Dear Capcom,
Now that Ono-San has announced that there will be no arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV, it is even more important to make the online netcode the best it can be since that is where most of the competition will take place. Do this for the fans as we have asked many times, but also do this for yourselves as you need to give people reason to buy this game other than more characters.
It is essential you convince Capcom Japan to implent the best netcode possible. If for some reason GGPO cannot work, then try what BlazBlue has done (they have the best netcode on consoles, even better than hd remix). If you are going to use the same netcode, then why bother getting the game. even if you add lobbies, the current mid level netcode will not handle it well and people will get even more lag than they have in Street fighter 4, and that says a lot. What's the point of buying arcade sticks and fightpads if lag will ruin any precision you have with those items.
It is in your best interest to make this happen if you want our continued support and a lot of profit. We are moving into 2010 and our expectations are higher, especially when playing sf2 hd remix, MvsC2, BlazeBlue, and even kof12 has a lot of multiplayer features.
You will also be competing with other fighting games such as Tekken 6, which will have a beat em up campaing mode, lobbies, a lot of fighters and more. Dragonball raging blast which has a big fanbase and will have a 16 player tournament mode!!! There is also BlazeBlue Continuam Shift which already has a very amazing netcode, will introduce new characters and features, so that's an update you are directly competing with your own update. Other Japanese developers and just developers in general are and have been keeping up with current generation demands in their fighting games and have even been innovating to beat their competition. It is time for you to do the same, especially since you have one of the most popular and iconic fighting franchise in the world. You owe it to us and you owe it to yourselves.
As for the fans, make sure your voices are being heard. We are only getting SSF4 and the new modes because we have been requesting it for a long time. Even Ono-san encourages you to tell Capcom what you want and so far it has proven to be effective.
You can support this request here www.capcom-unity.com/ask_capcom/go/threa...
Thank You Very much
Edit: Great news regarding online modes in SSF4. Capcom pulled through in this departement. We're finally getting lobbies, team battles (which is pure awesome), and a cool replay channel (hopefully we can save any replays we want in the game). The only mode I wanted left was a real tournament mode like the one in SF2 HD Remix, then I find out that it's actually coming as DLC which is great news. Now I only hope that Capcom improved the netcode so we can actually enjoy these amazing modes properly.
