done. The only shot Dragonball has with a comeback is if the series goes on hiatus for a long time and then comes back a few years later with one perfect game.

Subject to mass interpretation.

Agreed.

During the hiatus they can actually make the game. An example would be. Instead of releasing a game once a year for five years. Do release one game that takes fives years to make.

I agree let the base grow between games let them love it and pick apart while listening to what they say.

[Rocketman]

listening to what they say.

Don't do this. Fans are the stupidest sacks of shit on Earth, and any project that tries to listen to them will get pulled in so many different directions it will get ripped apart and never made.

[Taku128]

listening to what they say.

Don't do this. Fans are the stupidest sacks of shit on Earth, and any project that tries to listen to them will get pulled in so many different directions it will get ripped apart and never made.

Because they're doing such a good job making games on their own.

[Rocketman]

Because they're doing such a good job making games on their own.

They're doing better than if they listened to the fans, and you know it.

[ManyFaces]

I'm about to buy a Xbox 360 again...

I say this because I decided to browse through the games that have been released in recent years via the 360, and I gotta say I'm not the least bit interested in any of them. I'm so sick and tired of the VS. games -- what do they have to offer that hasn't already been done a hundred times?

I really wish Bandai would release a RPG DBZ game. I really loved playing Legacy of Goku 1 & 2, and regret never getting Buu's Fury. (Sold my GB Advance before it came out.)

If you ask me, I think the casual fans feel the same way as I do.

[mysticboy]

Why do people still say: "the games don't sell well because they suck"? Talk about passing opinions off as facts.

[ManyFaces]

Why do people still: "reply to something yet offer nothing in discussion"?

I'm definitely not trying to pass off anything as fact. I said I think casual fans support me because the low sales seem to suggest so.

[AgitoZ]

I really wish Bandai would release a RPG DBZ game. I really loved playing Legacy of Goku 1 & 2, and regret never getting Buu's Fury. (Sold my GB Advance before it came out.)

Ever heard of Attack of the Saiyans? Also I don't know if I'd consider the Legacy games RPGs, even with the very loose definition for RPG video games.

As for the recent quality in games being fairly bad, I'd definitely say that's a factor as to why they don't do so well. But, I think the over saturation of the market was the biggest hit to sales.

[mysticboy]

Why do people still: "reply to something yet offer nothing in discussion"?

I'm definitely not trying to pass off anything as fact. I said I think casual fans support me because the low sales seem to suggest so.

Ok, was I talking to or about you?

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Because they're doing such a good job making games on their own.

They're doing better than if they listened to the fans, and you know it.

Agreed, if they had listened to the fans every time, then we would see SSJ57 Kuririn, Oozaru Satan, Freeza, Cell, Bulma, Babidi, Janemba, Broly, Budokai Announcer fusion... Still they make some AF things (e.x. SSJ3 Broly), but at least thei are (kinda) logical.

[Hellspawn28]

Why do people still say: "the games don't sell well because they suck"? Talk about passing opinions off as facts.

The recent games have got mixed and negative reviews. Both RB games got some pretty bad reviews which is why people skip out on them. Since people really enjoy the Sparking/BT series then the new game could sell better with the Ultimate Tenkachi slap on to it depending how good the marketing is. RB2 had pretty much no marketing other then a few online adds that I saw like a week after the game was released.

[Saimaroimaru]

Why do people still say: "the games don't sell well because they suck"? Talk about passing opinions off as facts.

The recent games have got mixed and negative reviews. Both RB games got some pretty bad reviews which is why people skip out on them. Since people really enjoy the Sparking/BT series then the new game could sell better with the Ultimate Tenkachi slap on to it depending how good the marketing is. RB2 had pretty much no marketing other then a few online adds that I saw like a week after the game was released.

Yeah wasn't BT3 like the last game fighting game to get a commercial on American tv? I haven't seen any at least. I still remember the Budokai 3 commercial. Oh the days.

I think they should go the Soul Caliber route in terms of release schedule.

[Castor Troy]

I think we need a Dragonball dating sim to add variety to the games.

Agreed, if they had listened to the fans every time, then we would see SSJ57 Kuririn, Oozaru Satan, Freeza, Cell, Bulma, Babidi, Janemba, Broly, Budokai Announcer fusion... Still they make some AF things (e.x. SSJ3 Broly), but at least thei are (kinda) logical.

I almost wanna see fanart of Oozaru Satan.