Capcom's Christian Svensson spoke out about the sales numbers for UMVC3. He also spoke out about how bummed he is by the sales numbers.
Source: Examiner
I think that the reason why UMVC3 sold that much units is because of the problems that plagued the original MVC3.
Capcom recently revealed that their recently-released multiplatform title, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 sold 600,000 units worldwide as of the end of 2011.
Source: Examiner
I think that the reason why UMVC3 sold that much units is because of the problems that plagued the original MVC3.