{"id":2093104,"date":"2026-08-14T09:07:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2093104"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:07:36","slug":"marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-looks-to-have-sold-almost-half-a-million-copies-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2093104","title":{"rendered":"Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls looks to have sold almost half a million copies in a week"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls looks to have sold almost half a million copies in a week<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Sales, figures.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Marvel-Tokon_teamup.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Marvel Tokon - 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He posted <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/superhys\/status\/2087913995575472290\">Alinea&#8217;s findings on social media<\/a>, claiming that around 485,000 copies have been sold between PlayStation 5 and PC.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the launch trailer for Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J381wx0K7jY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In terms of the split between platforms, Elliott says that PS5 players make up 74 percent of those sales, with Steam making up the remaining 26 percent. He notes the typical popularity of fighting games on console over PC, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-tokon-pc-problems-strange-fixes\">performance problems that marred the PC version<\/a> of the game at launch. Elliot speculates that these issues may have cut the game&#8217;s word-of-mouth short, and that it could have sold closer to one million copies if not for these problems.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for regional splits, North Americans reportedly make up 75 percent of the Marvel T\u014dkon playerbase. There are some really interesting overlaps with T\u014dkon players and other games too. According to Elliott , 52 percent of PS5 Marvel T\u014dkon players have played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/dragon-ball-fighterz\">Dragon Ball FighterZ<\/a>, 49 percent have played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/street-fighter-v\">Street Fighter 5<\/a>, and 41 percent have tried <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mortal-kombat-1\">Mortal Kombat 1<\/a>. So fighting game fans have turned up in force here, it seems.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel fans have too though. 60 percent of T\u014dkon players on PS5 have played Spider-Man: Miles Morales, 57 percent have played Spider-Man 2, and 53 percent have hopped over from Marvel Rivals. The Marvel franchise is clearly doing some great work here in terms of early popularity.<\/p>\n<p>How does this compare with other games? Well, Arc System Works&#8217; hugely successful tag game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/article\/275578\/dragon-ball-fighterz-sells-an-estimated-555081-units-first-week-at-retail\/\">Dragon Ball FighterZ was estimated to have sold at a similar pace back in 2018<\/a>, so that&#8217;s a great sign for Marvel T\u014dkon. In terms of lifetime sales, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dbgame_official\/status\/1656116852031098880\">that game went on to sell over 10m copies by 2023<\/a>, making it a staggering success.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions around Marvel T\u014dkon&#8217;s initial success allow for interesting comparisons with other fighters. In Elliott&#8217;s post on Marvel T\u014dkon, he also claims that the free-to-play fighting game 2XKO only managed to pass one million lifetime players since releasing back in January.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, someone asked Ed Boon how many copies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/injustice-2\">Injustice 2<\/a> has sold since its release back in 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:r5pz4hx5566vmv75zan3u3qn\/post\/3msroit6c5s2t?ref_src=embed\">to which he confirmed<\/a> over 9m copies have been sold worldwide for that superhero brawler.<\/p>\n<p>So the stage is set for Marvel T\u014dkon to hopefully keep the momentum going throughout 2026 and beyond. With a recent patch seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-new-patch-fixes-pc-problems\">fixing a good number of those aforementioned performance problems,<\/a> maybe some of that word of mouth will pick back up.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>New sales estimates show that Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls may have sold almost 500,000 copies in around a week, a solid pace for a fighting game.<\/p>\n<p>These figures come from Rhys Elliott, the head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics. He posted <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/superhys\/status\/2087913995575472290\">Alinea&#8217;s findings on social media<\/a>, claiming that around 485,000 copies have been sold between PlayStation 5 and PC.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the launch trailer for Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J381wx0K7jY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In terms of the split between platforms, Elliott says that PS5 players make up 74 percent of those sales, with Steam making up the remaining 26 percent. He notes the typical popularity of fighting games on console over PC, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-tokon-pc-problems-strange-fixes\">performance problems that marred the PC version<\/a> of the game at launch. Elliot speculates that these issues may have cut the game&#8217;s word-of-mouth short, and that it could have sold closer to one million copies if not for these problems.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for regional splits, North Americans reportedly make up 75 percent of the Marvel T\u014dkon playerbase. There are some really interesting overlaps with T\u014dkon players and other games too. According to Elliott , 52 percent of PS5 Marvel T\u014dkon players have played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/dragon-ball-fighterz\">Dragon Ball FighterZ<\/a>, 49 percent have played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/street-fighter-v\">Street Fighter 5<\/a>, and 41 percent have tried <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mortal-kombat-1\">Mortal Kombat 1<\/a>. So fighting game fans have turned up in force here, it seems.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel fans have too though. 60 percent of T\u014dkon players on PS5 have played Spider-Man: Miles Morales, 57 percent have played Spider-Man 2, and 53 percent have hopped over from Marvel Rivals. The Marvel franchise is clearly doing some great work here in terms of early popularity.<\/p>\n<p>How does this compare with other games? Well, Arc System Works&#8217; hugely successful tag game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/article\/275578\/dragon-ball-fighterz-sells-an-estimated-555081-units-first-week-at-retail\/\">Dragon Ball FighterZ was estimated to have sold at a similar pace back in 2018<\/a>, so that&#8217;s a great sign for Marvel T\u014dkon. In terms of lifetime sales, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dbgame_official\/status\/1656116852031098880\">that game went on to sell over 10m copies by 2023<\/a>, making it a staggering success.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions around Marvel T\u014dkon&#8217;s initial success allow for interesting comparisons with other fighters. In Elliott&#8217;s post on Marvel T\u014dkon, he also claims that the free-to-play fighting game 2XKO only managed to pass one million lifetime players since releasing back in January.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, someone asked Ed Boon how many copies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/injustice-2\">Injustice 2<\/a> has sold since its release back in 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:r5pz4hx5566vmv75zan3u3qn\/post\/3msroit6c5s2t?ref_src=embed\">to which he confirmed<\/a> over 9m copies have been sold worldwide for that superhero brawler.<\/p>\n<p>So the stage is set for Marvel T\u014dkon to hopefully keep the momentum going throughout 2026 and beyond. With a recent patch seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-new-patch-fixes-pc-problems\">fixing a good number of those aforementioned performance problems,<\/a> maybe some of that word of mouth will pick back up.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls looks to have sold almost half a million copies in a week Sales, figures. 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