Capcom: Street Fighter X Tekken sales have “fallen short of our plan”
Cannibalism to blame, says publisher.
May 15, 2012 / 06:25 PM EDT / (@admeady)

Sales of Street Fighter X Tekken have failed to meet internal expectations, according to publisher and developer Capcom.

Despite moving over 1 million units, the company had previously described sales for the game as having “lagged.”

“Sales of Street Fighter X Tekken have fallen short of our plan,” it said in its latest financial Q&A. ”We believe one of [the] causes is cannibalism because of the large number of other games in this genre that were launched within a short time.”

Games website Eurogamer notes that Capcom has released a number of fighting games in recent years, including: Street Fighter IV, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, their various iterations, Street Fighter X Tekken and various downloadable re-releases.

The crossover fighter shipped with a number of issues, notably the omission of single-console online co-operative play on Xbox 360 – despite it being printed in the manual – online glitches and various imbalances, such as infinite combos.

Capcom’s decision to include on-disc unlockable content, which was later to be charged to unlock, also sparked outrage. It further led to the additional content, such as extra characters, being extracted and used by hackers unfairly in online matches.

Street Fighter X Tekken is available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, with a release set for PlayStation Vita this fall.

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  • rockman29

    Fuck you, Capcom. :)

  • Skelter

    I enjoy Capcom’s failure to meet their quota, try making megaman fat again…..just try!

  • Zero

    I still haven’t bought the game. It looks fantastic, and I played a round or two at my local best buy and enjoyed it.

    I’m sure many people are like me, and refused to support Capcom’s awful dlc and re-release practices.

  • Pirate King

    RE6 better be good. It’s the only cap game Im even paying any attention to. Other than that, Im boycotting capgames until they stop abusing the customers.

  • DrForbidden

    ”We believe one of [the] causes is cannibalism because of the large number of other games in this genre that were launched within a short time.”

    Or maybe consumers are just getting tired of your bullshit, Capcom. But whatever floats your boat.

  • captainhowdy

    Good. Hopefully Capcom will learn from there mistakes. No more of this bull crap.

  • FearMonkey

    I can’t speak for anyone else (though I want to) but the reason I didn’t get it was for two reasons.

    1. The on-disc DLC bullshit.

    2. Waiting for the inevitable Super Street Fighter X Tekken.

  • Traveller

    Good. Maybe Capcom will learn Namco vs. Capcom on the MT Framework engine would’ve been a million times better than the garbage this is.

  • mr koo 82

    Similar games? Like what exactly? Kof? Blaz blue? Bullshit you really let us down capcom.