Aug. 26, 2008
4:46 p.m.

How to buy a Street Fighter IV arcade cabinet

MTV put together a pretty cool article detailing how to buy a SF4 arcade machine.

Considering these puppies cost about $20,000 and you have to jump through a few hoops to actually get one, this article is mostly just for entertainment value — and to give you an idea of why you're not seeing it in more places.

Here's a shake from the page.

3) Live In Japan: Capcom isn’t selling “SFIV” arcade cabinets in the U.S. yet. So how is the game already in some American arcades? It appears that U.S. arcade-owners have imported their units, in some cases just having imported the boards and stuck them into non-”SFIV” cabinets. The units in the U.S. now are gray-market and not approved by Capcom.