It has been practically a 12 months since NetherRealm introduced it was successfully completed with Mortal Kombat 1, however the newest installment within the long-running combating collection remains to be producing gross sales.
In an replace through social media this week, the studio introduced that Mortal Kombat 1 has now offered over 8 million copies since its launch in September 2023. This clearly contains all platforms the title was launched on, in addition to the Definitive Version of the sport, which launched final Could.
Mortal Kombat 1: “8 million items and counting! Thanks to the Mortal Kombat group on your assist!”
Combating recreation web site EventHubs says that is roughly “an extra 1.8 million items in just below eight months” since its final gross sales replace. This places the sport forward of its closest competitor, Avenue Fighter 6, which has shipped over 6 million copies up to now. Nonetheless, MK1 nonetheless falls in need of its predecessor, Mortal Kombat 11, which offered 15 million copies in 2022.
In an replace final Could, NetherRealm acknowledged that it was shifting its focus to “subsequent initiatives,” whereas additionally noting that there could be no extra DLC characters or story chapters for Mortal Kombat 1 sooner or later. There isn’t any native MK1 launch for the Swap 2, however we have been ready to check out how the sport ran on Nintendo’s new hybrid system final June.