Mortal Kombat 11 Sales Top 8 Million Units - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 December 2020 / 5,419 Views
Mortal Kombat Creator and Director Ed Boon announced via Twitter Mortal Kombat 11 sales have surpassed eight million units worldwide. The fighting game is now the second best-selling game in the franchise.
Mortal Kombat 11 game has been available for about a year and a half. The game is published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developed by NetherRealm Studios.
Boon also revealed the developer is not done with new content for the game and will announce the next DLC for it this week.
After 8 million (and kounting) MK11 games sold we're not done yet. Stay tuned to see what's next for MK11 this week!#KombatKontinues
— Ed Boon (@noobde) October 5, 2020
Mortal Kombat 11 released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC in April 2019.
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Very impressive, a much bigger hit than I expected. And frankly I am glad. These are genuinely great fighting games, tons of content and the campaigns are always enjoyable.
It's MTX infested trash. Fuck WB.
Even if you simply bought the base game, its was still a great product with a lot of content. I actually buy the DLC but only after significant price cuts. I am only willing to pay a fraction of the price.
I am even fine with games moving up to $70 because I refuse to pay. I will wait for discounts or use Gamepass.
I wonder how well it sold on each platform.
We could only guess, but I think trends would suggest about 4 million on PS4. Maybe Xbox is north of 2 million with PC somewhere behind that. While Switch likely has the least sales, maybe a few 100K at best. Perhaps Switch does well enough to justify some ports, but I don't get the impression its great at selling 3rd party mature games.
The campaign done in these games (9 upwards right?) have now become the standard it seems for stories in Fighting games, so the influencing the revamp of the series has had has already have a great stamp on the industry. MK11 looks and plays fantastic.
This game was repeatedly on sale for $15, and still managed to only sell 8 million, across four platforms, with a beloved, decades old IP. That's pretty underwhelming.
How do I put this? Your post is incredibly ignorant. The article says, "The fighting game is now the second best-selling game in the franchise."
Street Fighter V is at 4.7 million according to Capcom. While Tekken 7 passed 6 million recently.
Also, the number of platforms its on is not entirely relevant. Most sales likely happen on PS4, PC and Xbox could be equal on some titles, while Switch might sell the least.
So here's a thought, its possible Mortal Kombat 11 is the best selling fighter on PS4 or near it. Even though Street Fighter V is older and had bigger discounts.
Were you expecting this to do Smash numbers?
@Puggsly Street Fighter V has been bad since launch. Did Tekken go on sale repeatedly for $15?
@SanAndreasX Yes, it could have easily done 15+ million if they had left the content carving and microtransactions out.
I never followed the price of Tekken 7, but I am fairly certain it has hit $15 at some point with no DLC. Not quite sure what your point is.
All DLC for MK11 could have been free and there was still no potential of it selling 15 million. Also, Smash pushes microtransactions as well.
Smash pushes MTX? Example please.
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