If you've been living in a submarine for the last year, you may not know that some "Street Fighter 4" owners were vocally distressed about Capcom's decision to forgo additional fighters as DLC in favor of releasing an entire new game called "Super Street Fighter 4." The details are nearly non-existent, but it sounds like those concerns may get an answer in the form of something special available exclusively to those who have purchased both titles.
"The problem is that it gets a new title ID, which means no cross-play with the original consumers," Capcom VP of strategic planning & business development Christian Svensson told Gamasutra. "And the other part is designing the game around, figuring out who has which package, even if you could do that."
Svensson's reasoning there makes a valid point about why "Super Street Fighter 4" needed to be released as its own game, and I get that. But he doesn't directly address why they couldn't have released a character or two as DLC for "SF4" as well. Nevertheless, a lot of Street Fighter fans are going to be interested in the fruits of his non-announcement.
"So, going $10 above Platinum/Greatest Hits pricing was sort of a nice compromise," Svensson explained. "And we haven't announced it, but for those who have purchased and played Street Fighter IV on the system that they play this on, there will be a nifty little special set of things that those people will have the option of enjoying that others won't."
Of course, this will surely ignite anger among those who didn't buy the first game and want access to whatever the mystery prize is separately. Personally, I don't belong to that subset of player, though, so I can't wait to hear what Capcom has to offer.
What would you like to see Capcom present to owners of both SF titles? Do you think Svensson made the case for "SSF4" as a standalone title? Share your reactions in the comment section below.