Capcom expects Street Fighter 5 to sell 2 million copies
Posted by Jon 'Catalyst' Grey • January 29, 2016 at 1:25 p.m. PST • Comments: 106
Recent reports put the PlayStation 4 install base at 35 million globally, and Steam has over 125 million active users. Nintendo's Wii U is over 10 million sold, and Microsoft has stopped sharing sales numbers for the Xbox One, but they recently said the PS4 has a huge lead.
To put these numbers in a bit more context, we wanted to look back at past Capcom fighting games to see how they performed on the market.
Capcom fighting game sales as of Dec. 2015
1. Street Fighter 2 (SNES) 6.3 million
2. Street Fighter 2 Turbo (SNES) 4.3 million
3. Street Fighter 4 (All platforms released) 3.4 million
4. Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (360/PS3) 2.2 million
5. Super Street Fighter 2 (SNES) 2 million
6. Super Street Fighter 4 (All platforms released) 1.9 million
7. Street Fighter X Tekken (All platforms released) 1.7 million
8. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 re-release (360/PS3) 1.4 million
9. Super Street Fighter 4 3D Edition (3DS) 1.2 million
9. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (360/PS3) 1.2 million
9. Street Fighter 2 Special CE (Genesis) 1.2 million
12. Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition (All platforms released) 1.1 million
13. Street Fighter Alpha 3 (PS1) 1 million
Series totals base on the above numbers (platinum titles only):
Street Fighter 2: 13.8 million
Street Fighter 4: 7.6 million
Marvel vs. Capcom: 4.8
Street Fighter Alpha: 1 million
