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Street Fighter 6 reaches impressive 1 million copies sold in Japan alone, potentially eclipsing all of Street Fighter 4
Street Fighter 6 reaches impressive 1 million copies sold in Japan alone, potentially eclipsing all of Street Fighter 4

Street Fighter 6 reaches impressive 1 million copies sold in Japan alone, potentially eclipsing all of Street Fighter 4

February 6, 2025 Entertainment & Lifestyle


Nothing will probably ever top Street Fighter 2 though







Street Fighter 6 reaches impressive 1 million copies sold in Japan alone, potentially eclipsing all of Street Fighter 4


The console gaming experience audience is not what it used to be in Japan from 20–30 years ago unless you’re Street Fighter 6 apparently.






Capcom announced tonight that Street Fighter 6 has reached an impressive sales milestone in Japan alone, and there’s another reason that is a huge number to reach for the game.









According to the official post, SF6 has reached 1 million copies sold in its home country as of December last year, and that’s not just the number of players either apparently.


Outside of some of the biggest releases like Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest and Pokémon, we don’t typically see that level of sales in Japan anymore.


This just goes to show how much of an audience the Street Fighter community has managed to grow in just that one region over the past few years, and a lot of it seems to have been done pretty organically.


There’s no singular thing we can point to as why SF6 is a huge success in Japan, but a good chunk of it seems to come from community outreach from the hardcore FGC members there involving themselves consistently in events like the Crazy Raccoon Cup tournaments meant to draw in brand new eyes and fans — which is apparently working out pretty darn well.





Capcom previously revealed recently that Street Fighter 6 is at 4.4 million copies worldwide, so that means Japan has accounted for almost 23% of the sales total by itself.


Another reason as to why that figure is so impressive is it means SF6 may have already beaten out the title that revived the series around the world in Street Fighter 4.


Including the vanilla, Super, Arcade Edition, and Ultra versions of Street Fighter 4, the entry sold around 948,000 copies in Japan according to the Game Data Library.


Their numbers aren’t fully up to date, however, so there could very well be an extra 50,000 copies of SF4 sold in Japan besides that.


But even if SF6 hasn’t surpassed the total of SF4 just yet, that means it should happen in short order.


For comparison, the Game Data Library lists all versions of Street Fighter 5 as only selling around 117,000 copies — although that does not include digital sales.




So it’s wouldn’t be farfetched to say that SF6 may have reached phenomenon status in Japan now.


That being said, however, nothing will probably ever top Street Fighter 2 that the GDL has at over 6 million copies on just the Super Famicom versions in Japan.


But 1 million for SF6 is a big win for Capcom in its homeland.


And to celebrate, Capcom is holding a big online giveaway featuring snacks, clothing, merchandise and even a computer monitor.


Fans must follow both the Japanese SF6 and public relations X accounts and repost the included tweet with the hashtag before February 21.


But of course all of this is only open to Japan.


With Capcom Cup 11 taking place in Japan for the first time next month, it’s going to be very interesting to see what the audience is going to look like as well as the response of the local gaming / streaming scenes.


Street Fighter 6 is big, but who says it can’t keep growing larger?










Source: Event Hubs

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