Just wondering. It’s 2014. Is having a high score a big deal in the Japan arcades or something? I just can’t see someone at Capcom in the middle of making SF4 saying “Oh wait guys…we forgot to add a score counter”.
I see it as more a novelty than anything. Like an homage to the arcade days.
I know that in some arcades in Japan they use cards that save your pp and bp on them when you use them on the cabinets. A lot of people won’t play you in the arcade if you don’t have one of those cards because they won’t gain anything from winning.