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Mortal Kombat is the best-selling fighting game franchise of all time

The series recently topped 80 million total franchise sales.
Alex Hopley Editor UK 22 May 2023

In a new press release, NetherRealm has confirmed the Mortal Kombat franchise has sold over 80 million units total.

In a new comparison image posted by TweakTown, we can see that this also makes Mortal Kombat the best-selling fighting game franchise of all-time, overreaching Super Smash Bros. franchise sales of 72.39 million, and that of Street Fighter and Tekken, which sit at 49 and 54 million respectively.

This is an impressive feat for Mortal Kombat, showing that gamers across the world have a soft spot for over the top glorified violence. With Mortal Kombat 1 releasing in September, it's likely that we'll see this franchise sales figure shoot up again fairly soon.

Editor UK Alex Hopley covered the video game industry for Gamereactor, from new announcements and launches to the business behind them. He also wrote on tech, film and entertainment, and his coverage wasn't tied to any one region.
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