The wait has come to an end! Street Fighter 6, the new fighting game of the Capcom franchise, is now available. Undoubtedly, what the developers showed during the previous months excited the players and attested that the project, unlike the previous installment, would live up to expectations. The enthusiasm was reflected in the number of concurrent players on Steam.
While the sales figures are a mystery as of this writing, the Steam data sheds light on the good reception the fighting title had among the community. Thus, we are facing the premium launch of the most successful fighting genre in history on the Valve platform.
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Street Fighter 6 is an unprecedented success on Steam
According to data from SteamDB, Street Fighter 6 achieved an impressive peak of 65,873 concurrent players on Steam during its official release. At the time of writing this article, the situation remains very favorable, since 65,817 people enjoy this experience on PC.
Without a doubt, these figures are surprising and make the Capcom video game the second most successful fighting game in the entire history of the Valve platform. To contextualize, the only title that surpasses it is MultiIVersusfree-to-play that broke it in the middle of last year with an all-time record of 153,433 concurrent players.
Street Fighter 6 has just SMASHED the All-Time concurrent players of every Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, or Tekken game on Steam
All-Time Peak
• Street Fighter 6 – 64,000+
• Mortal Kombat 11 – 35,147
• Tekken 7 – 18,966
• Mortal Kombat X – 15,743
• Street Fighter V- 14,783 pic.twitter.com/CtlpZnxkSy— Benji-Sales (@BenjiSales) June 2, 2023
So that, Street Fighter 6 surpassed giants like Mortal Kombat 11 (35,147), TEKKEN 7 (18,966), Mortal Kombat-X (15,743) and his own Street Fighter V (14,783). Of course, the real challenge will be maintaining community interest in the coming months, but the outlook looks bright with new content already on the horizon.
This situation is far from surprising. At the end of the day, Ryu and company’s title generated a lot of good faith around them since the Betas. In addition, he received very good ratings from the press and is already shaping up to be a great candidate for the GOTY in 2023.
But tell us, have you already given this title a chance? Do you think he deserves his success? Let us read you in the comment box.
Street Fighter 6 It is already available for PC, Xbox Series X | S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Click here to read more news related to it, or you can also read our review written on this page.
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