Modern Marvel vs. Capcom titles have not been supported officially in like seven years, but the numbers show the fans didn’t leave the series behind.
Capcom just updated their Platinum Titles page where Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 saw boosts in sales likely coming predominately from the modding projects / scenes for the games.
Over the past quarter ending in December, Marvel Infinite went from 2.3 to 2.4 million copies sold, so that’s an additional 100,000 units for a game that had mostly sat as-is since late 2017 / early 2018.
That of course lines up with the release of the well-received Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite & Beyond mod project that overhauled the game’s visuals, balance and features to make much of the maligned game a better experience for longtime fans free of charge (outside of the cost of the game istelf of course).
Infinite did have a steep discount during that time as well that certainly helped, but those were pretty common throughout the years and didn’t always result in numbers changing like this.
The Beyond mod’s release saw a jump in PC players of more than 2,000%, so even if you don’t want to put all of the credit on the mod, the project at least pushed multiple thousands of copies out the door in just around a month or so.
Back when Infinite stopped seeing official support back in early 2018, Infinite had only sold 1 million copies after around four months — so it’s more than doubled those numbers over the past seven years.
Similarly, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s rerelease rose up from 2 million to 2.1 million.
Ultimate Marvel 3 is what really got the ball rolling for big fighting game mods with dozens of custom Marvel and Capcom characters created by the fans as well as a Community Edition pack also on the way.
This puts Marvel 3’s grand total sales across all releases up to 5.5 million not including the PlayStation Vita port it seems with the latest version now just 100k behind the original MvC3.
All of these are good reasons why Capcom and Marvel may not have shut down these fan projects yet because they make the companies a good chunk of money without having to lift a finger themselves.
Now if a true Marvel vs. Capcom 4 was on the way, they might shift their tune as something that could be seen as a competitor to the new thing — but for now the existence of MvCI Beyond doesn’t seem to perturb the higher business powers.
So hopefully it stays that way.
As we suspected, the updated numbers also confirm the new Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection has not hit 1 million sales yet as of the end of 2024 though that’s no real cause for concern yet.
Capcom previously said the MvC collection was selling exactly as forecasted, and the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary took over a year to reach Platinum status and now sits at 3.4 million.
Capcom’s recent financial performance presentation already confirmed too that Street Fighter 6 hit an impressive 4.4 million copies by the end of the year.
That was an extra 300,000 over the four-month period with 1 million more pushed in total over the fiscal year.
This still puts its pace at more than double that of Street Fighter 5 at the same point of its life, which hadn’t made it past 1.9 million then.
Speaking of the predecessor, it appears SF5 may have finally reached a stall point on its path to try reaching 8 million copies after nearly eight years on the market.
Street Fighter 5 remained at 7.7 million copies, which is something we hadn’t really seen despite the game not receiving any new content or updates in a couple of years now .
It managed to push an additional 300,000 or more copies across 2024, which is still rather impressive, though it’ll be interesting to see if SF5 could still cross 8 million someday.
While SF5 does still technically sit as Capcom best-selling single fighting game release, it remains behind Street Fighter 2 and 4 in terms of total version sales — and SF6 will presumably pass it in the next few years too if it stays at this pace.
We’re very intrigued by how Capcom’s fighting game suite will perform across 2025 and if the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection as well as the Capcom Fighting Collection 2 will hit 1 million at some point during it.
That would certainly help show interest that fans truly do want more MvC and Capcom vs. SNK.
You can check out the latest Capcom fighting game sales breakdown below for new numbers and rankings.
13. Street Fighter 5 – 7.7 million
14. Street Fighter 2 (SNES) – 6.3 million
20. Street Fighter 6 – 4.4 million
25. Street Fighter 2 Turbo – 4.1 million
31. Street Fighter 4 – 3.6 million
35. Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection – 3.4 million
49. Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – 2.4 million
54. Ultra Street Fighter 4 – 2.2 million
56. Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds – 2.2 million
60. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (PS4, Xbox One, PC) – 2.1 million
66. Super Street Fighter 2 – 2 million
68. Super Street Fighter 4 – 1.9 million
69. Street Fighter X Tekken – 1.9 million
74. Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition – 1.65 million
92. Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age Of Heroes – 1.4 million
97. Street Fighter 4 3D Edition – 1.3 million
103. Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition – 1.2 million
107. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 – 1.2 million
121. Street Fighter Alpha 3 – 1 million
13. Street Fighter 5 – 7.7 million
14. Street Fighter 2 (SNES) – 6.3 million
22. Street Fighter 6 – 4.1 million
24. Street Fighter 2 Turbo – 4.1 million
29. Street Fighter 4 – 3.6 million
33. Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection – 3.4 million
52. Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – 2.3 million
54. Ultra Street Fighter 4 – 2.2 million
55. Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds – 2.2 million
61. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (PS4, Xbox One, PC) – 2 million
64. Super Street Fighter 2 – 2 million
67. Super Street Fighter 4 – 1.9 million
68. Street Fighter X Tekken – 1.9 million
74. Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition – 1.65 million
89. Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age Of Heroes – 1.4 million
97. Street Fighter 4 3D Edition – 1.3 million
103. Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition – 1.2 million
105. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 – 1.2 million
120. Street Fighter Alpha 3 – 1 million
12. Street Fighter 5 – 7.6 million
14. Street Fighter 2 (SNES) – 6.3 million
23. Street Fighter 2 Turbo – 4.1 million
26. Street Fighter 6 – 3.7 million
28. Street Fighter 4 – 3.6 million
35. Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection – 3.2 million
51. Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – 2.3 million
54. Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds – 2.2 million
55. Ultra Street Fighter 4 – 2.2 million
62. Super Street Fighter 2 – 2 million
64. Super Street Fighter 4 – 1.9 million
66. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (PS4, Xbox One, PC) – 1.9 million
67. Street Fighter X Tekken – 1.9 million
74. Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition – 1.65 million
89. Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age Of Heroes – 1.4 million
95. Street Fighter 4 3D Edition – 1.3 million
103. Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition – 1.2 million
105. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 – 1.2 million
119. Street Fighter Alpha 3 – 1 million
Source: Event Hubs
