Super Street Fighter IV ships 1 million, series ships 29 million

crabapple87 Posted Apr 30, 2010 5:23 pm PT "i love this game but i suck hard at it. I have a question, do fighting sticks make fighting games feel somewhat easier?" Good sir, as an excellent mouse + keyboard rocks for FPS, as a superbly-tuned racing wheel owns for driving games, as stock controllers excel in action-adventure games... for Fighting games, an excellent arcade stick or 3-over-3 gamepad instantly and profoundly improves one's experience in the genre. So: yes. You'll play better and enjoy it more by using an interface that is dedicated to the gameplay form. Games have been this way for a long time, letting players personalize their choice of controller on a per game basis--decidedly a reflection of comfort and performance benefits.

i love this game but i suck hard at it. I have a question, do fighting sticks make fighting games feel somewhat easier?

one of the best deals in gaming

i got my copy.

Bison:HAHAHA! This is delicious! Boxer:Guess you won't be needing SFIV anymore. Want me to get rid of it? Bison: Don't be hasty. Not until I see my new Ultra pumbell those Street Fighter, which should be any moment now. *Sees his awesome new ultra* Bison: YES!!!!! YES!!!

Capcom did it again. Another successful continuation to the SF series. Midnight release was crazy in my town. There was around 50 people at gamestop which is good for a fighter. At least one company understands how effective more for less can be.

I'm lovin this game.

This game is good but Shaq Fu is better!

Well deserved success, thanks for listening to the fans Capcom.

Why are there news stories about how many copies of a game were sent out to retailers? I'm more interested in knowing how many copies were actually sold.

@monson21502: You're not bein serious are you? Its already shipped a million copies...

and yes halo is an overrated game but you cant deny that its a good fps but its getting boring thank you bungie for leaving halo and im sure that ms next developer for the halo franchise will not be as good as bungie and thank you for thinking to make games for ps3 also.

ssf4 is better than sf4 because its got more charactars and because its cheaper.

Super Street Fighter 4 should be very good. I'll buy it as soon as I get my salary

Lamprey263, this would be absolutely the perfect time to get the game, you definitely didn't have to play street fighter 4 to enjoy this one, practically the contrary. Plus the price tag makes it easily more than worth the price. If you want a street fighter game this is an awesome deal.

I don't know if I should get this SFIV since I didn't get the last one, or should I just wait another year for the Super SF IV Turbo or Hyper SF IV or whatever it's gonna be called. But at least it's $40, they weighs in heavily, maybe I'll pick this one up.

$40 price tag had a lot to do with it.

Damn, Capcom must be happy this gen. They're making so much money with not very much effort too.

If BlazBlue can do it, so can SSF4 with 10 additional characters + modes for $40.

Awesome game, with awesome new old chars and a great online. I bought sf4 collector's edition but i don't regret buying ssf4

Bring this and MvC3 to PC plzzz!!!!

I'll just wait for Super Street Fighter IV Alpha Turbo.

well capcom, that is one shipped copy SOLD! i OWN IT!!!! just bought it! HAAHA YES!

PLEASE capcom realease SSFIV for PC :(

all DLC purchased on SFIV is transfered to SSFIV, so no DLC is obsolete. The game is a big improvement, and if you really want something to do with the old one, give it to a friend and spread the word of fighting games. You may think of this as a silly thing to do as you get no credit to buying it, but passing your old SFIV to somebody will allow them to feel the same way you felt, and will earn you more potential opponents in SSFIV. its funny people are speaking about there being another incarnation of the SFIV saga even after capcom NOTED that this is the farthest they are going with SFIV. Also, if you call adding all characters that players requested for to be in SFIV after it came out as 'milking', then yes, Capcom did their fans justice by giving them better online options, most of the characters they wanted, an easier way to get titles/icons and colors, and balancing characters at a reduced price of a normal game. to all the people who think this could have been DLC, you obviously haven't played it. To everyone who still feels bad they shoveled cash into SFIV and not SSFIV exclusively, try to remember that there couldn't be a Super without a normal. This game is a 9.6 in my book, with SFIV being a 9.0

DLC costumes from SFIV carry over. I don't begrudge buying the original, I've had a year of play out of it, on and off. I'm not even that serious a player but I got more out of it than most games. For the extra content alone SSFIV's price tag seems a lot better than the going rate for DLC. While it's an awesome deal for new players the SF fans are bound to get more out of it in pure play hours.

the dlc content for the old one does work with Super version...

it does suck for those who bought the original, since it is obsolete now, as well as any dlc purchased for it...that is a problem which i think everyone can agree with (unless you just like throwing money away). too bad you can't get credit for any of that stuff.

If you played the first game for 5-10 hours then don't even bother buying this, and do not complain about milking. This is for SF fans, people who played the first one regularly. It was worth 60 bucks back then, the new version is easily worth another 40 bucks now.

Unlike alot of Companys *cough* Activision, Capcom care about there games and fanbase. Look at Resident evil 5 on the PC. That''s one of the best Ports in video game history. On a side note i would love for a Capcom vs Namco game.. Ahh the dreams of pitting Seigfried against Chris Refield.

@ Fightingfan Because most of these guys, like the two posts below yours, indicate how ignorant people are when it comes to fighting games. Companies do the same thing with FPS's but people are foolish enough to buy them again...AT FULL PRICE. At least with fighting games, we usually get a discount with new content and major gameplay tweaks to fix flawed elements of the game

good luck selling them. this aint the 90`s and most people wont buy another sf game so soon.

what the heck am i going to do with 2 copies of street fighter 4? the new ones got every characters, so what am i going to do with the old? /sigh... Capcom, i wont fall for that again... street fighter 2, street fighter new challedge, Super street fighter 2......etc.. keep milking it, cause you arn't getting my money this time

Why are people complaing? 10 new characters, new stages, new music, better online. EA doesn't do half of that and you don't complain about their sports games.

@metalkid9 I hear that. That list is just ridiculous. Capcom are the masters at milking the **** out of a franchise.

Next one is gonna be called "Super Alpha Hyper Protocol Street Fighter Turbo: Fourth Strike".

LOL looks at the list on the left, just wow!

Lots of suckers out there.

ok....it "SHIPED" 1 million units. Has it "SOLD" 1 million units yet?? I don't think so. i say it will sell 550,000 units its first month and slowly reach 1 million by mid June. fightinggamesareborring

I feel ripped off especially when I bought the original SF4 for 60 bucks, It sucks that owners of the SF4 game dont get a discount for it. Hopefully they give the original owners a sweet deal on DLC and by sweet deal I mean Free and by DLC I mean the bonus characters.

please capcom make this for pc

@ thorsen-ink It's fine, I understand. It threw me off a bit, but I know that it happens especially when referring to two similar things. Just for people like me I re-read it and thought about it cause I thought I was reading it wrong or didn't know something. It happens and I'm glad you fixed it.

shadow fire 41 , street fighter an overated game!? i just couldnt help noticing the halo pic. odst 9.0 erm yeah.....yeah right.

It`s good to see how well its done in such a short span of time gonna get my copy soon

Just cause you dislike Fighting games Shadow_Fire41...then it doesn't mean it's overrated... You can basicly only call something overrated if you have other comparable stuff to compare it to.

a overrated game sells well, big surprise. (before anyone lashes out at me, i dislike most fighting games, and is part of my reason for disliking it)

Without question, it'll be successful. Another game for the Greatest Hits/Platinum Hits catalog--if it hasn't reached that mark already.

Agreed. Sales numbers are the ultimate indicator of how well Super Street Fighter IV is received.

No, this is the last Street Fighter IV. It has been confirmed by the developer.

I want this game so much *-*