Street Fighter 6 is set to be a huge fighting game hit

Street Fighter 6 is out today on PS5 and PS4, and given the incredibly positive review scores, along with all the pre-launch hype, we wouldn’t be surprised to see it break some records – especially in terms of fighting games. .

In fact, it is already happening.

In fact, Capcom’s latest has broken concurrent player records on Steam. In its immediate release window, it reached 65,873 players – a higher peak than any other fighting game. For reference, Tekken 7 topped out at 18,966 players (although it launched on PC nearly a year after its console debut), Mortal Kombat 11 managed 35,147 players, and predecessor Street Fighter V had 14,783 players. hit the Meanwhile, the most recent Guilty Gear Strive reached 31,156 players.