Bandai Namco’s excellent brawler Tekken 8 is exceeding the publisher’s expectations, and has topped two million units less than three weeks after its release. It took Tekken 7 around two months to achieve the same milestone, meaning this new entry is selling at a much faster pace than its predecessor. Bravo to all involved.
The success is deserved, and we’re huge fans of the game, as noted in our Tekken 8 PS5 review: “Tekken 8 is a modern fighting game masterclass. It doesn't skimp on single player modes, its online offering is robust, and it's a serious visual spectacle. But most importantly, the battles are brilliant; accessible yet deeply technical, and supremely satisfying to be a part of — perhaps more so than ever before.”
[source bandainamco.co.jp]
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It’s been a good time to be a fan of fighting games, having Tekken, Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 6 all releasing quite close to each other. Definitely Tekken 8 has been my favourite though!!
It deserves the success. Whilst it was a joy to play and platinum i ended up selling it to a friend.i just found it too hard for me to master on a competitive level. Great game tho. Ive always said i didnt like Tekken because i found the moves and button commands complicated but this is by far the most user friendly. I really had fun.
@Bionic-Spencer feeling the same having SF6 and T8 where I feel the former is an afterthought after playing T8. Even feeling buyer’s remorse since got SF6 a week before T8 🤔
I so wish I was good at these games. Really want to play both this and SF6 and almost caved once or twice… but I’m rubbish, can never master the blocking. And the idea of playing strangers online stresses me out just thinking about it 😂
@Bionic-Spencer That's not even all the games that came out in the meantime (Granblue and Undernight have their enjoyers even if I'm not one of them).
I didn't vibe with SF6 myself but I pulled the trigger on Tekken and I'm glad I did. It's an excellent package and a different enough game that I can play it and my favorite 2D fighter at the same time without thinking one is better or worse than the other.
@Voltan @Bionic-Spencer It's genuinely difficult to think of a time when fighting game fans had a better overall selection than the current library. Tekken 8 is amazing, Street Fighter 6 is excellent, Guilty Gear Strive is still great, Granblue Versus is only going to get better, and the new UNIB is really fun.
The only outlier right now is MK1, which has fallen off a cliff. But still, what a lineup!
I'll eventually buy it just like I bought the previous Tekken games since 3, but I have to say, I used to be far more excited to play them than I am now. Not sure why. Same with other fighting games.
@ShogunRok I haven't played MK1 but from what I've seen (especially the way people talk about it online) it seems like the game was a bit rushed maybe.
I may buy when it's vastly cheaper. They've added simple controls and you can be matched with someone online who's using that scheme. It's like playing someone button mashing one of the capoeira characters.
The original control scheme is one of the reasons Tekken is better than any other fighting game and I will die on the hill saying they didn't need the fisher price scheme.
It’s selling faster than SF6, isn’t?
These are excellent games, I prefer SF6 if you put a gun to my head but it’s just more my vibe! Anyway we are eating good, now back to some Tekken matches and trying to finish my quick Remake rerun
Tekken 8 is probably my most fav fighting game for a good time. I've nearly platted it and also been having a good few battles online and actually winning a few!
Last night I played as king last night and discovered some Tekken 3 reflexes with some of the combos - was weird as I've not really played Tekken properly since 3 over 20 years!
Love the game it's great
@MattBoothDev I love the term “fisher price scheme” 😂
I have been predominantly playing online ranked (but getting destroyed) and it’s much rarer on Tekken to be matched with someone using the simplified controls then it was on SF6 for people using modern controls. Also the simplified control scheme on Tekken basically gives you a very very limited set of moves you can use so you might get button mashed for a round or two but once you realise the few patterns they can actually pull off it’s super easy to counter. I’d say in about 60 ranked matches I have played less, than 5 opponents have been using simple controls.
Having great fun with it. Bouncing between completing all the character stories and having a few fights online. Winning more fights online than I thought I might but I'm by no means a pro. I'll be playing this game for a long time to come.
When the complete version releases, you can add at least one more sale. The game looks incredible.
@ShogunRok It's just to bad sega and koei tecmo are missing the party.
The game is amazing, really enjoying and glad it is selling well. I have done the arcade mode which was surprisingly helpful, most of the story and a couple of character stories. Now just in practice mode and fighting the CPU, building up the courage to get online 😬😂
Best fighting game I've played since Virtua Fighter 4 on the PS2. Absolutely brilliant and very welcoming to newcomers and returning players
@ShogunRok we just need Sega to bring back Virtua Fighter with a brand new entry
Best fighter on the PS5 in my opinion, its freaking incredible and raises the bar.
Great to see. I've always loved the Tekken series and this entry may be its best, certainly the top one since 5. Hopefully sales continue to remain strong as it's very well deserved. I'm a big fan of Street Fighter 6 as well but this game easily cleared it for best fighter on the current gen.
@ShogunRok
I'd throw The King of Fighters XV in there as well. The genre is the best it's been in a while. Maybe the 5th and 6th gens had it better but not by much.
I'm not surprised as the game is amazing
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