The game is already dead. Here's why:

[あ『ᴀᴍᴀᴛᴇʀᴀꜱᴜ』裘]

The online mode of Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has faced several issues that have led to its decline in popularity and functionality. Players frequently report severe lag and low framerates during online matches, even when their internet connection is strong and their hardware is more than capable of running the game smoothly offline. These performance issues make the online experience extremely frustrating, with gameplay often slowing down to unplayable levels for some users​

Additionally, there are matchmaking and connectivity issues, where players struggle to find matches, and when they do, they often encounter opponents with high ping, resulting in a choppy, delayed experience. This problem is worsened by the game's poor netcode, which causes input lag, making it hard to execute moves properly in high-stakes ranked matches​

In essence, a combination of technical bugs, poor matchmaking, and an unstable online infrastructure has driven many players away from the game's online mode. These problems haven't been adequately addressed through patches, leading to the game's current state.

[あ『ᴀᴍᴀᴛᴇʀᴀꜱᴜ』裘]

Judge Caveman eredeti hozzászólása:

Game has problems, but it's in no way dead.

Come back and say this when there are a dozen active players like Concord.

Concord is a shooter, dragon ball sparking zero is a fighting game...

[yarego]

the game is no dead but the game lost 55% of the people last week due to the story mode is trash a power point in 2024 hehehe Bandai didnt learn anything about Naruto storm connection :/

[Cumbusted]

Post history mostly in Xenoverse 2 board. That's cool, I don't know why Xeno2 fans are so mad that there's more DBZ content out there, shouldn't it be a good thing?

Just some numbers I scrounged up with a 2 minute Google search:
Xeno2's last peak was 2K. Its all-time peak was 13k, yes that means launch.
Sparking's last peak was 50k and is currently at 20k on a Monday morning.

[OverChipz]

i like how you completely failed to reply to anyone calling you out on not owning the game and that you also dont know how to spell "poser"

edit: and that your post is so obviously ai generated

[Arestris]

あ『ᴀᴍᴀᴛᴇʀᴀꜱᴜ eredeti hozzászólása:

Swag_Serotonin eredeti hozzászólása:

Not greed, that's just how game work nowadays. Price is subjective, there is a reason people chose to go for the deluxe or ultimate editions. If you "wouldn't even play for free" i'm assuming you haven't brought the game so why are you on this forum, im assume just to spread negativity and if this is the case you can go ♥♥♥♥ off. If 60k concurrent players is "dead" to you then you are just objectively stupid, sorry.

Shut up dragon ball posser

Not that it matters in your case, it's too late anyway, but maybe to not totally embarrass yourself, learn at least how to write, "posser" is not an actual existing word.

[Zogtar]

あ『ᴀᴍᴀᴛᴇʀᴀꜱᴜ eredeti hozzászólása:

Judge Caveman eredeti hozzászólása:

Game has problems, but it's in no way dead.

Come back and say this when there are a dozen active players like Concord.

Concord is a shooter, dragon ball sparking zero is a fighting game...

So...?

So...?

You got a point?

Just gonna pull at straws?

[Cumbusted]

Arestris eredeti hozzászólása:

あ『ᴀᴍᴀᴛᴇʀᴀꜱᴜ eredeti hozzászólása:

Shut up dragon ball posser

Not that it matters in your case, it's too late anyway, but maybe to not totally embarrass yourself, learn at least how to write, "posser" is not an actual existing word.

This is a 14 year old kid that mostly plays Xenoverse 2 using AI to sound smart.
It's honestly kinda cute, but he should just play his favourite game instead of doing.. this.

[Zaph]

I refunded the game. Spent 41 hours in it and almost got all the achievements. The bug online with control schemes messing up horribly and the fact that we can't play any map other than Hyperbolic Time Chamber on couch pvp without modding it (which I hear prevents you from playing online until you remove the mod) is why I refunded it. I will pick it back up when it goes on sale. It was fun for the what-if campaign stories, and online would have been awesome had they not dropped the ball with it. Couldn't justify $100 price tag though. Also they didn't acknowledge or fix the online control scheme bug that no other fighting game, or game in general that I know of, has had, until thousands of people were issuing refunds. Rushed by Bamco, failed by Spike Chunsoft. With some patches it will be great, but I am happy I was able to refund it. Now when I rebuy it, I will be saving $70 on it.

[Cumbusted]

Zaph eredeti hozzászólása:

I refunded the game. Spent 41 hours in it and almost got all the achievements. The bug online with control schemes messing up horribly and the fact that we can't play any map other than Hyperbolic Time Chamber on couch pvp without modding it (which I hear prevents you from playing online until you remove the mod) is why I refunded it. I will pick it back up when it goes on sale. It was fun for the what-if campaign stories, and online would have been awesome had they not dropped the ball with it. Couldn't justify $100 price tag though. Also they didn't acknowledge or fix the online control scheme bug that no other fighting game, or game in general that I know of, has had, until thousands of people were issuing refunds. Rushed by Bamco, failed by Spike Chunsoft. With some patches it will be great, but I am happy I was able to refund it. Now when I rebuy it, I will be saving $70 on it.

Do you have a source for the thousands people refunding the game? I like to look at numbers. Also you don't have to pay more than the $70 for anything in the game as it's all unlocked organically regardless of game version.

$70, by the way, is still pretty cheap considering inflation. We were paying more for games in the PS2 era, and don't get me started in the 90s where you'd pay $100+ in today's money for a game that lasts you 5 hours at most and barely ran on its designated hardware.

[Arestris]

Cumbusted eredeti hozzászólása:

Arestris eredeti hozzászólása:

Not that it matters in your case, it's too late anyway, but maybe to not totally embarrass yourself, learn at least how to write, "posser" is not an actual existing word.

This is a 14 year old kid that mostly plays Xenoverse 2 using AI to sound smart.
It's honestly kinda cute, but he should just play his favourite game instead of doing.. this.

Actually, I don't think he has played much Xenoverse 2 at all, or he's just utterly bad, with only 11 of 61 achievements. I've only 8 hours on Xenoverse 2 and have already 7 achievements.

[Sharunas]

Stop with the nonsence, online matches are found in literally 5 seconds how is it dead ? luege of legends matchmaking takes 3-5 minutes. and othergames even longer. and noone considers lol dead. your just a bait troller.

[Zaph]

Cumbusted eredeti hozzászólása:

Zaph eredeti hozzászólása:

I refunded the game. Spent 41 hours in it and almost got all the achievements. The bug online with control schemes messing up horribly and the fact that we can't play any map other than Hyperbolic Time Chamber on couch pvp without modding it (which I hear prevents you from playing online until you remove the mod) is why I refunded it. I will pick it back up when it goes on sale. It was fun for the what-if campaign stories, and online would have been awesome had they not dropped the ball with it. Couldn't justify $100 price tag though. Also they didn't acknowledge or fix the online control scheme bug that no other fighting game, or game in general that I know of, has had, until thousands of people were issuing refunds. Rushed by Bamco, failed by Spike Chunsoft. With some patches it will be great, but I am happy I was able to refund it. Now when I rebuy it, I will be saving $70 on it.

Do you have a source for the thousands people refunding the game? I like to look at numbers. Also you don't have to pay more than the $70 for anything in the game as it's all unlocked organically regardless of game version.

$70, by the way, is still pretty cheap considering inflation. We were paying more for games in the PS2 era, and don't get me started in the 90s where you'd pay $100+ in today's money for a game that lasts you 5 hours at most and barely ran on its designated hardware.

I don't have a source for it. Just based on Reddit, YouTube, and Steam I have seen hundreds of people say that they refunded it, and I extrapolated that number based on reviews that I have seen and the assumption of people who would have refunded it without posting it online. I could be wrong on the number of course as I am using a estimated guess. Even using just Steam numbers though, it has a 93% positive rating, so 7% of players are unhappy. Now even if just 1% of players refunded it on just Steam and not including consoles, that is about 1,225 people who refunded it as the player peak on steam is 122.5k.

I understand the price point and it was an option to buy the deluxe edition, but even at $70, the game should have more polish and less problems. You could use your comparison for movies. If a movie sucks ass, then you will be likely to refund your ticket price at the theater before the movie is over, but movies are generally a lot better (or at least better special effects and a higher budget) these days, for around the same price per ticket as the 90s. I have significantly more play-time on every Budokai and Budokai Tenkaichi, and just Dragon Ball game in general, from the past than this one before I stopped playing it. 41 hours spent is probably my least played Dragon Ball game. I wouldn't have been mad if they didn't refund me, as I make way more than $100 in 41 hours of work, but I am glad that they did.

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