Capcom Bails On Super Street Fighter IV PC, Blames Piracy

by Mike Bendel on September 22, 2010 @ 12:02 pm


A PC release of Super Street Fighter IV is not the cards, primarily due to piracy, Capcom says. Series producer Yoshinori Ono delivered the crushing blow to fans in a recent interview with Japanese site 4gamer, lamenting that rampant piracy plagued the previous installment, prompting Capcom to take measures to protect the brand.

Otherwise, Ono says, a continuing climb in piracy would led to the belief that Street Fighter IV is essentially “free” in certain areas — diluting its image in the process. That being said, Capcom isn’t completely ruling out a PC release. Ono noted that the company may reconsider their stance if and only if a suitable copy protection scheme is found.

No PC Super Street Fighter IV Due to Piracy [Andriasang via 4gamer]

Follow this author on .

Read more: Super Street Fighter IV PC Unveil Likely Coming Tomorrow,  Capcom To Unveil Two Unannounced Projects At E3,  Street Fighter X Tekken Takes the Fight to PC Today,  Hollenshead: PC Hardware Manufactures View Piracy As “Hidden Benefit”,  Splinter Cell Conviction On PC To Require Persistent Online Connection

Comments
KezraPlanes says:

Typical. This is the usual excuse to not release games on the PC nowadays.

September 22, 2010, 7:09 pm
x3sphere says:

Meanwhile Valve and Blizzard continue to rake in the profits xD Honestly - I think the PC market is a whole different ballgame than on consoles. Even with piracy as rampant as it is, publishers should continue to support it, if only to retain trust. It's not as if they really stand to lose much - if at all. Heck, if SSFIV only sold 20K copies on PC (which it would hit EASILY), that'd certainly cover the overhead spent on porting.

The original Half Life was pirated en masse as well yet it's still one of the best-selling games ever.
September 22, 2010, 7:30 pm
you say:

Login with your username and password below. New User?





Quantcast