Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero was officially released on Steam on October 10 and it didn't take long for this game to set its own records.
This was actually predicted in advance, when right in the early access phase, the game gathered a huge number of gamers who accepted to pay to experience it first.
And at the present time, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero has more than 120,000 players at the same time.
Compared to the heights of other famous blockbusters such as Elden Ring (950,000), Palword (2.1 million) or most recently Black Myth: Wukong (2.4 million), Dragon Ball: Sparking!'s figure of 120,000! Zero seems humble. However, if only counted in its fighting genre, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero has written a new history. Belonging to a game genre that is quite picky about players and usually only receives attention from fans, however, the number of 120,000 players at the same time of Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero has nearly doubled Street Fighter 6's all-time high (70,000 people). And of course, it is many times more when placed next to some other games like Mortal Kombat 11 or Tekken 7.
Achieving such a “huge” achievement, but Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is still receiving some criticism from its own fan gamers.
Specifically, many people complain that this Dragon Ball-themed game has forgotten the most important element, which is no action to search and collect Dragon Balls. Especially when in the original version, this is a prerequisite and indispensable action. In Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, dragon balls still appear but instead of searching and collecting, players just need to defeat some opponents to find them. For many true fans, a Dragon Ball game lacking Dragon Ball features seems a bit “wrong”. And this is also the detail that makes many people most dissatisfied.
However, some small complaints cannot stop the strong attraction of Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero. Most likely, 120,000 players at the same time will not be the final peak number that this blockbuster can achieve, especially when fans have just discovered a DLC version of the game that is even being prepared for release. .