Apr 17, 2009 -- 12:56AM, Alpha wrote:

Once again a big thank you is deserved for making a PC version of SF4. While we all wait for further details on the game and such i cant help but wonder if Capcom considers fighters as a possible new genre for the PC market.

We'll see. Frankly, we just don't know. We're trying something out and seeing what sort of reception it gets. There haven't been any "Good" fighters made expressly for PC in probably 15 years (since SF2 Champ Edition). We're hoping we can find an audience there.

I can't comment on some of the more specific elements of your question that deals with specific titles, but let's see how SFIV does before we worry about anything that may or may not be further down the line.

At long last, Sven has responded.

Try to hype the upcoming PC release, release it on Steam! Can't wait for more info.

Apr 21, 2009 -- 12:34AM, The Kail wrote:

PC Gaming sucks unless you have a good enough computer for it, plus most PC games are lame first person shooters or WoW. Gaming's gone downhill since the golden days.

Same as consoles, then, except they don't even have WoW.

Seriously though, I don't see how the PC would have lesser variety. Simply because just about anyone can sit down and make a game, then distribute it through the internet. Something like Dwarf Fortress isn't going to happen on consoles that easily.

Apr 22, 2009 -- 1:49AM, Mercurious wrote:

No cause for Capcom to be wary. The PC community has been subsisting off of japanese fan-made fighting games for a long time.  A mainstream release coming out will get gobbled up faster than you can imagine.

But how large is the part of the PC fighting game community that didn't already pick up the game for a console? Given the dearth of games in the genre on the platform, I would imagine quite a few people investing into a console somewhere along the line.

Then again, fighting games aren't going to get any more popular on PCs if no good ones are published in the first place. SF4 seems like a good (re-)start.

Apr 22, 2009 -- 9:14AM, pkt wrote:

But how large is the part of the PC fighting game community that didn't already pick up the game for a console? Given the dearth of games in the genre on the platform, I would imagine quite a few people investing into a console somewhere along the line.  Then again, fighting games aren't going to get any more popular on PCs if no good ones are published in the first place. SF4 seems like a good (re-)start.

 

The PC fighting game community is actually rather large. You can't attend any anime conventions or gaming conventions without seeing people who brought their PCs for a big Melty Blood party, and I play Guilty Gear XX #Reload online through GGXXNet daily, and have seen thousands of unique users doing the same.  Considering it's a very obscure netplay client released for the Japanese version only, thousands is a pretty big number. 

 

SFIV will be gobbled up on PC. If Capcom is wary of Piracy, just release it in a manner where the multiplayer requires a CD key authentication, or for the game to have been purchased on steam, or any number of methods.  Sure, TCP/IP and LAN play built in would be nice, too, but we don't need them, and we need SFIV for PC so we can play with our friends without requiring them to buy the same console as we have. (And then pay a monthly fee on top of that, if it's the 360. )

Apr 22, 2009 -- 1:41AM, Sven wrote:

Apr 17, 2009 -- 12:56AM, Alpha wrote:

Once again a big thank you is deserved for making a PC version of SF4. While we all wait for further details on the game and such i cant help but wonder if Capcom considers fighters as a possible new genre for the PC market.

We'll see. Frankly, we just don't know. We're trying something out and seeing what sort of reception it gets. There haven't been any "Good" fighters made expressly for PC in probably 15 years (since SF2 Champ Edition). We're hoping we can find an audience there.

I can't comment on some of the more specific elements of your question that deals with specific titles, but let's see how SFIV does before we worry about anything that may or may not be further down the line.

THERE IT IS! THEY ANNOUNCED MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3!!! THIS TIME I'M 40% SURE OF IT.

Also, I was half being facetious (as usual) when I said PC gaming is lame, actually, yeah I stand behind that statement, I'm not being facetious any more. It's all WoW players and basement dwellers playing FPSes, but yeah, same goes for console gamers. You're only cool if you DON'T play FPSes.