{"id":51001,"date":"2025-08-13T15:55:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=51001"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:55:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:55:25","slug":"street-fighter-6-sees-massive-player-count-spike-following-swimsuit-skin-and-sagat-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6-sees-massive-player-count-spike-following-swimsuit-skin-and-sagat-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Fighter 6 sees massive player count spike following swimsuit skin and Sagat release\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Street Fighter 6<\/strong> saw an increase in concurrent players last week following the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6-is-increasing-the-value-of-its-fighting-passes-for-fighting-ground-and-battle-hub-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">classic villain Sagat<\/a>. While franchise veterans may have a soft spot for the one-eyed Emperor of Muay Thai, it seems that players were just as excited (if not more so) for the first batch of new swimsuit skins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Street Fighter 6 - Outfit 4 Showcase Trailer w\/ Luke, Jamie, Kimberly, Manon, A.K.I., Cammy, Chun-Li\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dfiyuq1b1pM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6s-outfit-4-content-will-provide-swimsuits-for-7-characters-in-august\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Six swimwear outfits<\/a> (for Cammy, Chun-Li, Manon, Luke, Kimberly, Jamie, and A.K.I.) were released alongside Sagat as the first part of Street Fighter 6\u2019s Outfit 4 collection. While the other characters will be getting their outfits at a later date, the first six outfits are turning out to be well-received by players, with several fans rocking the new threads and creating related content. Aside from the outfit theme, players are just happy to see the game provide <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6-reveals-new-outfits-for-its-year-2-characters-with-the-elena-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new clothes<\/a> for the main roster, as opposed to <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6-is-increasing-the-value-of-its-fighting-passes-for-fighting-ground-and-battle-hub-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recolors and avatar cosmetics<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Street Fighter 6 - Sagat Update Launch Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w1us6H5ScOo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Street Fighter 6 saw a peak of 50,975 concurrent players on August 4 UTC, which was around the time when the Sagat update was released (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1364780\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SteamDB<\/a>). For reference, the game averages about 25,000-30,000 concurrent players, with the number spiking every time a new update drops. When it comes to character releases, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/just-who-is-street-fighters-akuma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Akuma<\/a> has seen the highest player increase with 70,202 concurrent players, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6-mai-shiranuis-backstory-involves-a-deep-infatuation-with-terry-bogards-brother-and-some-light-stalking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mai Shiranui<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6-new-terry-bogard-trailer-sneaks-in-some-nostalgic-references-to-both-the-fatal-fury-and-street-fighter-series-roots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terry Bogard<\/a> (the first crossover characters in the series) with 63,218 and 54,280 concurrent players, respectively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Street Fighter 6 is available on PC (Steam),\u202fPS4\/PS5,\u202fand\u202fXbox Series X|S.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Street Fighter 6 saw concurrent player counts nearly double averages following the release of Sagat and swimsuit skins for 6 characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":51003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-51001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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