How do you see the future of Tekken8?

[CybernetikFrozone]

I'm trying to understand how long TEKKEN8 will be supported with updates and DLC:
T8 release January 2024 didn't have an arcade version at first.
TekkenTagTournament2 came out in 2012 and only got updates in 2012, after which the game was dead!
Now Tekken8 has been very expensive, Bandai Namco will not throw away the game, but what does the future hold? More single-player, more than 2 million units? Tekken 7 was a necessity, an emergency! But he lived a lot from his guest characters and hype. I liked the story.
How many will throw away the game because of too few modes, plus T8 is very exhausting, because of the guessing and heat.

[Step on me, please]

T7 survived over half a decade with 2000 players on average, no crossplay and even worse netcode.

T8 might as well survive a decade.

[Saltgrind3r]

Originally posted by Step on me, please:

T7 survived over half a decade with 2000 players on average, no crossplay and even worse netcode.

T8 might as well survive a decade.

I would imagine that Bandai-Namco would be shooting for T8 to match T7s life cycle as they'll want to get that new game smell (and money) at some point with Tekken 9.

[Backburner]

If they don't fix polaris crash, it will end up as Mortal Kombat 1 that had the same crash issue. They fixed it after 6 months, but then Tekken 8 came out. Same might happen to Tekken when Virtua Fighter 6 comes out, especially if it has great netcode.

[Ultra Lord]

Originally posted by Saltgrind3r:

Originally posted by Step on me, please:

T7 survived over half a decade with 2000 players on average, no crossplay and even worse netcode.

T8 might as well survive a decade.

I would imagine that Bandai-Namco would be shooting for T8 to match T7s life cycle as they'll want to get that new game smell (and money) at some point with Tekken 9.

It's not their style.

[Castyles]

Harada said he wants to direct another Tekken game before retiring for good.

In 5-ish or so years Tekken 8 will die.

[Prismatic Lollipop]

nothing will make this game legit good or fun.
just look at the roster, look at yoshi, look at how toxic the players are, how bad the netcode is, and how cheaters of all sorts can do whatever they please without a slap on the wrist.

tekken 8 is a great game in concept, but the company behind it, is not caring to make it the best game it can be.
they made something decent and are now resting on it, while the money comes flying in with expiring season passes and broken FF characters that nobody asked for.

[Jetstream Sam]

will die out if they dont buff lee and bring back josie

[BeastKingSmash]

this game is on a path of self destrction , the developers are incapable of making intelligent decisions.

[Castyles]

Originally posted by stop mashing scrub:

this game is on a path of self destrction , the developers are incapable of making intelligent decisions.

I wonder why LOTS of japanese developers tend to be SO out of touch, tone deaf, stubborn and idealistic (but backwards at the same time).

Somebody should write a thesis on it, already.

[Prismatic Lollipop]

Originally posted by Castyles:

Originally posted by stop mashing scrub:

this game is on a path of self destrction , the developers are incapable of making intelligent decisions.

I wonder why LOTS of japanese developers tend to be SO out of touch, tone deaf, stubborn and idealistic (but backwards at the same time).

Somebody should write a thesis on it, already.

because this company is no longer being led by the japanese.

[C1REX]

Originally posted by CybernetikFrozone:

I'm trying to understand how long TEKKEN8 will be supported with updates and DLC:

I’ve heard somewhere that Harada plans Tekken 9 to launch with PS6 what should be in about 4years.
Not sure if true but does make sense.

[Zabelfrie]

Well, Harada has put forward that he wants this game's lifecycle to be 9 years, which would make it about as long-lived as Tekken 7 was. The problem with this is that Tekken 7 started in arcades and then after it was released came to console in 2017. Tekken 8 just flat out started on consoles. I'd imagine this'd affect the longevity of the game and knock what they planned down to something like 6 or 7 years. Then again they insisted on 9 years despite any of that so I dunno.

My guess is that this game'll dwindle down past the mainstream and sort of settle on Tekken's usual playerbase and stay around there pretty consistently for 6 years. As for when they replace it, tbh I'm not super clear. Maybe when the next engine comes out since 7 was on Unreal 4 and 8 is on unreal 5.

[theenemy]

It's going to get even easier. I am horrible at this game, and most people new to the series probably are too. So they will cater to us scrubs because most of us will stop playing when some veteran defeats us one too many times.