Street Fighter 6 Sales Top 3 Million Units - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 January 2024 / 2,948 Views
Capcom announced Street Fighter 6 has sold over two million units worldwide as of January 3, 2024.
This figure is up from two million units sold in July 2023 and one million units in June 2023.
"Capcom today announced that Street Fighter 6, the latest title in the storied Street Fighter series, has sold over 3 million units worldwide (as of January 3, 2024)," reads the press release from Capcom.
"The first title in the Street Fighter series was released as an arcade game in 1987, followed by the global smash hit Street Fighter II in 1991, which generated mass excitement due to its innovative battle system. Even today, more than 36 years since Street Fighter first debuted, the series still enjoys immense popularity across the globe with cumulative sales for the series totaling over 52 million units worldwide. Further, in recent years the series has increased its presence as a driving force in the fighting game genre of esports.
Street Fighter 6 has now sold over 3 million copies! 🎉
— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) January 16, 2024
Forever grateful for all your support these past few months. 💙
Like Chun-Li says to Ryu: “The more I think about it, the more I feel like it was you who brought out my true strength." pic.twitter.com/zMK01cdrJb
"Released in June 2023, seven years after the previous title in the franchise, Street Fighter 6 represents the next evolution of the series and a new generation of fighting games. Along with the Street Fighter League: Pro-JP 2023 esports tournament, the company is utilizing Street Fighter 6 in the Capcom Pro Tour 2023, which will provide a Capcom-record high $1 million USD (approx. 130 million yen) in prize money to the champion, with the total prize pool for the tour exceeding $2 million USD (approx. 260 million yen). On top of these activities, Capcom has worked to capture greater interest and attention for the title with continued content updates, including broad collaborations, additional characters, and costumes (such as 'Outfit 3' additional character costumes), which has helped grow sales of Street Fighter 6 over 3 million units globally.
"Further, Street Fighter 6 has received critical acclaim and was recognized as the year’s top fighting game, winning the Best Fighting Game Award at The Game Awards 2023, one of the largest award ceremonies globally, which recognizes the annual achievements of video games and their creators through a blended vote of international media outlets and game fans.
"Capcom remains firmly committed to satisfying the expectations of all players by leveraging its industry-leading game development capabilities in order to create highly entertaining gameplay experiences."
Street Fighter 6 released for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam on June 2.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.