Summary
- Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero started strong but lost 90% of players within a month, impacting its success.
- Issues like balancing problems and cheating complaints have contributed to the game's decline.
- Despite the drop, the game may recover with upcoming content releases and Bandai's history of supporting Dragon Ball games.
When its early access launched on October 7, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero got off to a flying start. Within 24 hours, the game became 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the most-played figh🍌ting g🦩ame in Steam history, beating the likes of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mortal Kombat 11.
Dra🦩gon Ball: Sparking Zero Fans Have Added So🍨me Of The Most Beloved Missing Outfits
Vegeta's best fit is finally in Sparking Zero.
Less than a month later, howeve✤r, the game is struggling to retain players, losing 90% of those who jumped in duri𓂃ng its first few days.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero's Quick Fall From Grace
When it launched, public sentiment around Sparking Zero was great. It released with an , scoring a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:4.5/5 from us here at TheGamer, and sold 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:three million copies w💟ithin its first 24 hours. This culminated in the game peaking at 122,554 concurrent players, significantly higher than its contemporaries, with Street Fiꦺghter 6 holding tꦰhe previous record at 70,540.
Fast-forward a few weeks, and for the last two days, the game has been🎃 peaking at around 15,500 players, more than an 87% drop since launch, according to .
While such a drop-off might be expected from a single-player title✤, a multiplayer game losing such a significant portion of its player base in such a short period of time is a concern—Sparking Zero, coincidentally, has now failed to beat Street Fighter👍 6's daily concurrent player count since Sunday, October 27.
Draღgon Ball: Sparking Zero has been peaking at around 15,500 player𒁃s, more than an 87% drop since launch.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has been marred with player complaints since launch. These have arisen from the game having some major balancing issues, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:particularly with Yajirobe, unsportsmanlike 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:players who abuse "broken" mechanics, an 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:influx of cheaters, and 168ꦆ澳洲幸运5开奖网:exceedingly difficult single-player battl𓄧es, which led 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bandai Namco to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:release a statement, which have a𒀰ll likely contributed to the game's downfall.
Although the player count is looking a little bleak, there's still hope for Sparking Zero, as Bandai typically supports its 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Ball games for extended periods of time. As of now, the game has at least featuring 20 new characters to come, focusing on 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Ball Z: Super Hero an𝔍d Dragon Ball Daima, so there's plenty of time⭕ for a redemption arc.
Considered part to the Budokai Tenkachi series, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero isꦛ an in-development arena fighter developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Namco Bandai.꧃
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
