Tekken 8 sales outpace predecessor

Tekken 8 has crossed 2m copies sold within its first month.

The latest instalment to the fighting series released on 25th January, almost seven years since its predecessor Tekken 7.

The latest figures mean Tekken 8 has performed better at launch than Tekken 7, which sold 2m copies in two months (via 4Gamer).

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Bandai Namco released an updated figure for Tekken 7 sales too, which is now at 11.8m copies. This makes it the highest-selling game in the Tekken series. In December 2022, series director Katsuhiro Harada revealed Tekken 7 had sold 10m copies, meaning it's shifted another 1.8m copies in the one year and one month wait from then until the release of Tekken 8.

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