Tekken 7 is close to 8 million copies.Virtua Fighter 1, 2 and 3 were not´on PlayStation. The long pause does not help. But, is Tekken 7 that popular?
I was more of a Virtua Fighter guy back in the day, but yeah Tekken seems more popular overall. Probably to do with it being associated with Playstation.
These days its a pretty dead genre outside of MK anyway.
I’m pretty sure I heard Tekken 3 reached over 9 million units just on PSOne and as you said, on a single platform. If it was multiplatform? Probably quite a bit more. I think Tekken 5 did really good as well.
Ah VF4 and 5, those 90"s games.still living in the 90s, are we?
Honestly it's probably this, it was cool and was exclusive to the most popular platform at the time and its been riding that legacy since.Because Tekken is cooler
/threadno waifus
But none of those sold 8 million copies. Not even a third of that.
I can shove the controller into the hands of people who've never played either game, but tekken will produce a bunch of flashy shit just by button mashing.
See the difference?
Not my experience, or anyone else's I've talked to, and if we go by this thread, most people agree as well.You'll get that in VF as well.
No offense intended, but the people saying Tekken is casual or easy to play do not know the game at all. If you want to be even a half-decent player who has proper movement, it is a very difficult game to learn.
And so did many other games. Tekken had competition before Tekken 3 on Playstation.Tekken established itself early and was a real looker,
No offense intended, but the people saying Tekken is casual or easy to play do not know the game at all. If you want to be even a half-decent player who has proper movement, it is a very difficult game to learn.
Very interesting thread for real. 1. Tekken is a easier game to play much more pick up and play and less technical so it's easier to adapt to 2. character design is alot more unique and fresh for example if you look at Akira in Virtua Fighter it's like looking a another version of RYU so having that image there and the game plays nothing like it becomes a big turn off. 3. in terms of story, marketing, and special effects tekken easily hit home with the end users in the fighting game genre to the point where the reach of the brand went beyond fighting games and the rest is historyIt always confounded me how big Tekken is compared to VF.
The first 3 Virtua Fighter games outdid Tekken in looks in the arcade and on consoles. More fluid animation, faster paced gameplay, better music, and more than 3 memorable characters.
The only weakness I found was plot, but Tekken only had throw away stories in game until Tekken 5 anyway. Oh, and the game ending when winning or losing to Dural, a lot of people didn't like that.
Some will say Tekken was bigger earlier because of PlayStations growth, but more people brought a Saturn for VF1 and 2, than they brought a PlayStation for Tekken 1 and 2.
Even if we decide that's a valid excuse VF4 and 5 were still better looking, better animated, more fluid, faster paced games. Those titles were on multiple platforms.
Almost every other 3D fighter pales in comparison yet not only is Tekken much bigger by a wide margin, but VF isn't even a close second place.
Am I missing something here? Why are people gravitating toward Tekken all the time? It can't be the story surely? Tekken Force? Heihachi?
I will say it may not have been a good idea to make the most complex character the protagonist, but otherwise I'm not seeing how VF is more complicated than Tekken. Tekken has more moves to learn, more spacing mechanic, a jab system, multiple grab counters, varying character speeds, and all kinds of frame nonsense.
A casual can pull off combos by accident since VF is a two button game. Without Eddy Tekken has no ease of play advantage and even then that's just one character.
Maybe this false narrative of VFs learning curve came from making Akira the main character since Tekkens main was well rounded while VFs was one of if not the most complex character to use.
We had those games and as a kid i had that poster and a few empty bottles of Aveeno lmaoI thought sure these posters would do the trick
Tekken is just awesomer. Cooler fighters, cooler visuals, coolers sounds, cooler moves, cooler stages. Basicall, cooler everything. Many summer nights were spent with my friends getting high AF and playing Tekken 3 til three in the morning.
Virtua was revolutionary, VF 2 improved on it a lot, but in the end, it wasn't really that much fun to play IMO.
The PlayStation connection is definitely the reason for the difference in player base IMHO, but for me it is as simple as Tekken moves can all be executed expertly on just a PlayStation pad, where as the virtua fighter's three button layout is unbalanced on PS/XB pad, as all the more advanced combos for the likes of the poster boy (Akira) - start with small frame window, and involve using of all three buttons pressed together at some point or some intricate on hit directional input, or both in a combo - really require large arcade buttons for accurate inputs, so an arcade stick is needed for VF, but optional for Tekken.It always confounded me how big Tekken is compared to VF.
The first 3 Virtua Fighter games outdid Tekken in looks in the arcade and on consoles. More fluid animation, faster paced gameplay, better music, and more than 3 memorable characters.
The only weakness I found was plot, but Tekken only had throw away stories in game until Tekken 5 anyway. Oh, and the game ending when winning or losing to Dural, a lot of people didn't like that.
Some will say Tekken was bigger earlier because of PlayStations growth, but more people brought a Saturn for VF1 and 2, than they brought a PlayStation for Tekken 1 and 2.
Even if we decide that's a valid excuse VF4 and 5 were still better looking, better animated, more fluid, faster paced games. Those titles were on multiple platforms.
Almost every other 3D fighter pales in comparison yet not only is Tekken much bigger by a wide margin, but VF isn't even a close second place.
Am I missing something here? Why are people gravitating toward Tekken all the time? It can't be the story surely? Tekken Force? Heihachi?
So was Street Fighter EX, Toshinden, Tobal, Bushido Blade, Dead or Alive, Ehrgeiz, Psychic Force, Fatal Fury Wild Ambition, Rival Schools, Star Gladiator, and Bloody Roar.
But none of those sold 8 million copies. Not even a third of that.
Tekken had competition before Tekken 3 on Playstation.
Tekken kept copying and streamlining from VF anyways. 3 had the side stepping from 3
The sheer size of her…hand.