Capcom has announced that Street Fighter 6 has sold over five million copies, just as the game has been released on the Nintendo Switch 2. At this pass, the game is on track to be the best-selling game in the series.
Celebrating the achievement on social media with a lovely bit of custom art, the company wrote: “Street Fighter 6 has now sold over five million copies! What a way to celebrate our 2nd anniversary! Thanks to all our fans out there around the world and to all the prospective fans in the future!”
Street Fighter 6, released on 2nd June 2023, is catching up the series sales leader at a faster pace than its predecessors. According to the Capcom Platinum Titles page, which tracks the company’s best-selling games, Street Fighter 5 is holding the top spot for now. It’s sitting pretty at 7.8m units sold since its release on 16th February, 2016. By comparison, Street Fighter 6 has sold five million copies in just over two years.
Street Fighter 2, which you may have assumed was the best-selling game in the series due to its prevalence in popular culture and influence on the genre, has sold 6.3m. It is worth noting that this Capcom list only tracks console sales, we also know that over 200,000 Street Fighter 2 arcade cabinets were sold during the golden era of arcades.