I can wait, but I can’t say the same for many others. I can’t say that the thousands of PC gamers that can’t use their fightsticks are willing to wait. I can’t say that the casual demographic that just want a arcade mode and rarely play online are willing to wait. I can’t say that the ppl who main MKX, KI, Tekken, are willing to wait for 8 player lobbies & spectator mode, when their main game already has it.
Not only is it disappointing me, it damaging a brand that I’ve invested decades in and give a damn about. I want a Street Fighter 6, 7, 8 made by preferably Capcom, but practices like this jeopardizes it.
They’re trying to go down an esports route, by getting the game out in time for their (successful) esports league, the CPT.
However, they’re putting the game and this league behind a $60 gate, when most other games do it for much less, or free. That could be justified if there’s plenty of things behind this gate, but there’s not. This’ll bite them in the ass. Casuals probably won’t join as much as they were hoping. Nothing on a global scale, anyway.
It’d make so much more sense for this game to be free and all the trinkets, extra modes, maybe characters and other shit to pay for. I would definitely buy things, Birdie skins, content etc. I imagine that type of thing would be a hard sell to Capcom JP though.
Get people in the door playing, and exploit their interest.
I always think they could make IV F2P and it would rake in the cash.
• Companies like money. They want people to buy and keep the game, not return it unsatisfied. Many people aren’t happy right now.
• These complaints will be forgotten? Like the FGC forgot about SFxT’s initial problems? Whelp, could be bad news. Could.
It may all change to the better in the near future, but seeing 41% positive reviews @ steam right now is quite sad.
You can say one thing for sure, right now the casual playerbase is upset. And that’s not a good thing, not at all.
Those guys are needed. At least their money…
You do realize this current version is what people normally consider a beta right?
minus the survival mode
1 quirky mode
The problem here is the perception of the game
The game isn’t specifically made only for you or people like you
Some people don’t do hard research on a video game after seeing the ad on tv
It’s not even stated in the game description on online vendor websites
Some people don’t go to the game store, see it on the shelf, and pull out their phones to do deep research
The fact that we’re expecting people to look up whether or not 70% of the game is included in the disc that is BEING SOLD ON THE SHELF OF THE STORE is RIDICULOUS
Hell even 50% of the game
Yes we all love the game
We’re all playing it
Let’s not fool ourselves into thinking this was anything short of horrible marketing and a horrible official release
That’s a lie. Most of the complaints ppl have about the game surfaced a week ago when ppl received review copies of the game. By then, it was too late for the average consumer to reconsider. Not everybody lurks SRK, Eventhubs, and Capcom-Unity everyday.
When I turned on SFV for the first time, it told me nothing about what SFV is as a platform, how its different from Capcom’s previous releases, or what updates to expect in the coming months.
On a scale from 1 to 10, how likely do you think it is for some casual player to know about that plan?
It’s not like they printed it on the cover, clearly visible for everybody, did they? Well if they did, it’s the buyer’s fault.
Playing the “We posted it on the internet, your own fault, thanks for ze moneyzzzz” card doesn’t really work here.
Somewhat active FG players knew about it. The majority of the casual playerbase didn’t. They’re upset.
41% at steam, 2.5* at amazon. That’s not what you want.
One gaming magazine’s review had the lines:
“Well, people told me to buy the game at a later point of time, the full game. Maybe I will. If I still care… probably not”.
This is SRK people. This site and the people that come here dont come here for Arcade mode. No one gives a fuck about arcade mode.
Go to a casual website and go complain to others that give a shit about Arcade mode.
Some people use the single player stuff to help get them into the competitive scene
Are they(people who don’t know about the delayed release) wrong for complaining about spending $60 on a game that includes less than half of the content? Especially when it doesn’t say so on the disc or online vendor description
Wasn’t it reported that SFV needed financers, otherwise SFV wouldn’t be made for an extremely long time, and Sony agreed to front the bill as long as it was a PS4 console exclusive…
