Over two million copies of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot have been sold worldwide, but that's actually somewhat less than what video games in the Dragon Ball franchise have usually sold by this point. Published by Bandai Namco and released in January of 2020, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot offered players a chance to explore the universe and storylines of the iconic anime in an open world action-RPG format.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot received mixed to high reviews from critics, with some players noting that the game provided an entertaining and enjoyable journey through the world of Dragon Ball Z, even if the game's RPG elements weren't quite as robust as many had hoped. The game performed well upon release, selling over 1.5 million copies in its first week alone. However, in the nearly two months which have followed, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has only racked up an additional 500,000 sales. It was the best selling game in January, but not the best selling DBZ game ever.
500,000 is still a lot of players, especially when added together with the previous purchases to make 2 million total sales (as Bandai Namco did in their Twitter announcement yesterday) but it's still less than what other Dragon Ball video games have sold in the past. According to Kitguru, the fighting game Dragon Ball FighterZ reached the same sales figures in only its first week of release, and although Dragon Ball Xenoverse had a similar sales pattern to Kakarot during its first few months, that game would eventually sell over five million copies.
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There is still time for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot to catch up with some of the other games in the franchise, such as the PlayStation 2's popular Dragon Ball Z: Budokai, which, according to WorthPlaying, has sold more than 3.5 million units. However, the drastic drop-off between the first week of sales and the weeks after likely means Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has a steep hill to climb to reach the likes of Dragon Ball FighterZ figures.
Thankfully, it doesn't look like developers CyberConnect2 and Bandai Namco are stopping work on Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot any time soon. Alongside some small bug fixes and glitch corrections, the March update for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has announced that the long-awaited Time Machine mechanic will soon be added into the game, something which will allow for much more replayability moving forward. Fans of the franchise would love to see more open world games in the same vein, perhaps showing different parts of the DBZ universe, so hopefully Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot's total sales will be enough to warrant more games of its type.
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