Key conclusions
- Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero surpassed three million sales in the first 24 hours of release, a huge success for Bandai Namco.
- This comes after the game received very positive reviews from critics, and now it has been well received by fans as well.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is a huge success as Bandai Namco reveals that sales surpassed three million in the first 24 hours of release.
This figure shows global sales on the first day of launch, October 10, as well as the day after it became available in all regions. Bandai Namco attributes this success to its massive marketing campaign, as well as the fact that this is the first game of its kind in years.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is already a huge hit
“Bandai Namco […] is pleased to announce that Dragon Ball Sparking Zero, the latest home video game in the Dragon Ball Z Sparking series, released on Thursday, October 10, 2024, has surpassed 3 million copies sold worldwide within 24 hours of its release,” the statement said . released by the company.
That's not particularly surprising considering how long fans have been waiting for a game like Sparking Zero and how well it was received by critics right away. George Foster of TheGamer gave the game a 4.5/5 in his review, praising the large amount of content as well as its huge, unique roster of fighters.
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He was not alone in this. Sparking Zero has been met with positive reviews across the board, currently sitting at 81 on Metacritic and 82 on OpenCritic. Many are praising it as a worthy successor to Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, which launched in 2007.
So with Sparking Zero doing so well after such a long wait for another Budokai Tenkaichi game, it's fair to say that this was a great direction for the series and Sparking Zero will be around for a while.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is out now, available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
Considered part of the Budokai Tenkachi series, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is an in-development arena fighter developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Namco Bandai.