Sparking Zero is NOT dead

[Dev Jonathan]

Lets be real, for a fighting game and especially an anime one, having over 15k players a month after release and especially on steam is an amazing feat. Given the console numbers as well this game likely has far above 50k+ active players. Stop believing ragebait headlines and following the bandwagon before forming your own opinion. It will be funny to see the numbers shoot back up the second the Super Hero DLC comes out with everyone wanting to play Beast Gohan simple minded fools

[Grandmother CFO]

More than 122 thousand players to 15 thousand players in less than a month is worrying.

I platinumized the game, almost 100 hours, it's good, but it's still not excellent.

The game lacks soul.
I expected much more, let's give it time.

[Alex(ITA)]

Originally posted by Dev Jonathan:

Lets be real, for a fighting game and especially an anime one, having over 15k players a month after release and especially on steam is an amazing feat. Given the console numbers as well this game likely has far above 50k+ active players. Stop believing ragebait headlines and following the bandwagon before forming your own opinion. It will be funny to see the numbers shoot back up the second the Super Hero DLC comes out with everyone wanting to play Beast Gohan :csgoskull: simple minded fools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3yopKiVhAM&t=233s

P.S. I platinumized the game too but he is right

[Qua2ar]

Losing about 90% of the playerbase in the first month is bad.
Losing players is normal, especially for single player games with linear worlds/stories.
BUT this is a multiplayer game, those games are held to a much higher standard when it comes to player retention.
As it stands this game failed at that.

[Majima Solidus]

the "story mode" is dreadful. i was expecting more then a powerpoint presentation

[Kankaku]

I'm done with the game until DLC drop. There isn't anything worth while to play after you get all achievements.

I think the new Bleach game is going to blow Sparking Zero out of the water. Could be wrong though.

[Revenant]

Originally posted by Dev Jonathan:

Lets be real, for a fighting game and especially an anime one, having over 15k players a month after release and especially on steam is an amazing feat. Given the console numbers as well this game likely has far above 50k+ active players. Stop believing ragebait headlines and following the bandwagon before forming your own opinion. It will be funny to see the numbers shoot back up the second the Super Hero DLC comes out with everyone wanting to play Beast Gohan :csgoskull: simple minded fools

its only still alive because it SOLD as many copies as it did........ the drop off shows the game just aint as what it was advertised as.

[The_RivvesYT]

Originally posted by Revenant:

Originally posted by Dev Jonathan:

Lets be real, for a fighting game and especially an anime one, having over 15k players a month after release and especially on steam is an amazing feat. Given the console numbers as well this game likely has far above 50k+ active players. Stop believing ragebait headlines and following the bandwagon before forming your own opinion. It will be funny to see the numbers shoot back up the second the Super Hero DLC comes out with everyone wanting to play Beast Gohan :csgoskull: simple minded fools

its only still alive because it SOLD as many copies as it did........ the drop off shows the game just aint as what it was advertised as.

it legit is what it was advertised

[Dev Jonathan]

Originally posted by Revenant:

Originally posted by Dev Jonathan:

Lets be real, for a fighting game and especially an anime one, having over 15k players a month after release and especially on steam is an amazing feat. Given the console numbers as well this game likely has far above 50k+ active players. Stop believing ragebait headlines and following the bandwagon before forming your own opinion. It will be funny to see the numbers shoot back up the second the Super Hero DLC comes out with everyone wanting to play Beast Gohan simple minded fools

its only still alive because it SOLD as many copies as it did........ the drop off shows the game just aint as what it was advertised as.

Or consider that the hype died down and playerbase dropped off as usual for fighting games?

[Abacus]

The player base is still OVER 9,000!!!!

So you all good. Problem is the overly simplistic game getting dull when every match is the same but "looks like the show, durrr."

[ohad18]

Originally posted by Abacus:

The player base is still OVER 9,000!!!!

So you all good. Problem is the overly simplistic game getting dull when every match is the same but "looks like the show, durrr."

it show 8000+ but it not real i cant find any matchs online in steam only find one room in unranked match if some one hosting or 2 rooms and they or full or that the player away not starting the match or that i getting the connection error i tried to log every day in diffrent hours and no match founds no in quick unranked search or in search for rooms it ask me to host room and no body there to join and i love the game enjoyed fighting on release vs players it found to me players no problem on release but not a lot 4/5 rooms and when players count start dropping each day got no match found after 4 days from release

[D.T.]

Originally posted by Grandmother CFO:

More than 122 thousand players to 15 thousand players in less than a month is worrying.

I platinumized the game, almost 100 hours, it's good, but it's still not excellent.

The game lacks soul.
I expected much more, let's give it time.

It would be worrying if it was designed around multiplayer only and it's drop was this sharp. But this isn't the case fortunately. The sharp drop just shows that people had got their fill for whatever reason. Assuming is never good, especially assuming the worst.

People can play at their own pace. They aren't inclined to rush through anything either. I saw enough videos and trailers to know what we were getting. It is exactly what was advertised. Anyone who is upset it isn't the next big coop/multiplayer game and is disappointed, is solely due to personal expectations being way too high. As stated elsewhere, there's been plenty of footage to know what you're getting beforehand. This attributed to the sales numbers. And again, it isn't a multiplayer focused game, despite there being an online option. It isn't required and you gain pretty much nothing of value from it.

[BlueSparkz]

Fun game, its got the dbz in it. I dont get the thumbs down on it. ill grind skills and get efficiency going on most warriors I will use.

Having a good time, yeah online is all i use pvp.

Im here to stay for a long time.

[Ashale]

I agree that Sparking zero is not dead. Did it take a big hit in player count? Yes. There are a ton of people who bought the game cause of the hype and it wasn't what they expected. It is a fighting game one that wasn't made to be competitive.
Does the game have issues? Hell yeah it does.
Will the issues be fixed over time? Maybe, maybe not.
I'm still enjoying it playing random matches with friends and making custom battles.
People are treating this game like it is supposed to be the exception to the rule when it isn't just cause Dragon ball is popular.
Anime games have never been able to hold a big crowd. It had it's big moment on release still holding good numbers.
Xenoverse 2 had a peak of 20k and FighterZ had a peak of 50k and dropped to 15k a month later for steam numbers.
Everyone had their quick fun and has now moved on as yes it isn't the best playstyle to retain people. I am sure the nubmers will keep dropping till the DLC drops but this game is not dead or a failure by any means.
Everyone will come back to this game from time to time to have a quick fun match with their friends. Let's move on.

[TopHatBoar]

Originally posted by Grandmother CFO:

More than 122 thousand players to 15 thousand players in less than a month is worrying.

I platinumized the game, almost 100 hours, it's good, but it's still not excellent.

The game lacks soul.
I expected much more, let's give it time.

I'm not giving it time lol, they will milk you with 30 bucks dlc's for new characters as "new content" but people will still play the same 3 characters

[Phil Leotardo]

Originally posted by TopHatBoar:

Originally posted by Grandmother CFO:

More than 122 thousand players to 15 thousand players in less than a month is worrying.

I platinumized the game, almost 100 hours, it's good, but it's still not excellent.

The game lacks soul.
I expected much more, let's give it time.

I'm not giving it time lol, they will milk you with 30 bucks dlc's for new characters as "new content" but people will still play the same 3 characters

true, just like people are crying for them to add missing characters, for what? unless those chars have cheese abilities they wont be used outside offline modes