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Street Fighter 6 Knocks ‘Em Out With Over 1 Million Units Sold Globally

Street Fighter 6

 

We’re just five days past the official June 2 launch date for Street Fighter 6 and Capcom is already raising its fist victoriously. The developer and publisher announced that the latest entry in the long-running series has officially crossed the milestone of selling over 1 million units worldwide.

 

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It’s been over 35 years since the first entry in the series debuted in arcades, followed by the game-changing Street Fighter II in 1991. Cumulative sales for the series stand at over 50 million units around the world.

 

On the esports side, Capcom is beefing up its initiatives and providing over $2 million in prize money for the Capcom Pro Tour 2023, $1 million of which will go to the champion, making for Capcom’s largest-ever event prize pool.

 

Street Fighter 6 is currently available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

 

Source: Press Release

 

 

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.