Soul Calibur 2 sales figgures for each system? [Archive]

norkusa

09-09-2003, 03:55 PM

I just read that 1.6 million copies of Soul Calibur 2 were shipped on the 1st day of release in the US. Does anyone know the sales figures of SC2 for all 3 systems it was released on? I figured the PS2 version would be the most popular, but I hear most people are picking up the GameCube version (at something like a 5-to-1 ratio). Anyone know?

neotokeo2001

09-09-2003, 04:21 PM

Judging by my local EB's, it would be a lot higher then 5-1 in favor of the Gamecube. People with multiple systems seem to be drawn to Link.

ManekiNeko

09-09-2003, 04:49 PM

Ha ha! Looks like Playstation 2 owners finally got the short end of the stick. They were stuck with Heihachi from the old and busted Tekken series, while all the other systems got cool characters like Link and Spawn.
I have to admit, though, I would have been interested in seeing all three of these exclusive characters battle one another. It's not likely to happen, but I can dream, can't I?

JR

Arcade Antics

09-09-2003, 05:19 PM

Heihachi is my favorite by far. I buy every game he shows up in.

(yes - seriously)

neotokeo2001

09-09-2003, 05:25 PM

Heihachi is my favorite by far. I buy every game he shows up in.

(yes - seriously)

Seriously?? :hmm:

Arcade Antics

09-09-2003, 05:27 PM

Seriously?? :hmm:

Seriously.

Heihachi rules. I even play as Heihachi in Xevious 3D/G+ on the PlayStation.

Mayhem

09-09-2003, 05:53 PM

GC version of SC2 sold the most in Japan to my knowledge, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same in the US...

ArnoldRimmer83

09-09-2003, 05:54 PM

Ha ha! Looks like Playstation 2 owners finally got the short end of the stick. They were stuck with Heihachi from the old and busted Tekken series, while all the other systems got cool characters like Link and Spawn.
I have to admit, though, I would have been interested in seeing all three of these exclusive characters battle one another. It's not likely to happen, but I can dream, can't I?

JR

Seeing Link and Spawn duke it out would've been neat, if very odd looking. Too bad we'll never see that happen though.

ManekiNeko

09-09-2003, 05:57 PM

Anyone have the feeling that there's a version of the game floating around Namco's home offices featuring all three characters? Y'know, one the designers made just for themselves.

JR

Kid Fenris

09-09-2003, 08:21 PM

Anyone have the feeling that there's a version of the game floating around Namco's home offices featuring all three characters? Y'know, one the designers made just for themselves.

JR

Probably, and I bet their version also has KOS-MOS, Dig Dug, Dr. Dan, Dr. Don, Mr. Driller, Li Long, and Ziggy as hidden characters. Those rat bastards.

At this point, I'd put up that clever faked image of KOS-MOS in Soul Calibur II, but I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone else know what I'm talking about?

Raccoon Lad

09-09-2003, 08:46 PM

Oh man, I wanna play as Ziggy!...as long as it's the comic strip character ziggy, that is.

buttasuperb

09-09-2003, 08:58 PM

Heihachi is my favorite by far. I buy every game he shows up in.

(yes - seriously)

Hell yea Heihachi is awesome. I'd much rather play as him than panzy ass camel toe having Link. Spawn would be cool though, I'll have to pick up the xbox version once it gets cheap.

Buyatari

09-10-2003, 12:32 AM

I'd be very suprized to hear that Game Cube has outsold the PS2 version here in the US. Link or no Link there just aren't enough Game Cube owners for that to happen.

Adam

IGotTheDot

09-10-2003, 01:03 AM

Anyone have the feeling that there's a version of the game floating around Namco's home offices featuring all three characters? Y'know, one the designers made just for themselves.

JR

I would imagine there is, but it would not get out due to legal issues. A cheat that would unlock them would be cool, but I am sure a lot of money went into each platform (marketing dollars from Sony, Nintendo and Micorsoft) for the exclusive characters.

Kroogah

09-10-2003, 01:11 AM

Heihachi is my favorite by far. I buy every game he shows up in.

:rocker:

Kid Fenris

09-10-2003, 01:24 AM

Hell yea Heihachi is awesome. I'd much rather play as him than panzy ass camel toe having Link. Spawn would be cool though, I'll have to pick up the xbox version once it gets cheap.

Link rocks with skill. His weapons make him far more fun to play than Heihachi and Spawn, even if the old guy and the superhero are admittedly cooler. Still, I might pick up the Xbox version after the price drops and I get a better TV. The Xbox edition looks better in progressive scan than the other two, but it doesn't make much of a difference on my old 19-inch Panasonic.

ArnoldRimmer83

09-10-2003, 01:46 AM

Anyone have the feeling that there's a version of the game floating around Namco's home offices featuring all three characters? Y'know, one the designers made just for themselves.

JR

I would imagine there is, but it would not get out due to legal issues. A cheat that would unlock them would be cool, but I am sure a lot of money went into each platform (marketing dollars from Sony, Nintendo and Micorsoft) for the exclusive characters.

Not to mention Nintendo would flip out like crazy if people could play as Link on the PS2 or Xbox.

Saturn Sensei

09-10-2003, 11:20 AM

GC version of SC2 sold the most in Japan to my knowledge, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same in the US...

These are the Japanese figures according to Magic Box.

Soul Calibur 2 - PS2 version 110,016 copies
Gamecube version 92,447

ManekiNeko

09-10-2003, 04:56 PM

Anyone have the feeling that there's a version of the game floating around Namco's home offices featuring all three characters? Y'know, one the designers made just for themselves.

JR

I would imagine there is, but it would not get out due to legal issues. A cheat that would unlock them would be cool, but I am sure a lot of money went into each platform (marketing dollars from Sony, Nintendo and Micorsoft) for the exclusive characters.

See, Fenris? It wasn't such a dumb thought after all. :P

JR

Gamemaster_ca_2003

09-11-2003, 12:59 AM

GC version of SC2 sold the most in Japan to my knowledge, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same in the US...

These are the Japanese figures according to Magic Box.

Soul Calibur 2 - PS2 version 110,016 copies
Gamecube version 92,447

Not bad does anyone knows if there is an X-Box verson In Japan
Also Is there Plans to create a verson for the PC

Gamemaster_ca_2003

09-11-2003, 01:01 AM

Anyone have the feeling that there's a version of the game floating around Namco's home offices featuring all three characters? Y'know, one the designers made just for themselves.

JR

Probably, and I bet their version also has KOS-MOS, Dig Dug, Dr. Dan, Dr. Don, Mr. Driller, Li Long, and Ziggy as hidden characters. Those rat bastards.

At this point, I'd put up that clever faked image of KOS-MOS in Soul Calibur II, but I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone else know what I'm talking about?
What about the character that basicly created Namco Pac-Man (or Puckman).

Arcade Antics

09-11-2003, 12:03 PM

Not bad does anyone knows if there is an X-Box verson In Japan
Yup, there's a Japanese version of the game for XBox.

Also Is there Plans to create a verson for the PC
No. :)