Street Fighter 6 has sold 7.5 million copies, and that leaves it just 500,000 short of Street Fighter V’s 8 million. The numbers come from Capcom’s latest update to its Platinum Titles list, the official tally of every Capcom game that has sold more than a million units. Once Street Fighter 6 closes that gap, it becomes Capcom’s best-selling individual fighting game.
Street Fighter 6 added 1.2 million sales since February
When Capcom updated the list in February, Street Fighter 6 stood at 6.3 million and Street Fighter V at 7.9 million, a gap of 1.6 million. Since then Street Fighter 6 has added 1.2 million, while Street Fighter V added about 100,000. At 7.5 million, Street Fighter 6 is now Capcom’s 16th best-selling game of all time.
The pace is the striking part. Street Fighter V came out in February 2016 and needed most of a decade to reach 8 million. Street Fighter 6 launched on June 2, 2023, so it is about to pass that total in less than three and a half years.
Street Fighter V is off sale, so its total has nearly stopped moving
Street Fighter V is also not selling digitally right now. On October 27 Capcom suspended sales on Steam and the PlayStation Store and switched off its online modes over a critical PHP security flaw. As of today, the Steam page still says “Street Fighter V is no longer available on the Steam store,” and Capcom has not given a date for sales to come back.
That leaves Street Fighter V with little more than leftover physical stock, while Street Fighter 6 keeps selling on every platform it is on. Unless something big changes, the next Platinum Titles update could be the one where Street Fighter 6 takes the top fighting game spot.
Capcom built Street Fighter 6 to run for 10 years
Capcom is still adding fighters to Street Fighter 6 through its Year 4 season, and the team has said its internal goal from the start was a 10-year life cycle for the game. Sales like these are what keep that plan alive, since long-term support depends on the game continuing to perform.
Capcom updates the Platinum Titles list every quarter, so we will know soon whether Street Fighter 6 has passed its predecessor.
