'We realized that if we didn't do something about Street Fighter, the IP would probably die in 10 years' — Shuhei Matsumoto

[Justin AdaptiveTrigger Gordon]

<p><a href='https://www.eventhubs.com/moves/sf6/'>Street Fighter 6</a> was able to achieve <a href='https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2026/jun/08/street-fighter-7-million/'>7 million sales worldwide</a> as of June 2026. Being that the game released back in June 2023, it is currently outpacing Street Fighter 5's sales, and is likely to outperform it altogether considering that it was able to sell around 7.9 million copies over the course of its lifetime.</p> <p>It's the passion and dedication of Producer Shuhei Matsumoto and Director Takayuki Nakayama, as well as the rest of the Street Fighter 6 development team, that has led us to where we are today with the fighting game series.</p>