When Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition was released alongside the 3DS in 2011, the title was praised for being a portable fighting experience that actually lived up to the standards found on current home consoles.
After the launch period, Capcom went on to ship 1.1 million copies of the 3D Edition, and three years on it appears users of the 3DS are still buying the game.
From July to September of this year, another 100,000 copies of Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition were sold, bringing total sales to 1.2 million. This comes an impressive figure given the fact the title has not received any additional content or updates since its initial release.
The amount of support this particular entry has received from fans of the Big N comes as bittersweet news after Capcom announced Street Fighter V earlier this month exclusively for the PlayStation 4 and PC – with no mention of the game's release on either of Nintendo's systems.
With any luck, Capcom will take the latest sales figures for Street Fighter IV 3D Edition into consideration and perhaps make one of the newer entries in the series available to Nintendo fans.
Let us know in the comments what you think about these latest sales, and if you would like to see a new version of Street Fighter released on the 3DS, or even the Wii U in the near future.
[source siliconera.com]
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I'll be honest, despite not being a Street Fighter fan I got this because I had an itch for a fighting game and Dead or Alive Dimensions wasn't out yet. It didn't really do anything to change my feelings about the series one way or the other and the moment DoA was out Street Fighter went into a long slumber. I dunno, Street Fighter has always just been a big "meh" for me.
Its an impressive release for the 3DS, and dirt cheap to pick up now. Good on the go fighting.
I wouldn't mind seeing a updated version that has more content and animated backgrounds, could be possible on the New 3DS, other then that I would like to see some more fighting games.
Very impressive, and deserved because it's a remarkable adaptation on the platform. I don't get the criticism some above me, it's not an easy task to adapt a (twitch fighting) game like this to a portable platform. I do recognize though, Dead or Alive Dimensions is even better. But all my comments here are from a technical point of view, whether you like Streetfighter or Dead or Alive is subjective.
I'm still kind of miffed that Capcom let the Tatsunoko licence slide. I would haved loved to have seen more entries in that cross over.
Arcade edition DLC?
Did not enjoy the game, should have picked up something else along with LEGO Star wars 3
Would had been nice to see more Street Fighter games on Nintendo systems other than just Street Fighter II port and the Street Fighter Alpha games.
Meh. Considering that those sales took over three and a half years to build, I doubt that Capcom will feel any urge to show Nintendo any love with future instalments in the Street Fighter series. I'm guessing that those figures would have been drastically lower if Capcom ported the Arcade and Ultra editions to the 3DS. And even if Capcom are happy with those figures, their support of Nintendo has been screwy at best. Resident Evil Revelations started as a 3DS exclusive, but neither of Nintendo's systems are getting the sequel. It's tremendously disrespectful of them to have dismissed a portion of their fan base in this way.
@DonSerrot : Same here. In fact, I was going to buy a PS3 some months ago just so I can play Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (and Digimon All Star Rumble =P), but inexplicably, I resisted. About a day or two later, Last Round was announced, so now I'm even more glad that I resisted.
I'm awed that Tecmo Koei would waste their time releasing something as niche as Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 in the West, let alone on Wii U, while not even giving the Dead or Alive franchise a chance on Nintendo's hardware. It's ridiculous. I don't understand these companies.
@retro_player_22 there are some Capcom spinoffs on the Wii if i recall. Not sure on how good they are though.
Thats a lot of 0's and 1's
@sillygostly I'm probably going to pick up Last Round myself. All I'll need to do is get a good controller for my PC and I'll be good to go.
It's on sale for €5 a lot and its a brilliant edition of the game. Hope they do SF5 SUPER WiiU Edition in the future
@BarryDunne Yeah. Against Smash Bros it's hardly a contest. XD
When the 3DS launched though? All we had was Street Fighter and late in the "launch" window we had Dead or Alive.
@DonSerrot : I had no idea it was coming out on PC. Sweet! It's a shame that they won't be issuing a retail release though.
I got sf4 on PS3 and 3ds and only enjoyed them enough to play for a couple months, then sell and forget about. Back to smash brothers
But imo, even injustice gods amoung was a better fighter then sf4. I just haven't enjoyed sf since snes days.
Street Fighter always bored the living daylights out of me, however Mortal kombat had me hooked from the second I saw it. I don't mind some of the better Tekken and Soul Caliber games and had a lot of fun with some Smash bros games, but aside from Raul Julia and Jackie Chan's scene in City Hunter, Street Fighter has not interested or entertained me one bit.
EDIT: DOA bores me almost as much as Street Fighter.
@DonSerrot To be fair, Smash and SF are two totally different fighting games. I like them both, but SF is clinical and precise, whereas Smash is a little more chaotic.
Probably not gonna see much SF on Nintendo systems since Sony paid for SFV's development hence the exclusivity and whatnot. Best we can hope for it either Ultra SFIV or Nintendo introduces another Virtual Console console that has SF2 on it, lol.
Still one of the most played game on my 3DS!
Lets hope that they have an equal sucess with Street Fighter IVs newest rerelease, calles "Street Fighter V"
This was the reason I ground the bearings on my circle pad my original 3DS.
Fun game though.
It has sold loads because it has been around a fiver for years, I picked it up brand new for £3 when Blockbuster had it's closing down sale.
Since it did not sell 2 million, Nintendo players are not getting a sequel. Nor any new Capcom game except MH.
This one was one of the games I bought with my launch 3ds.
This is a great game, but I think a lot of these sales have only come after deep discounts in the price. It's been dirt cheap for quite some time now.
And still no Ultra SFIV patch. For shame.
And still no Ultra SFIV patch. For shame.
The 3DS game was not designed to be patched.
@KevTastic84 I believe there's only 2 and both were quite good, only problem is that there's not more of them. If only Capcom just port Marvel vs. Capcom to GameCube, that would had make my day, not the boring second one but the awesome first one.
Bittersweet is right. My dream would be to have Street Fighter III on 3DS.
So street fighter is a viable franchise on nintendo consoles again now then? Please now admit to developing street fighter v for wii u and street fighter iii third strike for 3ds
@Angelic_Lapras_King they didn't pay for its development, they paid for an exclusivity period. Like Xbox did with splinter cell and like ps2 did with metal gear solid 2. It is exclusive to ps4 within console market as I'll be picking it up day one on my alienware laptop but will double dip if they bring it to nintendo when the exclusivity expires.
If they release street fight 4 on the wii u with gamecube controller support I would be interested
@Captain_Gonru $17 on amazon right now.... I think i got mine for like $12
@SeVok I don't understand the criticism above, either...
I wonder how many people bought this game from HMV when it was £1.99 at the time?
3rd parties could make a lot of money if they put in the effort to make good ports on Nintendo platforms
I bought a copy for my friend for Christmas this year. Still, it's good to see sales of this game going decently after it's 2011 launch. Third party games can do well on Nintendo platforms.
Awesome, this was the best version of SF4 in my opinion.
Ultra Street Fighter 4 on the N3DS, take my money.
Anyways, this us a very solid title, tied with Smash as my fav fighting game for the platform. Tekken 3D kinda sucked but the DOA title was solid, we just need them on the eShop.
Actually I'm kinda glad I got street fighter for 3ds. It's actually pretty fun. More fun than smash bros.
Wow, talk about legs, huh? I just wish the same would happen for Resident Evil: Revelations...
@WaveyChristmas Makes no difference that the backgrounds exist at all because whenever you play online nobody wants anything but the training room. 3D is not that important to me. (Without the framerate is fine). I wish more games allowed the choice.
@Mega719 But it's on the 3DS. 3rd parties have always been able do well on Nintendo's handhelds; it's the home consoles that are the issue. I can guarantee that if the game was on Wii U instead of the 3DS, sales would be half of what you see now.
Yawn.
Meh they could care less about this, they're done with Nintendo.
Nintendo should beg capcom to release there games on our systems, there games suit nintendo and is the answer to alot of wiiu problems. The 1st party games are magical but there isnt enough of them per yea, capcom games along side them would be a much needed addition as well as a better variety of genre games
Ironically I've just started playing my downloaded copy again, after awhile of it just sitting in my pile of downloaded games. It's pretty fun, actually, though I'd love if they released an Ultra patch/version. I'd also love for some VC Street Fighter support, like Capcom did for the Wii, except on the 3DS. SSF2 on the go would be amazing... (especially as a 3d Classic, though that'll probably NEVER happen...but a girl can dream... :< )
Street Fighter V would be awesome, but wouldnt you rather play Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom 2? Gold lightan Vs. Savage Deviljho. merry christmas...
I only bought it to hold me over until smash came out.
Have to be honest, I got the 3DS for the purpose of Super Street Fighter 4 3D. First ever console I owned was a SNES and first game I ever got was Street Fighter 2 so just seeing that just tugged on my nostalgia strings. Have to say I don't regret getting the 3DS or this game.
This doesn't include digital sales which have also been on sale a few times on the 3DS Eshop so total number COULD be close to the 2 million mark.
I wish Nintendo would buy Capcom. I love the series Capcom owns more than any other studio (I'm a RE fan). This was my first 3DS game, and remains one of the best on the system IMO. I think it might even have been the first online 3DS game. From day 1 the online play was smooth and never needed a patch. I miss the days of OK third party support on Nintendo systems ..
Merry Christmas!
@taffy Wow this doesn't include digital? When I read the headline I thought it had to be combined. It has been as low as $5.00 I believe in NA eShop. So is this in the top 2 selling third party 3DS games??
@Damo You know, I think you've hit the nail on the head for why I dislike Smash so much even though I like fighting games. The chaos and especially imprecise controls are what frustrate me.
Glad it makes so many people happy, of course.
On topic, I always liked DoA and Tekken better, and I've even been enjoying SoulCalibur and Darkstalkers on the ol' PSP ahead of Street Fighter. Not a bad game, but something just isn't there for me.
@MadAdam81 Sound like you hate Japanese Fighters
I've been playing fighting games on arcade and emulator(yes bad me but arcade boards are darn pricey) I always loved Street Fighter. I played SF IV on PC and it runs smoother then butter on a hot stove. I went for DOA on 3DS cuz i like it not being so button basher friendly as say tekken or MK. ( i never liked those dial-a-combo fighters much I want quarter circles!)
well maybe not seeing any street fighter on a nintendo system soon but I hope the new guilty gear game rocks my socks off like the first 2 did on pc
@khululy I didn't mind DOA until it became a full on jiggling simulator, however my favourite MK games are Deadly Alliance and Deception, my two favourite 3D fighting games, and I liked the way you could switch between fighting styles and a weapon and you oculd get long combos a well as special moves, plus not too hard that I could beat them with all characters.
that was my first buy on the 3DS release day when I got mine at launch, I gave it to my son since I stopped playing it. still gets use.
I have this and DoA and DoA puts Street Fighter to shame. I'll say this, Street Fighter looks good but DoA plays infinitely better AND looks great in 3D. 2D will net you 60fps though.
I just went to Target and picked it up for $14.00! Who cares about the background not being animated. I grew up with Street fighter on the arcade and have always been a fan! I'm hoping for 5 to come to the 3DS as well.
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