Street Fighter 6 Hits Over 1 Million Players During Opening Weekend

Street Fighter 6 has reached over one million players across its opening weekend, Capcom announced on the official Japanese Street Fighter Twitter account.

The fighting game launched on June 2 to critical acclaim (with IGN's 9/10 review calling it a knockout) and plenty of players seem to be enjoying it too.

With the launch of Street Fighter 6, the series has sold over 50 million copies, and Capcom celebrated the achievement by gifting all players the “Just Picked Up SF6” profile title.

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㊗#スト6 100万プレイヤー突破㊗
\＼#ストリートファイター6 はプレイヤー数100万人を突破しました🎉

🎁ゲーム内でお祝いプレゼントあるのでスト6を起動してね🎁

合わせて❗
㊗シリーズ累計5,000万本突破㊗

本当にみなさまのおかげです😍
これからも『スト6』 をよろしくお願いいたします🙏 pic.twitter.com/B0b6uVnaYE

— ストリートファイター / STREET FIGHTER (@StreetFighterJA) June 5, 2023

Street Fighter 6 also got off to a strong start on PC where it became Steam’s most-played fighting game of all time by concurrent player count, beating out the likes of Mortal Kombat 11, Tekken 7, and predecessor Street Fighter 5 on Valve's platform.

Capcom certainly did a lot to ensure fighting game fans knew Street Fighter 6 was on the way too, hosting a series of betas for the game following its announcement in 2022.

That's not all though, as the publisher even set up a handful of somewhat bizarre partnerships between Street Fighter and other brands including Rebook and Chipotle.