Regardless of the controversy surrounding Tekken 8’s latest addition of the money store and Battle Go, Bandai Namco’s sequel has achieved effectively. Earlier than its launch, producer Katsuhiro Harada revealed that the collection had bought over 55 million copies on the Recreation Maker’s Pocket book Podcast.
Harada conversed with Shuhei Yoshida, the pinnacle of the unbiased developer initiative at Sony Interactive Leisure, in an episode filmed earlier than Tekken 8’s launch. The newest mainline title bought two million copies inside its first three weeks, which brings the full collection gross sales to over 57 million. Nonetheless, Bandai Namco hasn’t formally introduced the milestone.
Another fascinating bits revealed throughout the podcast embrace Europe encompassing 51 p.c of complete gross sales for the collection, adopted by the USA at about 30 p.c. He additionally reaffirmed that Tekken 7 had bought 11 million copies (the official determine is over 11.8 million bought as of February 2024).
Tekken 8 is out there for Xbox Sequence X/S, PS5 and PC. Take a look at our overview right here.
