At least on the PS4 side for Marvel since there is no PS5 version
Marvel vs. Capcom took a bit of a break, but now that it’s back in some form, the people seem to be here for it.
PlayStation recently released their top game download rankings for September 2024 that looked pretty good for the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection and maybe not as good for Mortal Kombat 1.
We previously reported that August 2024 was apparently the weakest performance in terms of fighting game sales in over a year, however, last month did include some bright spots.
According to the PlayStation Blog, the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection came in third place overall on the PlayStation 4 download charts in North America.
That is hopefully a very good sign for the new compilation though it was still beaten out by a few older games in Minecraft and The Crew 2 (and MvC didn’t rank on Europe’s top 20 chart at all).
We do also have to point out that this only technically includes PS4 games since the MvC collection does not have a native PlayStation 5 version.
Capcom hasn’t given any official indication as to how Marvel’s return has performed in its first month on the market, but it’ll also get another boost when the physical edition releases on PS4 and Nintendo Switch on November 22.
Besides the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, none of Capcom’s other fighting game compilations have managed to cross the 1 million sales mark.
But if any other ones are going to do it, Marvel vs. Capcom would be the most likely.
Another piece of interest lies in the PS5 top 20 chart for September, or to be more precise, what isn’t there.
Mortal Kombat 1 was a pretty consistent inclusion on there for most months since its launch last September, but it couldn’t come back for the game’s anniversary.
That is somewhat surprising considering the big Khaos Reigns expansion also just released towards the end of last month, however, even that wasn’t enough to boost it back on the chart.
The level of competition in that top 20 does look mostly steep at least.
And MK1 not managing to chart with Khaos Reigns may not be all too indicitive of much in the longrun either considering Mortal Kombat 11 also did not come back to the PlayStation ranks for the Aftermath expansion launch either.
The Circana / NPD Group’s total video game sales charts for September should provide a much better picture as to how Marvel vs. Capcom and Mortal Kombat really performed in the United States in the coming weeks — though we can certainly hope they’ll at least make an appearance.