Street Fighter 5 exclusive to PS4 and PC

[mmntech]

Lets not talk about the rest of the world, where other then the US its almost he same (sales).

The Japanese video game industry works a bit differently than the rest of the world. They focus heavily on the domestic market first and foremost rather than trying to sell things global. In Japan, the XB1 has only sold 40,000 units since launch. Microsoft actually just fired the regional director. Japanese developers also heavily favour Japanese consoles.

The Street Fighter series also tends to sell better on Sony platforms. Especially in Japan and Europe.
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=Street+fighter+IV

It's not an Xbox vs PlayStation fanboy thing. It's strictly business. Sony probably paid them for exclusivity as well. What you'll see is Capcom measuring what the demand is for an XB1 release in North America, to see if it's worth porting.

 

[futurefields]

ill wait for Turbo Deluxe Hyper Hyper Hyper Edition Remix

 

[purbeast0]

The Japanese video game industry works a bit differently than the rest of the world. They focus heavily on the domestic market first and foremost rather than trying to sell things global. In Japan, the XB1 has only sold 40,000 units since launch. Microsoft actually just fired the regional director. Japanese developers also heavily favour Japanese consoles.

The Street Fighter series also tends to sell better on Sony platforms. Especially in Japan and Europe.
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=Street+fighter+IV

It's not an Xbox vs PlayStation fanboy thing. It's strictly business. Sony probably paid them for exclusivity as well. What you'll see is Capcom measuring what the demand is for an XB1 release in North America, to see if it's worth porting.

a major reason sf4 sold more on ps3 than xbox360 is due to the evo tournament running it on ps3 up until last year. everyone who trains for that tourney does so on a ps3 so it is the exact environment they will be playing on when they play at evo. this includes people in japan as well.

but last year (or the year before, i forget) ms started sponsoring it so it was all 360's not ps3. so with ms sponsoring it, i'm guessing it will be out on xbox1 by the time the first evo after the launch rolls around.

 

[cmdrdredd]

You may be right but I wouldn't expect to see the game for a year yet, if not longer.

 

[purbeast0]

You may be right but I wouldn't expect to see the game for a year yet, if not longer.

im guessing 2016 at the earliest at this point. they revealed sfxt in a similar manner and it wasn't even close to being done.

and it also sucked.

 

[purbeast0]

LOL

sf5 is NOT exclusive to PS4.

the real trailer they showed just now on the conference said "console excusivity on ps4".

probably just some dlc pack or something stupid.

EDIT:

whoops okay, maybe not ... they just said it was exclusive to ps4 and pc. also said that you can crossplay from ps4 and pc online, pretty neat.

 

[cmdrdredd]

That is pretty cool although I see a potential problem. Many gaming monitors for PC have far less input lag than a TV and with no vsync on PC you have further reduced input lag. How will they handle that part will be interesting. Will players on PC have an advantage because of this?

 

[smackababy]

That is pretty cool although I see a potential problem. Many gaming monitors for PC have far less input lag than a TV and with no vsync on PC you have further reduced input lag. How will they handle that part will be interesting. Will players on PC have an advantage because of this?

In theory, yes, but having played SF4 on PC, it won't matter. They are terrible. >_>

If this really is PS4 exclusive indefinitely (which I still can't believe), I guess I will have to pick up a PS4 again.

 

[cmdrdredd]

In theory, yes, but having played SF4 on PC, it won't matter. They are terrible. >_>

If this really is PS4 exclusive indefinitely (which I still can't believe), I guess I will have to pick up a PS4 again.

Well, if someone has a PC that can play the game and they can play against PS4 players anyway they might just buy it on PC for the reduced lag.

 

[zerocool84]

In theory, yes, but having played SF4 on PC, it won't matter. They are terrible. >_>

If this really is PS4 exclusive indefinitely (which I still can't believe), I guess I will have to pick up a PS4 again.

Yup officially announced PC and PS4 exclusive. They said that PS4 is the only console it will ever appear on.

That doesn't mean that later releases of Street Fighter V Turbo Hyper Champion Edition won't come to other consoles but it stands that if you want to play it on a console, PS4 is your only choice for now. Sounds like a huge win for Sony in the fighting arena.

 

[purbeast0]

you have to be naive to think this won't come to x1.

as i mentioned before, capcom is 100% about the money and nothing else. not a chance they will turn down a chance to make some easy money, just not going to happen.

 

[zerocool84]

you have to be naive to think this won't come to x1.

as i mentioned before, capcom is 100% about the money and nothing else. not a chance they will turn down a chance to make some easy money, just not going to happen.

Other future versions sure, but Capcom confirmed SFV is only PC and PS4.

 

[smackababy]

Other future versions sure, but Capcom confirmed SFV is only PC and PS4.

And in 6 months, SFV Arcade Edition will come out and be on everything.

Oh, and it is confirmed Guard Crush is in SF5.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Ono says without Sony funding, SF5 wouldn't happen. Capcom gave no budget to the project. That's what he says anyway...

 

[smackababy]

Ono is a notorious troll and liar. Pretty much anything he says, you can expect the exact opposite to be true.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Well when Xbox sponsored evo and sf5 isn't coming to the console, I am inclined to believe that capcom didn't give funding to the game. At least not enough.

 

[purbeast0]

ono said flat out that they did not have any budget for next-gen games.

http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2013/...urrently-ono-responds-kickstarter-suggestion/

now they magically have budgets for sf5 AND bringing ultra sf4 to ps4. so i dunno maybe there is some truth to what ono is saying (which is hard to believe).

 

[smackababy]

SF4, even with how popular it was, isn't exactly a huge game so I could see Capcom not giving resources to it. This is the same company that canceled Megaman...

 

[dguy6789]

It'd be pretty humorous if Super Street Fighter 5 ends up being an Xbox One exclusive

 

[Sulaco]

I wonder which version of Street Fighter 5 will actually be any good?

Street Fighter 5?
Super Street Fighter 5?
Street Fighter 5 Tournament Edition?
Street Fighter 5 ULTRA?
Street Fighter 5 Turbo?
Street Fighter 5 X The Vatican?

I can hardly wait to see how Capcom will milk--er!--explore this entry!

 

[zerocool84]

I wonder which version of Street Fighter 5 will actually be any good?

Street Fighter 5?
Super Street Fighter 5?
Street Fighter 5 Tournament Edition?
Street Fighter 5 ULTRA?
Street Fighter 5 Turbo?
Street Fighter 5 X The Vatican?

I can hardly wait to see how Capcom will milk--er!--explore this entry!

Yup it's just how they've ever done it. A bunch of versions of the same game.

The thing though is that this means a ton of fighter fans will have to get a PS4 which means that even if the later versions get released on Xbone, the die hards will already have gotten a PS4 so those people will most likely just keep it going on PS4. Pretty smart of Sony even if fighting games aren't huge sellers like Grand Theft Auto. The tournaments will be PS4 only obviously and with streaming being so huge, this only helps them as being the more serious gaming console for the more serious player which are usually the more vocal about things which is what got the Xbone to change.

 

[purbeast0]

lol @ capcom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_hOomLtuuQ

they are such a shit ran company, no wonder they have no budget or money.

they pulled my video on youtube, a video that showed footage of my mvc3 app before it was released, that i put on there to show a friend, due to "copyright issues" when it had absolutely NO capcom copyrighted material in it at all.

 

[mmntech]

lol @ capcom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_hOomLtuuQ

they are such a shit ran company, no wonder they have no budget or money.

they pulled my video on youtube, a video that showed footage of my mvc3 app before it was released, that i put on there to show a friend, due to "copyright issues" when it had absolutely NO capcom copyrighted material in it at all.

Yeah, I watched Joe's video and that pretty much blows my original theory out of the water. What a dog ---- company. They gave him the press package with the trailer. So it certainly sounds like they flagged the video because of his negative commentary. He's apparently not the only victim either. Even though I own a PS4, that kind of middle finger to the gaming community guarantees that I will never buy SFV. Such an asinine move.

He does point out that Capcom USA has been understanding, but it's their Japanese head office that are being jerks. The Japanese video game industry right now is like watching a train wreck is slow motion. They never figured out how to deal with the internet. Nor were they able to stay relevant once western developers, who understood the way the winds were blowing, transitioned to consoles. Of course Capcom also made the brilliant business decision of letting go Hideki Kamiya and Keiji Inafune. "Who needs talent when we can repackage and resell Street Fighter IV dozens of times."

I do agree with Angry Joe that if a game is multi-platform, the sequel should also be multi-platform. I can see them going exclusive if it sold really poorly on the 360, but it did reasonably well in North America. Certainly enough to ensure an Xbox One release. I'd really like to know how much Sony paid them to keep it off Xbox. Hope they for a bargain for it and screwed Capcom.

 

[Aikouka]

He does point out that Capcom USA has been understanding, but it's their Japanese head office that are being jerks.

When I saw his video, it reminded me a lot of what I read about Sega of America vs. Sega of Japan, and how they are two completely different cultures.

 

[purbeast0]

back when i was making my MVC3 strategy guide app for iOS and it was like 60% finished, i posted a video of the interface on youtube to show my friend. it wasn't something i advertised or anything like that. and my app had absolutely NOTHING copyritten by capcom on it or anything. it was all 100% my own graphics and stuff.

capcom had it pulled off youtube due to copyright claims.

then i have multiple (and have for years) strategy guide apps on the ios and android store. about 6 months ago capcom decided to send c&d letters for the majority of them. google is a pile of shit company too and pulls apps off the play store without even investigating anything. at least apple does not do that and they don't do anything and tell you and the company to work it out yourself. all i did was ignore their letter on the apple side and my app is still there. but google sucks and just pulls the apps. you can appeal it, but i did that, and like 3 months later got an email back saying they aren't putting it back on the store.

all of that, and i have absolutely no copyrighted material in the application. i've even talked to a lawyer about it and he said capcom has absolutely no basis in this instance.