Street Fighter II Is Fastest Selling XBLA Game

[YankeeH8er]

"Capcom today announced that Street Fighter II’ Hyper Fighting, the company’s first title for Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360, has seen a phenomenal record of downloads since it’s debut on August 2. Within the first 24 hours of it’s unveiling, Street Fighter II’ Hyper Fighting has become the fastest selling Xbox Live Arcade title to date with hundreds of matches being played every hour.

“We are elated by the tremendous response Xbox Live users have given Street Fighter II’ Hyper Fighting as players around the world vie to be on top of the game’s numerous leaderboards,” said Charles Bellfield, vice president of marketing, Capcom Entertainment, Inc. “It'll be exciting to see who ranks number one on Xbox Live Arcade after the first weekend of gamers playing the greatest arcade title in history."

“The phenomenal response to Street Fighter II’ Hyper Fighting on Xbox Live Arcade comes as no surprise as this has been one of the most eagerly anticipated titles of the summer,” said Greg Canessa, Group Manager of Xbox Live Arcade, Microsoft. “We are thrilled that gamers everywhere are jumping into Xbox Live Arcade and enjoying the fantastic game play experiences this title and our platform has to offer.”"

[Newport420]

This is interesting news, but not at all unexpected. This franchise is the absolute dictator of arcade games. Only Pac Man could probably give SF a run for its money as far as faim and acclaim in arcades/history go.

[YankeeH8er]

Pacman is next week, but I don't think it will out sell SF2. I think that S0tN will be the biggest seller this gen, unless the rumors about Halo 1.5 are true.

[Conjoshus]

too bad the arcade mode is more frustrating than fun.