Within three days of launch, over a million gamers have played Street Fighter 6, according to Capcom. Players now have a fresh profile title at their disposal to honor the momentous event.
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㊗#スト6 100万プレイヤー突破㊗
＼#ストリートファイター6 はプレイヤー数100万人を突破しました🎉🎁ゲーム内でお祝いプレゼントあるのでスト6を起動してね🎁
合わせて❗
㊗シリーズ累計5,000万本突破㊗本当にみなさまのおかげです😍
これからも『スト6』 をよろしくお願いいたします🙏 pic.twitter.com/B0b6uVnaYE— ストリートファイター / STREET FIGHTER (@StreetFighterJA) June 5, 2023
In the tweet celebrating the feat, the official Japanese Street Fighter Twitter also mentioned that the entire series has now passed 50 million copies sold.
In a statement made last week prior to the latest title’s launch, Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto revealed that the company’s objective is to achieve sales of 10 million copies for Street Fighter 6 throughout its lifespan. Going by the current trend, the latest mainline entry should comfortably reach that number soon. To put it into perspective, Street Fighter 5, which faced significant controversy upon its release, took approximately six weeks to sell 1.4 million copies. Street Fighter 4, on the other hand, sold over 3 million copies in six weeks.
During a recent interview with Famitsu, Tsujimoto expressed the company’s desire to elevate the Street Fighter series to new heights by expanding its scope and appealing to a broader audience. He stated that the company’s ultimate goal is to make SF6 the top-selling game in the franchise. From the numbers announced today, it seems everything is going according to Capcom’s plans.
On day one of its launch, Street Fighter 6 became the first paid fighting game in Steam to amass more than 70 thousand concurrent players. All of these bode well not only for the longevity of the Street Fighter franchise but also for the future of the fighting games genre as a whole.
Street Fighter 6 is out on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
Source: Street Fighter (via Twitter), Famitsu
