Released in Early Access on October 8th and officially released on the 11th, Dragon Ball Sparking Zero is already a huge success with an absolute and historical record in its category.
Dragon Ball Sparking Zero is officially off to a truly explosive start for a fighting game. Another sign that the legendary work of the late Akira Toriyama is still a real social phenomenon despite its age. However, we only know the numbers from Steam. However, we can bet that the title from Bandai Namco and Spike Chunsoft also sold very well on PS5 and Xbox Series.
An already historic start for Dragon Ball Sparking Zero
While Dragon Ball Sparking Zero was only available in Early Access from October 8th to 10th, at least with the purchase of the deluxe edition for 100 dollars, it clearly beat other big names in games, at least on Steam. In fact, there was a peak of more than 112,000 simultaneously connected players. This number was now officially released on October 11th and has risen to over 122,000 at the time of writing. This completely surpasses other current big names in this category, such as Street Fighter 6 (highest number of 70,000), Tekken 8 (highest number of 50,000), Dragon Ball FighterZ (highest number of 44,000) or even the reboot Mortal Kombat 1 (highest number of 38,000) . .
The only fighting game that needs to dethrone Dragon Ball Sparking Zero now is MultiVersus (peak 150,000). The worthy heir to Budokai Tenkaichi is definitely a hit for Bandai Namco and Spike Chunsoft. The recent craze for the anime in the United States and the tragic death of its creator, among other reasons, likely contributed to the enthusiasm for the game.
However, among other things, the title’s business model is not for everyone. In addition to a season pass, Dragon Ball Sparking Zero plans to offer “pay-to-fast” DLC that will allow fighters to be unlocked more quickly. Fans also criticize him for the lack of music in the anime. These are actually available… in separately available packs of 15 dollars each. The irony is that they are also not available in the Deluxe and Ultimate editions of the game. That being said, the future seems particularly bright. Goku would definitely be proud of that.
Source: SteamDB
