Street Fighter V overthrows II to become best selling in the franchise

[Gizmo_Duck]

Street Fighter 5 is finally Capcom's best selling fighting game as a single release

Street Fighter 5 began its life underwhelming fans everywhere, which caused the game to fall below Capcom's initial sales expectations, but things have continued to improve and truck on to find eventual success.



Now as of June 30, 2022, Street Fighter 5 has finally become Capcom's best selling single release of a fighting game in their history.



The updated Platinum Titles page for Capcom confirms SF5 now sits at 6.6 million copies sold after 6 and a half years on the market, making it #8 in the company's rankings overall.

That now edges out Street Fighter 2 on the Super Nintendo's 6.3 million units, which held that record for basically 30 years.

Platinum Titles |Product Data | CAPCOM

Titles which sold more than 1 million copies each are listed with videos and screen shots.

www.capcom.co.jp

 

[Rekkapryde]

Ali Bomaye!

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

 

[The Mad Titan]

Only because of how they are released.


Sf4 and 2 overall and as a whole have sold a ton more


If sf4 wasn't super, ultra and arcade editions then it would be behind sf2

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Only because of how they are released.


Sf4 and 2 overall and as a whole have sold a ton more

 

[King Sun]

Only because of how they are released.


Sf4 and 2 overall and as a whole have sold a ton more


If sf4 wasn't super, ultra and arcade editions then it would be behind sf2

Not for nothing but SF4 struggled to move units when it was out. Took time to get people back

 

[My Girl is Bow Legged]

means nothing in this era honestly. the base version is severely discounted to like 5 bucks same as tekken so of course it's gonna have the highest numbers. capcom did the same shyt with re6, they said it was the best selling resident evil ever but it went straight to the discount bin like immediately after release

 

[The Mad Titan]

Not for nothing but SF4 struggled to move units when it was out. Took time to get people back

You mean 5? I don't recall this for 4. Infact it was the complete opposite

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

means nothing in this era honestly. the base version is severely discounted to like 5 bucks same as tekken so of course it's gonna have the highest numbers. capcom did the same shyt with re6, they said it was the best selling resident evil ever but it went straight to the discount bin like immediately after release

I mean, theres over 5 different versions of street fighter 2 and its been re-released more times than anyone can count over the past 30 years. Maybe in 2046 we will better be able to compare the two

 

[King Sun]

You mean 5? I don't recall this for 4. Infact it was the complete opposite

you can google this sf4 wasn't moving units being that people wasn't on fighting games for years before it dropped. Not fighting popularity im talking about from a pure sales standpoint.

 

[5n0man]

you can google this sf4 wasn't moving units being that people wasn't on fighting games for years before it dropped. Not fighting popularity im talking about from a pure sales standpoint.

It might not have been a monster in terms of pure sales but it sold enough to revive the fighting game genre and showed the industry that fighting games were still viable.

 

[JuvenileHell]

you can google this sf4 wasn't moving units being that people wasn't on fighting games for years before it dropped. Not fighting popularity im talking about from a pure sales standpoint.

SF4 is the most important fighting game since sf2

 

[The Mad Titan]

you can google this sf4 wasn't moving units being that people wasn't on fighting games for years before it dropped. Not fighting popularity im talking about from a pure sales standpoint.

It was popular enough to shake up the industry and sold enough that other companies started to drop fighting games again.

It might not have been selling GTA numbers but it was a huge success sales wise.


Also you have to remember that arcades were still somewhat prominent especially in Japan

 

[My Girl is Bow Legged]

I mean, theres over 5 different versions of street fighter 2 and its been re-released more times than anyone can count over the past 30 years. Maybe in 2046 we will better be able to compare the two

the sf2 version listed is the snes version. that's the only version that's counted there

 

[Monsanto]

Branding is so important, this game should have been dead after how they released it. If it were any other fighting game franchise they wouldn't make it past season 1.