Street Fighter 5 and Why Capcom is a Parody of Itself

CraveOnline writes: "Last weekend Capcom used the EVO 2013 fighting game tournament as a platform to announce Ultra Street Fighter 4. The game, Capcom boasted, will be the "definitive version" of Street Fighter 4, a game which at this point has already had two definitive versions in the form of Super Street Fighter 4 and Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition."

[doctorstrange]

I want the Ultra Super definitive version of this article.

[knifefight]

I'm gonna make a comment, and then come back with a SUPER comment, and then an ULTRA EDITION of the same comment, and all the while, the comment will have extra words that I already typed, but you have to pay money to read.

[CRAIG667]

haha!

[PrinceOfAnger]

extra words probably dlc comments...

[dbjj12088]

They certainly announced USF4 to a friendly audience.

[PurpHerbison]

The article is ass. Sorry.

[Sitdown]

Too bad you already hit it. ;-)

[Baka-akaB]

People requested that version , get over it or vote with your dollars already

[pompombrum]

People requested a balancing patch.. not a new version with copy and pasted stuff from SFxT. Honestly I'm really excited for it however the copy and paste stuff seems like just a sad attempt at milking their fanbase further. If they use these funds to help support a proper SF sequel, I won't mind but I have a feeling Capcom have no plans at all for SF5.

[Baka-akaB]

Actually plenty requested a new version as well . There was a large buzz and frenzy on fighting game sites and forum , not just for the balance patch . The reaction from many was basically " dont just do a balance patch like 2012 , how about adding stages and missing SF3 characters ?"

[AbortMission]

You mean to tell me that Capcom actually LISTENS to their fans and has nothing to do with them being greedy a*holes? Get real, look at the RE, DMC and Megaman fanbases.

This is obviously Crapcom doing another cash grab

[Baka-akaB]

I have an history of posts and requests from plety fans on "my sid"e , you just got your BS and wishful thinking . Who the f*** told you here that capcom aint greedy and isnt similing or did it the best way possible for us ? No one .

But it is a fact and matter of public record for all to see that street fighter 4 players , aka the one still playing and still caring , not the guy who read once ign , listened to them them resold the game a month later , DID WANT THE FRICKING THING AND GAVE FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED DELIVERED WITH IT .

[TheBlackSmoke]

ACTUAL STREET FIGHTER FANS: Capcom please can you update the game? we want a rebalance and some new characters.

Capcom: here you go

PEOPLE WHO DONT PLAY STREET FIGHTER:

oh look Capcom milking, copy paste, entitlement, why dont they make megaman legends.

[KeiKei]

100% truth

[Baka-akaB]

Precisely , now people are going to tell us what it is we did and wanted , when they werent even there to chimes in .

[AznGaara]

I'm buying it. The FADC mechanic is an amazing mechanic. So I'm fine with more characters using it, even if they're just "ported" over from SFxT. If you play fighting games regularly then you'd know how significant a balance update can be.

[Baka-akaB]

yeah i really like built in cancel mechanics such as FADC , roman cancels ,Persona's one More , Rapid cancels etc ...

It's exciting and add depths to combos

[skept3k]

They're going to keep doing these releases only if they're making money, obviously the fighting game community must be picking these up or they wouldn't do it.

[RAF-TECH]

lol. i bet only 3% of n4g users actually run SF4 to the deep roots

the rest just do not have the fighting spirit.

[Brucis]

As much as I joke about the whole 'Super Ultra Mega Extreme Arcade' treatment Capcom games get, the fans literally asked for this. So long as there are no disc-locked characters then it's fine.

[Robotronfiend]

I'm excited for the changes and the new characters.

[Dno]

Damn sorry I disagreed by mistake. I meant to agree. Damn touch screen.

[Kos-Mos]

I know how you feel, the system on n4g is a bloody parody of itself.

[XtraTrstrL]

The article is absolutely right. I didn't mind Super Street Fighter IV, it added so much, and was worth it. I was already getting annoyed from Arcade Edition though, seriously? Yun, Yang, Evil Ryu 'n Oni(basically Shin Akuma) weren't really worth it, to top it off they came with no extra stages.

A perfect example of how this article is so on point is MvC3 moving to UMvC3, Ultimate came out less than 9 months later, and wasn't upgradeable. They basically just pissed on loyal fans faces.

I wanted Hugo in SFIV from the get-go, but it's hard to support this crap strategy of theirs, and their horribly overpriced and ridiculous DLC strategy.

They're too greedy to allow mods on the console, so we can create our own costumes, cuz then they'd be forced to put more thought into the overpriced ones they sell for them to rob people of more precious $$$.

[N4Flamers]

I wasnt on board with the umvc3 non upgrade stuff either, but this upgrade is 15 dollars. I think its fair and a smart way to go about it. There's also the full version for people who don't have sf4 and thats only 40. I think they're handling it correctly this time.

[XtraTrstrL]

I hear you, there's big fans that will buy it, but it's still hard not to look at it from the other angle. I mean, just look at how they are already showing DLC costumes for the new characters, why wouldn't those just be included? And then they work on completely new ones to sell?

Like I said, if they'd even just allow costume mods, that would make them look less bad. They could still sell their overpriced DLC along with it, it'd just ensure they'd have to bring out something worthwhile for someone to buy it over downloading some cooler user created outfits.

And I can't help but feel that one of the major reasons for gems in SFxTekken was just to have another revenue avenue for DLC. I can't believe they actually sold game-altering gems, and trying to convince people that it wouldn't hurt game balance, even though it's the very nature of the gems to change the balance of characters strengths.

[N4Flamers]

While I agree with you I have always looked at costumes as a luxury. I know the full version comes with all the dlc costumes, but as long as they don't pull that on disc character dlc I'll be ok with them selling skins. I think unreal tournament was the last console game that had user mods. I'm just hoping they become a better company because I love their games. I currently am boycotting them.

Nether realm pulls some shady stuff too. DLC characters 2 weeks after release, new costumes not in the season pass. They dont get nearly as much flak, but they handled mk9 excellently.

[wishingW3L]

Capcom is like one of the biggest idiots in the game industry. They have so many franchises people love but all they do is ruin them all. And BTW, Square are on the same boat but at least they are finally giving fans what they want, FFvs and KH3.

[AznGaara]

Wait you give praise to Square for FINALLY giving us FF13 and KH3 but when Capcom actually responds to what their fans want and doesn't take 7 years... You crucify them?

Get this straight: this game isn't for you. It's for the thousands of people who still play this game across the world. The people who still go to arcades and play locally. The people who hold and play in tournaments. The same people who would still play this game in another 5 years religiously. That's who this update is for. Those are their "fans."

[Robotronfiend]

Whatever you do, make sure you don't give them any credit for revitalizing the fighting game genre with Street Fighter 4.

[Kos-Mos]

A perfect example of why gaming journalism is a parody of itself...

[Razputin]

Thank god I didn't buy Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition for PC when I could have when it was on many different sales.

[AznGaara]

Why not? I saw it on steam sale for $15 once and if you would've bought it then and then got the $15 DLC upgrade that's $10 less than if you would've waited and bought the $40 stand alone. Of course you're not getting all the outfits but hey.

[Razputin]

Well I have IV, and the Arcade Edition didn't seem that much more special to me.

I'm not that good at the game either, so I don't like playing the super pros online, like to play with friends and family etc.

But I will definitely make this Ultimate edition a priority.

[josephayal]

Capcom is the best game dev for fighting games, deal with it