Capcom announced today through its financial results that the Mega Man series has sold a total of 43 million units as of March 31, 2025. The previously reported number, back in July 2024, was 42 million.
Despite the fact that the last game released was Mega Man XDIVE Offline in August 2023 for PC and mobile devices, the franchise continues to grow thanks to the most recent collection, Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection, and the ongoing sales of Mega Man 11 and other Legacy Collections.
On the horizon, while we wait for a new game to be announced, we can look forward to UDON's Mega Man Timelines comic book series.
Now that's a milestone! Also, I can't wait to check out the new comic book series.
ReplyDeleteA functionally dead series selling a million units when the last mainline entry came out nearly a decade ago and with nothing to look forward to on the horizon should be a sign that there's potential for more sales if new games came out on a reasonable basis and were given an actual budget and marketing push, but it seems like the only ones who don't understand that are Capcom.
ReplyDeleteThat's not a problem exclusive to Mega Man either, just look at other, even more dead IPs like Darkstalkers that continue to sell well despite not even the slightest hint of a proper revival and their last entries coming out before some modern gamers were even born. Capcom hoards all these promising franchises but refuses to do anything with them other than re-release the old entries over and over again (like Darkstalkers) or in some extreme cases, not even do that and instead just throw in the occasional crossover costume or background reference (like most of Clover's work, or Maximo).
I suppose it’s somewhat sobering to see that, of the five series listed, Mega Man *technically* has the second most recent release (though Street Fighter 6 has had content updates since). Ignoring of course that XDO is already a re-release of a third party game built off of decade-old assets.
ReplyDeleteLMAO wait for a new game. What color dragon do you want while you're at it?
ReplyDelete"the franchise continues to grow"
ReplyDeleteNo it's not unless we see new games and more often and legit sequels. But I guess they think the series is a flop. This post acts all excited and hyped, but for what? Doesn't affect me either way unless we see new games. It's really weird not to capitalize on the supposed popularity with new games if in fact it is that popular still as they claim. I don't care about toys or collectables at all. Without games, it may as well be dead. It's bizarre. Actions speak louder than words, and a new game often would be proof.
Well thats some good news
ReplyDeleteI took a survey from capcom and no news of a new mega man game yet.
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