RIP industry

I personally wouldn't mind if they started back up with the comics. I enjoy reading them. My only problem with more media coming in is in order to understand some lore, you HAVE to read the comics to know. Like with World of Warcraft. There's some lore in the books that aren't in the game, which annoys me a little bit but, if it's because they want you to read it up then so be it. I just wish there could be another way to make you want to read something without having to put lore into that without considering to put it in both.

If that makes any sense.

Here's the problem. Your argument is that Injustice topped the digital charts, but you haven't provided actual numbers.



You've confused the issue. Injustice survives on the strength of its digital sales, of course. But that doesn't mean it's some Walking Dead - level hit.



So their (theoretical) objective is to create a comic (Injustice or Mortal Kombat) to raise awareness of a third-party platform rather than promote the product directly. This explains a lot, but sadly not about this specific topic.



I don't have a response for this that wouldn't result in a ban. Pass.

This is just getting increasingly cretinous. The specific numbers don't matter. It's not an argument. It's what happened. Your not being aware of it, or not paying attention at the time has no baring on it. We would only need the numbers if it wasn't this successful. It was that successful. People paying attention documented it. [We] are credible sources.

Digital Comics Best-Sellers for August 4
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for September 1 2013
Digital Comics Best-Sellers: Injustice: Gods Among Us continues to steamroll the competition/

http://www.newsarama.com/11069-dc-comics-february-2013-sales-press-release.html
On the digital comics front INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, the weekly digital-first comic based on the upcoming video game from Warner Bros. Interactive, continues to dominate the charts, selling four out of the top five digital books for the month and seven out of the top 10.

http://www.vertigocomics.com/blog/2013/12/13/batman-tops-comic-book-sales-charts-for-november
This rounds out a strong year for DCE’s critically acclaimed Digital First titles, lead by juggernaut INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, which will return in January 2014.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/04/28/comics-realism-the-injustice-of-digital-comics-trade-waiting/
How else does one explain that the DC Comics Injustice gamer audience has driven the digital comic book “Injustice: Gods Among Us” tie-in to the top of Comixology’s digital comic charts around the world?

For March 2013, Injustice #3 was ranked 118 in floppy comic book sales. Now, that placement means it sold better than that month’s offerings of DC’s Legion of Super-Heroes, Marvel’s Captain Marvel, and Image’s Spawn, but I wasn’t expecting a comic book that isn’t even in the Top 100 of traditional comic book sales to so significantly dominate Top 10 digital comics charts all around the world; not just with its newest offerings, but its digital back issues too.

Clearly there is a significant, likely a hefty majority, of DC’s Injustice gamers that get their comic book fix – if they are interested in a comic book tie-in to begin with – digitally. That means ancillary properties like online games are bringing in new audiences to the comic book medium.

http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/10/04/dc-comics-dominates-comic-book-sales-charts-in-september/
DC Comics also thrived with their digital comic sales in September. Injustice: Gods Among Us took four out of the top ten spots for the month of September.























Injustice sales were so strong, they bumped the otherwise obscure Tom Taylor to #55 on Amazon's Top 100 authors:


No more.

I feel as if this threa is beyond me trying to enter again. Anyways....

What if the MKX comic series was tie directly to bios? A long, detailed telling of what leads each character up to the beginning of MKX? This would especially be great for new characters' origin.

Sorry if this was said already. I REALLY didn't feel like sifting through these last 3 pages.

Apparently you're not familiar with me.

Anyway, all you've shown is that Injustice has sold well as a digital comic. I've never disputed this. But until you can produce real numbers, it's going to be difficult to convince me that said digital sales trump the DM. Or are in general anything to write home about. Moreover, you've done nothing to convince me that an MK comic would perform as well as Injustice or would perform as well as the average Avatar Press series.

If you want to be a champion for the franchise, I applaud you in your efforts. But until you have concrete figures to back your claims, you're a glorified cheerleader.

Mick, just to play devil's advocate, do you have anything that lists numbers of units sold, or compares the best selling comic's sales to the best sellers of something mainstream like books or movies or video games?

First off, holy shit, it's Casselman!

Second, that's pretty much what I'd want to see as well. An anthology series that lays the groundwork for what's to come.

Hey, pal :) On this slow dragging train AGAIN....

They don't release hard digital numbers. When talking about whether or not a series tops the charts - it's not needed. The charts are the sales data. I linked to Injustice's weak, cancellation level print sales numbers earlier. If they've topped all the major digital charts -- that's self-explanatory. How it numerically compares isn't the issue because - to reiterate ad nauseum - this product is attracting new eyes to platforms that need it. When multiple issues out rank every other book available - it is doing that.

Sales comparisons to any other thing on the planet do not have a shred of relevance. Platform. Product. Expand. Outrageously simple.

Of course, for a publisher/platform provider, the objective (at least in unspoken theory) is to attract a crossover audience of willing, unthinking, ignorant readers. You don't really want them getting distracted by strategies or deciding a cynical expansion strategy is something to rebel against -- you just want them showing up and hitting buy. So, I've got to think somewhere throughout all of this there's someone at Amazon having a spontaneous, unexplained orgasm. That's a positive to come out of it.

Ah, but is there any expansion? That's the question looming over all this. Injustice has topped digital sales, and good for them, but does that amount to being king of the wasteland? That's why the numbers are important despite claims to the contrary.

The digital Injustice prequel comics were great. Loved reading the new one each week, and I'd love to see them do the same with MKX.

I'd welcome that. But I'd prefer it be separate and based on the Original Timeline. The story had such depth, and it's the main reason I fell in love with MK.

No need to be condescending. I'm simply saying that there have been many successful printed comics that have been licensed from other properties that have done well and made a profit.

Mortal Kombat is a very recognizable brand and would do well in terms of comic sales anyway.

My main point was why would there be so much risk in investing in a printed MK comic when its name is already recognizable by many comic fans and the fact that there is a lot of crossover between MK fans and comic fans. The audience is there for a potentially successful printed MK comic series.

Now it wouldn't be a cash cow, most comics aren't , but it would be a decent enough success to invest in.

Recognizable brands don't necessarily translate to comics sales though. Not to say it's impossible (Gears of War was a beast before it was left to die on the vine), but it's also not terribly likely. But as stated earlier, I'd love to be proven wrong.