Mortal Kombat snatches Smash Bros top spot as best-selling video game fighting saga

The great Mortal Kombat 11 has exceeded 12 million games sold.

At the gates of the 30th anniversary of the Mortal Kombat saga, in the last hours it has been confirmed that the bloody Mortal Kombat 11 has exceeded the barrier of 12 million games sold worldwide, which has led those responsible to thank to the fans their support all these years . In total, the NetherRealm Studios series has sold more than 73 million copies , which places it right now as the best-selling fighting saga in video games in the world, surpassing true heavyweights of the genre.

The well-known analyst Daniel Ahmad has shared the sales data of other major fighting licenses, also recalling that Mortal Kombat is where it is right now thanks to the enormous success of its last two episodes, which have exceeded ten million games sold each. . Thus, the Warner Bros. saga has managed to snatch the first place from Smash Bros , which until March 31, 2021 has accumulated more than 65 million games sold.

After announcing just a few days ago that Tekken 7 had sold seven million games , this legendary Bandai Namco series occupies third place with more than 51 million copies sold until April 2021, followed by the Street Fighter series , which until April 31 As of March of this year, it has sold 46 million units.

The good news does not end here for NetherRealm Studios’ series, as their Mortal Kombat for mobile phones has also been very successful: it has been installed 138 million times on mobile devices around the world. Authors also of the fantastic Injustice starring the heroes and villains of DC Comics, for now it is unknown what will be the next great project of the authors of Mortal Kombat.