When we’re talking about fighting games, it’s very likely that it is Street Fighter is the first title that comes to mind. It’s totally normal, because after all, it’s probably the most popular in the genre, but you might be surprised that It’s not the best seller of all time.

A message published by Tweak Town using data from developers, publishers, as well as information listed on Wikipedialeaves us with an interesting list of the 8 best-selling fighting games in history, and the surprise we got was huge because we didn’t expect Mortal Kombat to take the top spot.

The attached chart is very clear, Mortal Kombat has amassed a total of them 80 million copies sold, a fact confirmed by NetherRealm itself. It is closely followed by the Super Smash Bros. franchise with 72.39 million units sold, and the top three is rounded off by the Tekken saga with 54 million copies sold.

Street Fighter is fourth with 49 million units, and not far behind are Soul Calibur with 17 million copies, Dead or Alive with 11.7 million copies and Marvel vs. Capcom with 10 million units sold. I repeat, in case you’re in any doubt, that these figures refer to the total sales of each franchise.

The data was collected with special care and have a solid foundationbut we have to reckon with it they may be partially incomplete or slightly out of date, and therefore it is possible that they are not completely accurate. All in all, considering the distance between the four best-selling franchises and the other four in this top eight, it’s clear that it still pays to get an idea of ​​which ones are the most popular in terms of sales.

The truth is that NetherRealm has done a very good job with the Mortal Kombat franchise and managed to keep the general public interested in the saga. The same cannot be said for Virtua Fighter or Dead or Alivewhose popularity declined quite a bit years ago and the same thing happened with Soul Calibur.

In my case, of all the franchises in this eight My favorites are Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter. although I have to admit I really enjoyed Soul Calibur on the Dreamcast and Soul Calibur II on the first Xbox. Going off the list, my favorites are Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters. And you?What are your favorite fighting game franchises?