Street Fighter 6 Reaches 1 Million Sales in Japan

Capcom announced that it has sold over 1 million copies of Street Fighter 6 in Japan alone as of December 20, 2024. The company also launched numerous campaigns to celebrate the sales milestone. The celebrations range from merchandise sweepstakes to an interview with a former sumo wrestler. The merchandise sweepstakes run until February 21, 2025, and it involves the social media X which is still widely used in Japan. People residing in the country can win a variety of prizes from T-shirts to a 23.8" gaming monitor. Image courtesy of Capcom Capcom also published a new interview video with Terunofuji Haruo, the former sumo wrestler who had attained the highest Yokozuna rank. It covered Street Fighter 6's close connections to sumo, such as the in-game appearance of Edmond Honda and the game's official tournaments being held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan National Sumo Arena. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ9uIRbVRUU For the record, the previous sales milestones Capcom announced for Street Fighter 6, such as 2 million in July 2023 and 3 million in January 2024, factored in purchases from all around the world. A week after the game just launched in June 2023, Famitsu recorded 21,192 PS5 game copies and 12,078 PS4 copies sold in Japan. Capcom's new announcement noted that the 1 million sales milestone combines physical and digital sales of Street Fighter 6 on all available platforms made exclusively inside Japan. Street Fighter 6 is available worldwide on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, and PC. An arcade version titled Street Fighter 6: Type Arcade is also available in amusement centers. The post Street Fighter 6 Reaches 1 Million Sales in Japan appeared first on Siliconera.

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Street Fighter 6 Reaches 1 Million Sales in Japan

Street Fighter 6 reaches 1 million sales in Japan

Capcom announced that it has sold over 1 million copies of Street Fighter 6 in Japan alone as of December 20, 2024. The company also launched numerous campaigns to celebrate the sales milestone. The celebrations range from merchandise sweepstakes to an interview with a former sumo wrestler.

The merchandise sweepstakes run until February 21, 2025, and it involves the social media X which is still widely used in Japan. People residing in the country can win a variety of prizes from T-shirts to a 23.8" gaming monitor.

Street Fighter 6 reaches 1 million sales in Japan and Capcom launches merchandise sweepstakes
Image courtesy of Capcom

Capcom also published a new interview video with Terunofuji Haruo, the former sumo wrestler who had attained the highest Yokozuna rank. It covered Street Fighter 6's close connections to sumo, such as the in-game appearance of Edmond Honda and the game's official tournaments being held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan National Sumo Arena.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ9uIRbVRUU

For the record, the previous sales milestones Capcom announced for Street Fighter 6, such as 2 million in July 2023 and 3 million in January 2024, factored in purchases from all around the world. A week after the game just launched in June 2023, Famitsu recorded 21,192 PS5 game copies and 12,078 PS4 copies sold in Japan. Capcom's new announcement noted that the 1 million sales milestone combines physical and digital sales of Street Fighter 6 on all available platforms made exclusively inside Japan.

Street Fighter 6 is available worldwide on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, and PC. An arcade version titled Street Fighter 6: Type Arcade is also available in amusement centers.

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