Street Fighter 6 Punches Through 3 Million Copies Sold

Street Fighter 6 has sold three million copies in seven months, publisher Capcom has announced.

The fighting game hit the milestone on January 3, 2024, and comes seven months after it went on sale on June 2, 2023. Street Fighter 6 got off to a strong start with one million sold over launch weekend. It then hit two million copies sold after just over a month on sale. That means it’s taken half a year to sell one million more copies.

Commenting on the two million sales milestone, Capcom said Street Fighter 6 was “generally progressing in line with our expectations”, adding it hoped positive word of mouth would fuel follow-up success.

“Compared to the internal plan for the title, sales are generally progressing in line with our expectations,” Capcom said at the time. “We believe that its positive critical reception will work as a tailwind in expanding future sales of the game as a catalogue title.”

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.

Speaking this week, Capcom said it had “steadily” grown sales by pushing Street Fighter 6 DLC and esports. The game has seen DLC characters and costly new outfits come out, as well as various collaborations with other brands. Looking to the future, Ed is Street Fighter 6’s next DLC character, then fan-favourite Akuma comes out at some point in the spring.

Total Street Fighter franchise sales are now up to 52 million. Street Fighter 5 remains the best-selling game in the series, with 7.4 million sold as of September 30, 2023. 1992’s Street Fighter 2, for reference, sold 6.30 million.

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