Super Street Fighter IV not getting an arcade release

Super Street Fighter IV not getting an arcade release

Super Street Fighter IV, an updated version of Capcom's Street Fighter IV featuring new characters, tweaked gameplay, and new combos has been announced. However at this stage the new version does not look like it will get an arcade release.

Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono broke the news to website GamesReactor. "Unfortunately, I'm sorry to say to arcade fans out there: there won't be an arcade version of this," Ono told GamesReactor. "I think a lot of people were kind of requesting an arcade update. I know that, in some parts of the world, it doesn't really matter if there's an arcade version or not," he told GamesReactor.

"But certainly in Japan and the rest of Asia and some parts of the Oceania, there's still a lot of people playing in arcades. So, I'm sorry to disappoint them but this time its going to be Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 only affair."

In an update to the official SFIV blog, assistant producer Natsuki Aizawa confirms that Super Street Fighter IV is only coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. There may be some hope of an arcade release in the future however says Aizawa, "It's not the case that there's definitely not a chance for an arcade version. One thing I absolutely want to get across is, we most definitely haven't given up on the arcade Street Fighter IV.