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'Street Fighter V' reveal shows Capcom harnessing its greatest asset: the fans

VGW's Will Harrison: Despite the initial backlash against the console exclusivity, fervor for the newest iteration of the Street Fighter franchise has been loud across the internet. This reaction has to be in part to the fact that Capcom is channeling the love of the series on part of their dedicated community in way that celebrates the Fighting Game Community, as well as the Street Fighter zeitgeist.

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Dewitt3425d ago

Screwing over an entire community of hardcore players on a console is not celebrating anything.

EyePawd3425d ago

I hardly see it as screwing over. You have to take into the account of the fickle nature of fighting game fans as consumers: they will go where the brand (and the players) are. It's why the SFIV servers on 360 are so heavily populated compared to the PS3: The top players were on 360.

Considering the fact that due to the nature of the console cycle being new, I believe an overwhelming majority of fighting game fans have been on the fence, waiting for an announcement like this to sway their choice one way or another if so inclined.

Considering the PS4 has the--for now--larger player base, and the fact that clearly Sony was willing to help Capcom fund the game so that it even gets made i n the first place, its not as black and white as "screwing over."

Now, if this was happening in the previous console cycle, I would completely agree with you. In this case, its just good business.

DLConspiracy3425d ago

Its capcoms fan base. They can choose to do with it what they want. Hopefully it works out for them and their fans.

mhunterjr3425d ago

There's nothing fan serving about making this game a console exclusive. The notion that SFV was in danger of not finding funding is laughable. And the notion that Sony would be the only party interested in preserving the series is also a joke.

Yes, it is good business. But a lot of gamers were screwed over.

Biohazard88603425d ago

Street fighter V will indeed stay console exclusive but i almost can bet when they release Street fighter V super edition or whatever there gonna call it it will go multi platform.

Kane223425d ago

unless micro is gonna allow cross-play or capcom drops that feature. it wont be going to micros system ever...

NuggetsOfGod3425d ago

Do capcom care that much about cross play to skip the 10+ million gamers?

GokuSolosAll3425d ago

So many angry Xbots. I feel their pain but deal with it.

NuggetsOfGod3425d ago (Edited 3425d ago )

At least they still something to play.
http://m.ign.com/articles/2...

Everyone wins! Lol consoles are getting. Worse.

You have uncharted but hopefully you never wanted that!

Or may have to deal with it?

Brisco3425d ago (Edited 3425d ago )

Pffff really... This game is not that interesting. They can have it, who cares about SF?

OldDude3425d ago

Not many, Capcom isn't in deep financial trouble be cause SF and RE are flying off the shelves. Nobody cares about this franchise anymore, like RE they have ruined it.

ricochetmg3425d ago

Fighters have been better when they are exclusives.

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Dragon's Dogma 2 continues Capcom's hot streak on Metacritic

Dragon's Dogma 2 continues Capcom's hot streak of favorably reviewed games as the studio lands first on Metacritic's top publishers ranking.

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Capcom Is 'Aware' of Dragon's Dogma 2 Frame Rate Issues on PC

Responding to a query about frame rate problems from IGN, Capcom said in a statement that performance issues on PC may be linked to the heavy amount of CPU demanded from NPCs in the game.

"In Dragon's Dogma 2, a large amount of CPU usage is allocated to each character and dynamically calculates the impact of their physical presence in various environments. In certain situations where numerous characters appear simultaneously, the CPU usage can be very high and may affect the frame rate," a Capcom representative told IGN. "We are aware that in such situations, settings that reduce GPU load may currently have a limited effect; however, we are looking into ways to improve performance in the future."

just_looken36d ago

What a load of bull there blaming the npc load for there poor performance? the new hitman games has way more going on beyond that they are saying any pc cpu is not powerful enough?

In the article it is also stated a ign reviewr got motion sickness playing ps5/pc version but still enjoyed it? like wow if that was me i would knock it down alot and asked for a patch asap.

So those about to play thank denuvo get a barf bucket if your on pc play 720p because like cites skyline its going to be a unoptimized cpu mess.

Man those on series s/steam deck/rog ally rip :(

just_looken36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

Just putting up a pcgamer review

"its janky has bugs poor performance need lots of updates 89/100"
https://youtu.be/WKjZKfAivh...

Gameing bolt unstable frame rate rate below 30fps but that is great??????
https://youtu.be/s9rnh2250X...

Man have we dropped that quality bar for acceptable performance/optimization

a person's view on performance using a high end pc
https://youtu.be/nL9EvGTPbA...

andy8535d ago (Edited 35d ago )

Am I hearing that right, that reviewer with a 4090 is getting drops into the 20s when there's several NPC on screen. Sorry but there's zero excuse for that. BG3 had hundreds at a time on screen and that's a pretty game. What an absolute piss poor engine

just_looken35d ago

@andy

Yes the is correct but every review is giving it a past and or saying that its great that the performance is like the first ps3/xbox one game.

2012 20-30fps 2024 20-30fps dragons dogma keeping things the same reviewers like that apparently

just_looken35d ago

IGN put up a video showing the 4090 struggling aswell as console performance all versions are like the first game with fps issues.Remember dlss 3.0 can almost double your fps like that cyber punk video so without dlss on your looking at 30fps on the most powerful gpu that is out right now.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Cacabunga35d ago

Capcom where is Deep Down???

Tapani35d ago

@andy85 At launch BG3 dropped to under 30fps at the final chapter on 4090. I played the game at launch and had that experience. And that was with a 5800X3D. Everything watercooled and fine-tuned CPU/GPU and memory at 32GB with good timings, and a fast SSD etc.

just_looken35d ago

@tapani

I am sorry are we comparing a AA game with a small budget with alot going on 24/7 to a AAA game funded buy the billion dollar capcom?

You are right yes but that was patched and that team loves there community but if the first dogma said anything we should expect a patch or 2 but that is it.

andy8534d ago

@Tapani indeed but that was hundreds of NPCs. Not a few. It's piss poor

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lellkay35d ago

Can they be aware of the need for 60fps on consoles plz

just_looken35d ago (Edited 35d ago )

Oh no kidding that "pro" model better have a 60fps mode.

But that ps5 pro PSSR will no doubt be a hold back as i see very few devs make a fsr/dlss/pssr game like really sony why did you spend millions to make upscale tech on the 6800 when amd already has fsr 3.0 just sitting there.

I remember the ps4 pro patches that dwindle over time yes new games had the modes but they were not standard and that was without the base ps4 using another upscale tech.

Edit:

In tldr form devs now make fsr upscale for ps5/xbox PSSR upscale tech on ps5 pro game then dlss/fsr upscale tech pc version and we also have intels xess just insane workload

Eonjay35d ago

'Oh no kidding that "pro" model better have a 60fps mode.'

Perhaps but only if Capcom addresses the issues first. substantially more powerful hardware is struggling.

Furesis35d ago

I mean it's not helping but this is something more than that. Plenty of games with denuvo that work fine

just_looken35d ago

That could be also taxing for sure sense the ps5 also supports that dreadful drm

This is also running off the RE engine remember those re vids with the denuvo drm on/off

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MrDead35d ago (Edited 35d ago )

Project Zomboid a simple looking isometric game has a similar problem as the Zombies are CPU heavy. If this is the issue GPU tweeks won't do anything, you need less calculations per NPC or more static NPCs

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH35d ago

Well that’s just great…looks like I’ll be holding off on buying this on PC until it’s fixed. If I wanted low frame rates I’d just buy it in console smh…

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Capcom Boosts Starting Salaries in Japan by Over 25%

Capcom Boosts Starting Salaries in Japan by Over 25%! Strategic move to attract top talent and align with industry trends amid economic inflation.

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rlow149d ago

Well there is a lot of laid off talent out there. Very smart of them to target that. Plus if it’s in Japan, that’s a great place to live.

aaronaton49d ago

"Won't someone think of the shareholders!!" wwwaaaahhh

Eonjay49d ago

It funny with this news, their stock price took a small hit. But you know what... thats like too damn bad. We have to stop letting shareholders run the industry into the ground.

FinalFantasyFanatic48d ago

Seriously, you have to spend money to make money, I think some companies and share holders forget that, If you don't pay enough, you can't attract the best talent, or possibly even enough staff for the company to function properly.

Eonjay49d ago

I really approve of Capcom for doing this and will show my appreciation by supporting them. There are a few Capcom games I need to get... and this includes Dragon's Dogma 2. Support companies that support the people working in the industry over shareholders! REMEMBER: Shareholder's don't make games!

Darkegg48d ago

25% sounds like a lot, but it's from $1,560 to $2000 per month. That's $24,000 a year. Unless u became a monk, that is below poverty line.