Street Fighter 6 has now bought over 5 million copies, Capcom has introduced. That’s up from the 4 million reported in September 2024. The newest gross sales milestone was helped by the combating recreation’s launch on Nintendo Switch 2.
Capcom stated it aimed to “maximize the sport’s userbase” by bringing Street Fighter 6, now two years outdated, to the Switch 2 at launch. The Switch 2 model has unique modes designed for the console, and new gameplay options that make the most of the gyro performance of the Pleasure-Con 2. It’s value noting the Switch 2 model has crossplay, maximising the pool of gamers out there for matchmaking.
“These initiatives have contributed to Street Fighter 6’s large attraction, expanded international gross sales and resulted within the title reaching the milestone of 5 million models bought,” Capcom stated.
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Street Fighter 6 hit 3 million copies bought again in January 2024, seven months after launch. Capcom has stated Street Fighter 6 is “typically progressing in step with our expectations,” however earlier than launch it revealed it had aimed for the sequel to outsell Street Fighter 5, concentrating on over 10 million copies bought over the course of its lifetime.
“Whereas we don’t talk particular figures for inside budgets, we glance to outperform the title’s predecessor, Street Fighter 5, and are aiming for greater than 10 million models over the lifetime of the title,” Capcom stated. Street Fighter 6, then, nonetheless has a protracted method to go earlier than it beats Street Fighter 5’s gross sales whole.
To place Street Fighter 6’s gross sales into context, 1993 SNES hit Street Fighter 2 Turbo bought 4.1 million copies, the seminal Street Fighter 2 bought 6.30 million, and Street Fighter 5 has bought 7.8 million.
One other attention-grabbing comparability is with combating recreation rival Mortal Kombat 1, which has additionally bought 5 million copies since happening sale in September 2023. Mortal Kombat is usually the best-selling combating recreation franchise, outselling the likes of Street Fighter and Tekken by some margin. However Mortal Kombat 1 is seen as a gross sales disappointment, and developer NetherRealm lately confirmed it had left it behind to work on its subsequent mission.
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Capcom, meanhwile, continues to help Street Fighter 6 into its third 12 months, and lately introduced a set of 4 model new DLC characters: Sagat is out this summer season; C. Viper this fall; Alex early spring 2026; and eventually, Ingrid late spring 2026. The announcement was made in a trailer starring professional wrestler Kenny Omega, who dressed up as every DLC character.
IGN’s Street Fighter 6 overview returned a 9/10. We stated: “Street Fighter 6 is probably the most feature-rich a Street Fighter has ever been at launch, however even past that, it is roster of 18 characters is great, the brand new mechanics revitalize the one-on-one combating formulation, and it completely nails the entire little issues that make for a stellar combating recreation.”
Wesley is Director, Information at IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You may attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.(*6*)
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