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Street Fighter is a fighting game franchise owned by Capcom. There are over 80 title releases in this series. The arcade games have sold over 500,000 coin-op hardware units,[1][2] including over 320,000 units of Street Fighter II, making it the best-selling arcade fighting game franchise. The home video games have sold more than 50 million software units, making it one of the best-selling fighting game franchises.

The franchise has grossed more than $12 billion in revenue, making it the highest-grossing fighting game franchise. Street Fighter II alone grossed over $10 billion, making it the highest-grossing fighting game and one of the highest-grossing video games of all time.

Games[]

Notes:

  • Retail sales figures based on official sales data from Capcom, in addition to data from sales trackers such as Media Create, Famitsu and NPD. Steam sales figures based on Steam API leak and Steam Spy data.
  • Gross revenue estimates based on official prices in most cases, and market research analysis estimates in some cases.
  • In addition to the following sales figures, an estimated 800,000 pirated Street Fighter II arcade hardware units were sold worldwide.[3]
Title Platform Year Unit sales Gross revenue
Sales Market Ref Gross Ref
Street Fighter 456,383 $225,583,000
Street Fighter Arcade 1987 50,000 Worldwide [4] $200,000,000 [5]

Fighting Street

PC Engine 1988 6,383 Japan [6] $383,000 [7]
Capcom Classics Collection Remixed PSP 2006 400,000 PAL [8] $25,200,000 [9]
Final Fight (Street Fighter '89) 1,694,011 $273,925,000
Final Fight (Street Fighter '89) Arcade 1989 30,000 Worldwide [10][5] $120,000,000 [5]
Final Fight SNES 1990 1,480,000 Worldwide [11] $147,100,000 [12]
Final Fight Guy SFC 1992 42,949 Japan [13] $3,200,000 [14]
Final Fight CD Mega CD 1993 4,305 Japan [15] $375,000 [16]
Final Fight One GBA 2001 56,137 Japan [17] $2,440,000 [18]
Final Fight: Double Impact XBLA 2010 80,620 Worldwide [19] $810,000 [20]
Street Fighter II 23,033,479 $10,857,000,000 [21]
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Arcade 1991 60,000 Worldwide [3][22] $5,110,000,000 [n 1]
Street Fighter II′ Champion Edition Arcade 1992 160,000 JP / USA [25][26] $2,595,000,000 [n 2]
Street Fighter II SNES 1992 6,500,000 Worldwide [28] $663,000,000 [n 3]
Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting Arcade 1992 $800,000,000 [28]
Super Street Fighter II Arcade 1993 100,000 Worldwide [30]
Super Street Fighter II Turbo Arcade 1994
Street Fighter II′ Champion Edition PC Engine 1993 115,646 Japan [31]
Street Fighter II Turbo SNES 1993 4,100,000 Worldwide [32] $671,000,000 [n 4]
Street Fighter II' Special Champion Edition Mega Drive 1993 1,665,000 Worldwide [33] $261,000,000 [34]
Super Street Fighter II SNES 1994 2,000,000 Worldwide [32] $251,000,000 [n 5]
Mega Drive 1994 125,000 Japan [31] [35]
Super Street Fighter II Turbo 3DO 1994 251,892 JP / USA [31][36]
Street Fighter II Game Boy 1995 17,038 Japan [31]
Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival GBA 2001 45,335 Japan [31] $2,630,000 [n 6]
Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition PS2 2003 53,000 Japan [31]
Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting XBLA 2006 1,300,000 Worldwide [37][38]
Capcom Classics Collection PS2 2006 64,573 Japan [31]
Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded PSP 2006 445,995 JP / PAL [31][8] $29,200,000 [39]
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix PS3
X360
2008 250,000 Worldwide [40] $4,000,000 [n 7]
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers Switch 2017 500,000 Worldwide [41] $26,200,000 [n 8]
Super NES Classic Edition SNES 2017 5,280,000 Worldwide [47] $449,000,000 [48]
Street Fighter: The Movie 184,140
Street Fighter: The Movie Saturn 1995 62,375 Japan [31]
PS1 1995 121,765 JP / USA [31][49] $5,000,000 [50]
Street Fighter Alpha 785,438 $27,000,000
Street Fighter Alpha PS1 1995 494,076 JP / USA [31][49] $9,000,000 [51]
Street Fighter Zero Saturn 1996 291,362 Japan [52] $18,000,000 [53]
Street Fighter Alpha 2 1,202,534 $65,000,000
Street Fighter Zero 2 Saturn 1996 403,405 Japan [54] $25,000,000 [55]
Street Fighter Alpha 2 PS1 1996 721,276 JP / USA [31][56] $40,000,000 [57]
Street Fighter Zero 2 SFC 1996 77,853 Japan [31]
Street Fighter Collection 150,311
Street Fighter Collection Saturn 1997 83,936 Japan [31] $13,000,000 [58]
PS1 1997 66,375 Japan [31]
Street Fighter Alpha 3 1,587,946 $90,200,000
Street Fighter Alpha 3 PS1 1998 1,000,000 Worldwide [32] $61,000,000 [59]
Street Fighter Zero 3 Dreamcast 1999 120,621 JP / USA [60][56] $3,150,000 [61]
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper GBA 2002 50,624 JP / USA [31][n 9] $2,000,000 [66]
Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX PSP 2006 410,894 JP / PAL [31][8] $24,000,000 [67]
Street Fighter Zero 3 Double Upper (Value Pack) PSP 2009 7,036 Japan [31]
Street Fighter EX trilogy 1,486,224 $28,000,000
Street Fighter EX Plus α PS1 1997 937,052 Worldwide [31][56][8] $24,400,000 [68]
Street Fighter EX2 PS1 1998 147,177 JP / USA [31][56] $3,200,000 [69]
Street Fighter EX3 PS2 2000 401,995 JP / USA [31][56]
Street Fighter III 260,473 $14,240,000
Street Fighter III: New Generation Arcade 1997 10,000 Worldwide [5] $8,000,000 [5]
Street Fighter III: Double Impact Dreamcast 1999 84,398 JP / USA [60][56] $6,240,000 [70]
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Dreamcast 2000 116,987 JP / USA [60][56]
PS2 2000 49,088 Japan [31]
X-Men vs. Street Fighter 312,987
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Saturn 1997 193,970 Japan [31] $16,000,000
PS1 1998 119,017 Japan [31]
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter 296,261 $13,200,000
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Saturn 1998 115,641 Japan [71] $8,000,000 [72]
PS1 1999 180,620 JP / USA [31][49] $5,200,000 [73]
Street Fighter IV 9,809,113 $693,200,000
Street Fighter IV PS3
X360
2009 3,400,000 Worldwide [32] $381,000,000 [74]
Street Fighter IV Steam 2009 109,113 Worldwide [75]
Super Street Fighter IV PS3
X360
2010 1,900,000 Worldwide [32] $125,400,000 [76]
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition 3DS 2011 1,300,000 Worldwide [32] $77,000,000 [77]
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition PS3
X360
2011 1,200,000 Worldwide [32] $58,300,000 [78]
Ultra Street Fighter IV PS3
X360
PC
2014 1,900,000 Worldwide [32] $48,200,000 [n 10][82]
Street Fighter X Tekken 2,103,525 $174,210,000
Street Fighter X Tekken PS3
X360
2012 1,900,000 Worldwide [32] $169,200,000 [83]
Steam 2012 190,353 Worldwide [84]
PS Vita 2012 13,172 Japan [31]
Street Fighter V & 6 9,200,000
Street Fighter V PS4
PC
2016 7,200,000 Worldwide [32] $432,000,000 [85]
Street Fighter 6 PS4
PS5
XBS
PC
2023 2,000,000 Worldwide [86]
Other games 2,743,028
Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight NES 1990 [87]
Slotter Up Core 7: Dekitou da! Street Fighter II PS2 2005 15,700 Japan [31]
Street Fighter Alpha Anthology PS2 2006 27,328 Japan [31]
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection PS4
XB1
Switch
PC
2018 2,700,000 Worldwide [32]
Total 51,000,000 Worldwide [88][86] $12,427,000,000

Films[]

Year Title Format Sales Gross
(no inflation)
Note Gross
(with inflation)
1994 Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie 4,327,751 $66,000,000 $130,310,732
1994 Street Fighter II Movie Cinema 3,827,751 $16,000,000 [89][90] $31,590,480
1995 Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie VHS rental 500,000 $50,000,000 [91][92] $96,025,333
1994 Street Fighter 24,535,531 $132,913,521 $262,425,124
1994 Street Fighter Cinema 23,785,531 $99,423,521 [93][90] $196,302,300
1994 Street Fighter: Soundtrack Album 500,000 $8,490,000 [94][95] $16,762,699
1995 Street Fighter VHS rental 250,000 $25,000,000 [89][92] $48,012,667
2009 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li 2,829,223 $18,667,800 $25,463,725
2009 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Cinema 2,692,869 $12,764,201 [96][97] $17,410,948
2009 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li DVD 136,354 $5,903,599 [98] $8,052,776
Total 31,692,505 $217,581,321 $429,593,654

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. According to David Snook, editor of Coin Slot magazine, the original Street Fighter II (not including Champion Edition) sold about 50,000 arcade cabinets worldwide in 1991, including 10,000 units in the United Kingdom, with each machine averaging an annual coin revenue of about £26,000 for two years (£52,000 per unit) up until 1993. The game grossed £260 million per year (£520 million over two years) in the United Kingdom, which accounts for about 1/5 of the game's worldwide revenue.[23] This gives a total worldwide revenue of about £2.6 billion ($5.11 billion)[24] for two years, from 1991 to 1993. The game went on to sell a total of more than 60,000 arcade units worldwide.[22]
  2. Champion Edition:
    • Hardware sales - 160,000+ units - $283 million+
      • Japan - 140,000 units (1992) - $257 million (1992)[25]
      • United States - 20,000+ cabinets[5] - $26 million+ ($1300 each)[25]
    • Coin drop revenue - $2.312 billion[27]
  3. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (SNES) - 6.5 million units
    • Japan: 2.9 million units[29] at ¥10,290 ($126) each = $365.4 million
    • UK: 450,000 units at £64.99 [1] ($130) each = $59 million
    • Remaining 3.15 million units at $74.99 = $236.22 million
  4. Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting (SNES) - 4.1 million units = $671 million
  5. Super Street Fighter II (SNES) - 2 million units = $251 million
  6. 45,335 units at ¥5040 ($58) each
  7. 250,000 units[40] at $15 [2] [3] each
  8. Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers – 500,000 units[42]
    • Japan – 100,000 units[43] at ¥5389[44] = ¥539 million ($5 million)
    • Other – 400,000 units at $48 average price = $19.2 million
      • United Kingdom – £34.99[45] ($45)
      • United States – $39.99[46]
  9. Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper (GBA) in USA
    • Up until May 2003 - 30,000+[62]
    • December 2003 and July 2004 - 14,370[63]
    • December 2004 - 927[64]
    • January 2005 - 302[65]
  10. Ultra Street Fighter IV:
    • Up until June 2016 - 1 million sales,[79] including 700,000 Steam sales[80]
    • Up until June 2018 - 1,306,698 Steam sales[81]

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  50. 83,338 units at $59.95
  51. 143,809 units at $60
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  53. Japan: 291,362 units at ¥6264 ($61)
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  58. 209,574 units at ¥6264 ($61)
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  67. 400,000 units at ¥5184 ($60)
  68. 400,000 units at ¥6264 ($61)
  69. 81,125 units at $38.99
  70. 86,641 units at ¥7344 ($72)
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  72. 93,701 units at ¥8424 ($82)
  73. 119,896 units at $42.99
  74. 3.4 million units at ¥8629 ($112)
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  76. 1.9 million units at ¥5133 ($66)
  77. 1.2 million units at ¥4937 ($64)
  78. 1.1 million units at ¥4104 ($53)
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  83. 1.8 million units at ¥7190 ($94)
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