Capcom has announced that it has shipped two million copies of Street Fighter IV.
The original Street Fighter was released in 1987, and was then followed up in 1991 by the legendary hit Street Fighter II. The series revolutionized combat systems in games, and established the fighting game genre. Since then, Street Fighter has been a global hit, selling over 500,000 arcade machines and 27 million console games.
Beginning last year, Capcom has continued to move ahead with its Street Fighter 20th anniversary project through successive releases of new arcade machines, console games, and various events such as the “Street Fighter IV National Tournament”.
In addition, under its “Single Content Multiple Usage” strategy, Capcom will release the movie “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li” on February 28th, 2009. The movie was developed in order to help rebuild the Street Fighter brand by drawing in new fans and reinvigorating fans of old.
Watch out for our Street Fighter IV review coming shortly.
