If there’s one thing that most developers have found can bring players into their games in droves, it’s a good swimsuit event.
Marvel Rivalstook advantage of that last month, and now it’s Capcom’s turn withStreet Fighter 6.
Capcom just releasedOutfit 4for Jamie, Chun-Li, Cammy, Manon, A.K.I., Kimberly, and Luke on August 5alongside the release of Sagatas part of the new wave of content for Year 3.
Each character’s Outfit 4 is a swimsuit, which most likely played a part in a big spike in Street Fighter 6’s player count when the new year of content began.
Doubling The Player Count
According to Street Fighter 6’sSteamDB charts, with the launch of Sagat and Outfit 4, the concurrent player count on Steam almost doubled from a 24-hour peak of around 27,000 to just over 50,000.
It also caused a significant bump in sales, and it’s sitting high on the top sellers chart, and theOutfit 4 traileron YouTube has more than double the views ofthe reveal trailer for C. Viper, also shown off at Evo Las Vegas this past weekend, which really tells you what the community’s priorities are.
It’s not quite at the level of when the game gotFatal Fury’s Mai Shiranui earlier this year, but it’s close.
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Of all the characters who got swimsuits, Chun-Li seems to be causing the most buzzon social media sites like X and Redditand the comments on the trailer, not to mention the fanart that’s been popping up around the internet.
Swimsuit costumes area time-honored traditionfor any game that offers outfit choices, especially as a summertime addition for those with seasonal events. The Street Fighter series is no stranger to this tradition,having done it for Street Fighter V as well.
While Street Fighter 6 has always had some spike in its player count for new character releases, with the release of Akuma almost getting the game up close to its peak count at launch, in this case it’s safe to say that Sagat’s release isn’t the only thing pulling people back in for the start of Year 3.
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