Mortal Kombat 1 Sales Top 5 Million Units - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 January 2025 / 4,503 Views
Ed Boon, the CCO of NetherRealm Studios and co-creator of Mortal Kombat, announced Mortal Kombat 1 has sold over five million units worldwide.
"With over 5 million games sold, seeing Mortal Kombat 1 still in the top 15 most played PlayStation 5 games makes us very grateful to Mortal Kombat fans," said Boon. "Thanks for continuing to support NetherRealm Studios games!"
Mortal Kombat 1 released for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in September 2023.
(4 of 7) With over 5 million games sold, seeing Mortal Kombat 1 still in the top 15 most played Playstation 5 games makes us very grateful to Mortal Kombat fans. Thanks for continuing to support NetherRealm Studios games! pic.twitter.com/1BvH5gVLOW
— Ed Boon (@noobde) January 21, 2025
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Meanwhile, Fortnite and GTA V are still near the top of the charts. Fortnite is going into its eighth year while GTA V is heading towards year #12. And people wonder why companies pursue live service. Fortnite and GTA have made Epic and Take-Two as valuable as EA. Any other games they produce are largely rounding errors. Marvel Rivals is another big GaaS success.
It could have sold more if they called it something else instead of Mortal Kombat 1.
Sales are down but this is still profitable enough most likely for a sequel in 5 or so years.
And it sold better than Street Fighter 6. Wonder where Tekken 8’s sales numbers are standing.
not good! Mortal Kombat 10 and 11 smoked this number
Deserves better sales.
Seems pretty low compared to 10 and 11…
