Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. has revealed today that Dragon Ball Sparking Zero “has surpassed 3 million copies sold worldwide within 24 hours of its release.” Sparking Zero is a 3D action fighting game set in the popular Dragon Ball universe, and it arrives as the first new instalment for the Budokai Tenkaichi series after almost two decades.
Dragon Ball Sparking Zero has been released with a lot of content for players to explore, which has helped the game cross the 3 million mark. It has an Episode Battles game mode that allows players to relive iconic moments from the anime series and explore some never-before-seen scenarios.
The game’s multiplayer mode has also spiked in popularity, as players love the gameplay mechanics, even though the mode isn’t very balanced. There’s also a custom battles mode, where players can create unique scenarios and battle situations to share with the community worldwide.
Dragon Ball Sparking Zero also made waves on Steam during early access. The title managed to cross an all-time peak of 90,000 during that time, which is higher than any other Dragon Ball game or fighting game on Steam. At the time of writing, the game hit an all-time peak of 122,554 players four days ago and a peak of 80,000 in the past 24 hours, according to SteamDB.
If you are new to the game, check out the Attack, Movement and Defense guides. Also, check out the Sparking Zero DLC that surfaced online recently. What are your thoughts on Dragon Ball Sparking Zero selling over 3 million copies in 24 hours? Let us know in the comments or our new community forum!
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Really? Maximilian Dood pretends this didn’t do well and said Bandai Namco is paying people off to play it but he turned them down because he has morales.
Awesome! I hope we get a Switch 2 port next year it’ll be even more crazy. Also hope the DLC packs with characters and single player content but also Stephanie Nadolny’s voice back for Kid Goku, GT Goku, Kid Gohan, and Teen Gohan. Remove that “no cap” line too replace it with the original line and if possible use the Bruce Faulconer score and bring in the guys who made it back to do some stuff Mike Smith, Julius Lobos, and Scott Morgan. Bring Tiffany Vollmer back as Bulma and Linda Young as Frieza. Also the missing characters from GT, Z, and Dragon Ball and then all the new stuff from Super Dragon Ball Heroes.
Is it doing better than Tekken 8?
That 45 year old is full of himself and hates anime ignore him he lives in delusions. This game is doing amazing it’s what Bandai needs right now.
Bandai better support this past this gen and we better get a follow up to Jump Force that better not be cancelled!
This is just 24 hours I want the numbers for this compared to Tekken 8 and same with DLC sales so when the next round of cuts come it’s not this game that suffers it’s Tekken and Harada. We better get a new big Shonen Jump crossover game I hope Bandai didn’t cancel that and it better be a 200+ base roster with everyone from every series in it! This game should be the wake up call.
I hope they add Tapion’s little brother to the game
This game sadly has its grifters and fake fans like Mike Hollow bro is not a real fan
Max is a massive liar pretending Concord didn’t have problems, he played Wukong because there was nothing else but won’t play it anymore because it upsets his journo friends same with Zelda, and he pretends Capcom is doing well they’re game sales plummeted this year Dragon’s Dogma 2 flopped, the game on Game Pass flopped, Exoprimal flopped, and honestly that Marvel collection probably flopped too I don’t know why he keeps pretending he still pretends Final Fantasy sells well even though Square Enix said those games all flopped he’s a massive glazer and liar he just has to cope and kiss corpo ass he’s a dumb california boomer libtard. I hope studios cut him off soon he and his friends led to bad games their awful ideas and politics also they’re out of touch and old douchebags.
Golden Great Ape Goku DLC please
Dead Rising remake flopped too
Bandai better invest into this game like crazy because nothing else will hold them up. The DLC for this has to go on into next generation and add everything fans want. All missing characters, Super Dragon Ball Heroes, Stephanie back in her roles, get the OG dub cast to record lines for their characters and get the Funi Dub music staff to come back and compose music. That Unknown 9 game is going to hurt Bandai bad and Tekken 8 underperforming isn’t helping. Give this some single player DLC too.
This should be GOTY instead it’s not even nominated! That’s awful and numerous titles that were actual hits are also missing but the games no one plays made it?
This game was a major success why isn’t it nominated for GOTY? Why were so many games snubbed please explain that to me. This, Wukong, Stellar Blade, Space Marine 2, why aren’t they nominated? Wukong and Space Marine 2 are probably the biggest sellers this generation why aren’t they nominated?