Mega Man 25th Anniversary Logo Hidden In iPhone Game

10 didn’t do as well as 9 IIRC, but that’s fairly typical for such a direct sequel, and I’m pretty certain it still performed above expectations.

I think Capcom is just hesitant to pump out a Megaman 11 in the same style, though. They’ve already got a bad rep as Sequelcom, and a third pseudo-retro game might kill interest rather than generate it. Honestly, it’s kind of a tricky position for the Classic series, since while the latest games did well, the other side-scrolling Megaman games have been on a sales decline since X5. If 9 and 10 only sold because of nostalgia, which seems likely, then a more modern-style of game might not sell as well (in addition to being more expensive to produce). However, the “safe bet” of another retro game might not be so safe because it could be too stale for people (which is one of the reasons that led to declining sales of Megaman in the first place).

I think a MM7-style game would be the best thing to do for the Classic series, but of course MM7 isn’t nearly as fondly-remembered as the NES games…

There’s also Star Force, which had fairly miserable sales for its last entry, and Powered Up didn’t do so well, either.

I really wish the franchise’s situation was as simple as the fanboys made it out to be. I’m sure Capcom would be pretty happy with that, too, since it would mean they’d be pulling in the cash from it.

They’re in this position where pretty much all of the spinoffs are dead, interest-wise (barring Legends, but again the interest in that was apparently too niche for Capcom to feel it was a safe bet. Touchy subject anyways), but the Classic series is in a tricky position too, and X still has negative stigma left over from the last few games. They could do a new spinoff, but of course the ZX and Star Force series didn’t quite do that well, did they?

Ah, well, looks like I went on quite a bit of a ramble, huh.

“Which Mega-Man does/has that Street Fighter doesn’t.”

This is entirely your own opinion. There are plenty of people who think there’s much more value in Street Fighter than in Megaman, and neither they nor the Megaman fans are wrong. Value of a series is subjective.

And, well, the series’ perceived value has nothing to do with its monetary worth, which is what I was talking about. You’re free to rant at me about how you feel Capcom has mishandled the Megaman franchise, but it doesn’t change the sales.

While I don’t disagree that sales are not indicative of quality, I also don’t think it’s a good idea to scratch them off the picture altogether. If nothing else, good sales numbers do give companies motivation to make/publish more games (usually of the same type, like sequels).

Of course, the definition of a “good” sale most likely varies between each company, depending on how much it cost and how much profit they want to make. If a company – not talking about any real-life company in particular – was too greedy and wrote off a reasonable profit as a failure… it sucks for everybody in the long run.

In any case, let’s not degenerate into slandering other titles and franchises just to praise our favorites.

You missed my point. So we are even. End discussion.

It’s a fact. People aren’t always willing to here the truth because it goes against them. That’s understandable.