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Capcom apologise for ‘not meeting expectations’ with Street Fighter V, say “self-reflection” made SF6 betterThe fighting game’s player count has jumped “significantly” since 2020
The fighting game’s player count has jumped “significantly” since 2020
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“In many ways, it’s the perfect fighting game, an easy 10, but it is woefully lacking in some areas,” Andi wrotein our own reviewat the time. “Hopefully, this botched launch doesn’t put too many people off sticking around, because when Street Fighter is at its best - when you’re learning, improving, competing and winning - there are very few games that even come close.”
Street Fighter V ultimately managed to regain its posture over the subsequent months and years, adding a cinematic story mode and dozens of additional characters across five seasons of DLC before wrapping things up shortly after the reveal ofStreet Fighter 6with afinal Definitive Update in 2022.
“From the beginning to the middle of the release, there were network issues, lack of content, etc…” the developers wrote on TwiXer. “We are truly sorry for the content that did not meet the expectations of many of you.”
ストVが発売から8周年を迎えました🙌リリース序盤〜中盤にかけてネットワークの問題やコンテンツ不足など…多くのみなさまの期待を裏切る内容で本当に申し訳ありませんでした。多くの反省をし、問題を出来るだけ解決すべく中盤〜終盤、ストV開発チームは全力で取り組みました。…https://t.co/iqDHB7sGL4— ストリートファイター / STREET FIGHTER (@StreetFighterJA)February 18, 2024
ストVが発売から8周年を迎えました🙌リリース序盤〜中盤にかけてネットワークの問題やコンテンツ不足など…多くのみなさまの期待を裏切る内容で本当に申し訳ありませんでした。多くの反省をし、問題を出来るだけ解決すべく中盤〜終盤、ストV開発チームは全力で取り組みました。…https://t.co/iqDHB7sGL4
There’s a happy ending for Street Fighter V too, in that its player count has apparently increased “significantly” since Season 4 in 2020, with the game still attracting hundreds of thousands of players today according to the studio.
“Above all, the most important point was that I was able to apply this reflection to [Street Fighter 6],” the developers wrote. “I once again feel that the past eight years have been spent together with everyone.”
“After the disastrous launch that was Street Fighter 5, seeing Street Fighter back on top form again just feels right - and I’m extremely excited to see what the next year of content updates can do for a game that already feels this mechanically polished at launch,” Lewis said of Street Fighter 6in our review, praising its story mode in particular for being “the best story mode in any fighting game I’ve played” - quite the redemption arc from the lambasted offering of its forebear.
