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Street Fighter 6 has now sold over four million copies, Capcom has announced. The sales milestone comes 15 months after the fighting game went on sale in June 2023 across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.

“Thank you for playing and for helping us reach this milestone!” Capcom said. “We hope you're excited for the future of SF6 as we intend to release more content and hold more events!”

Street Fighter 6 hit three million copies sold back in January, seven months after launch. That means it’s taken just over half a year to add another one million sales. Capcom has said Street Fighter 6 is “generally progressing in line with our expectations.”

Capcom had said it aimed for Street Fighter 6 to outsell Street Fighter 5, targeting over 10 million copies sold over the course of its lifetime.

“While we do not communicate specific figures for internal budgets, we look to outperform the title’s predecessor, Street Fighter 5, and are aiming for more than 10 million units over the life of the title,” Capcom said. Street Fighter 6, then, has a long way to go before it beats Street Fighter 5’s sales total.

To put Street Fighter 6’s sales into context, 1993 SNES hit Street Fighter 2 Turbo sold 4.1 million copies, the seminal Street Fighter 2 sold 6.30 million, and Street Fighter 5 sold 7.60 million.

Another interesting comparison is with fighting game rival Mortal Kombat 1, which has sold four million copies since going on sale in September 2023. Mortal Kombat is typically the best-selling fighting game franchise, outselling the likes of Street Fighter and Tekken by some margin. Mortal Kombat 1 hit four million sales around 11 months after launch. Tekken 8 sold two million in a month.

Meanwhile, Street Fighter 6 is in the middle of Second 2, with DLC characters Terry and Mai from Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters coming soon, and Elena due out winter 2025. Capcom has yet to say what comes after.

Street Fighter 6 Now on 4 Million Sales, Matching Mortal Kombat 1 - IGN

Street Fighter 6 has now sold over four million copies, Capcom has announced. The sales milestone comes 15 months after the fighting game went on sale in June 2023 across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.

www.ign.com

 

[stn]

Good! It is a very good fighter and I want to get more characters and skins. MK1 is solid but SF6 is the superior fighter, IMO.

 

[Wandering Leopard]

I noticed it's currently on sale too (the PC version), I'll be getting the deluxe version weekend.

 

[Hookshot]

I thought MK1 was a complete flop so I'm surprised SF is only just catching it. I know older MK's sell much better than SF's.

 

[CoreyFlawless]

I thought MK1 was a complete flop so I'm surprised SF is only just catching it. I know older MK's sell much better than SF's.

Guess it a flop considering that don’t most mk games sell 8mil in the first 6months? I could be wrong. I could be very wrong tho

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

Moron Kombat was never good.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Having played both I am disappointed their brand name recognition even pushed their sales this far. There are far better fighting games.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

NRS has a 30yr history of MK that they are choosing to ignore. They could easily sell a shit ton of copies of a Kollection of the 1st 4 arcade games. They could touch them up or even release them as is, and it would still sell a shit ton. So either WB or NRS doesn't like money. I can't imagine Ed Boon sitting there and knowing all of this as being true and him just saying "Nah....let's leave that 30yrs alone"

 

[NeverYouMind]

NRS has a 30yr history of MK that they are choosing to ignore. They could easily sell a shit ton of copies of a Kollection of the 1st 4 arcade games. They could touch them up or even release them as is, and it would still sell a shit ton. So either WB or NRS doesn't like money. I can't imagine Ed Boon sitting there and knowing all of this as being true and him just saying "Nah....let's leave that 30yrs alone"

I would be down for some MK3 Ultimate Remastered with rollback netcode.

 

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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

This is 3 months old

Whoops, you're right. Going to ask the mods for a lock.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Shocked it didn't happen sooner. SF6 is such a superior game. MK needs another reboot. Just go back to the quality of MK9 and build off of that for God's sake, lol.