If I asked you what the best-selling fighting game of this generation is, chances are your mind will automatically go to Tekken 8, Street Fighter 6, or maybe one of the new Dragon Ball fighting games released.
If so, you might be surprised that none of those games have that crown, and it's not even from a Japanese-based studio.
Which game is it? It's none other than Mortal Kombat 1, the reboot of NetherRealm's long-standing fighting game franchise.
Best-Selling Fighting Game This Gen, But Not Enough For New Content
Over on X (formerly Twitter), NetherRealm and Mortal Kombat franchise co-creator Ed Boon shared that Mortal Kombat 1 has reached over 6.2 million units sold. This puts it ahead of Street Fighter 6, which was at five million units sold a few months ago, and Tekken 8, which is just at three million units sold based on Bandai Namco's announcement more than four months ago.
This means Mortal Kombat 1, for all intents and purposes, is the best-selling fighting game this gen so far.
Even if the game managed to sell that much, it apparently wasn't enough to warrant NetherRealm continuing to develop post-release content...
