Capcom apologise for 'not meeting expectations' with Street Fighter V, say “self-reflection” made SF6 better
It’s been eight years since Street Fighter V hit PC. As you might recall, the fighting game landed with the poise of someone shattering both kneecaps on impact, as complaints about a small roster of characters and barebones story mode - to be filled in later with DLC - were made more egregious by a number of technical issues, including bugs and online issues caused by its wobbly servers.
“In many ways, it’s the perfect fighting game, an easy 10, but it is woefully lacking in some areas,” Andi wrote in our own review at 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 of Street Fighter 6 with a final Definitive Update in 2022.
With Street Fighter 6 now out, marking a true moving on from its predecessor, Capcom took the opportunity to mark the eighth anniversary of Street Fighter V’s release by apologising to players for the messy launch while also celebrating how far the game came afterwards.
“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
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