Capcom V.P. Christian Svensson was on the Unity Boards recently to discuss the Championship mode expansion for Street Fighter 4 along with a few other matters.When will the Championship mode expansion pack be released for Street Fighter IV? I thought it was supposed to be available at launch?
Sven: Championship mode was never planned for launch. The whole purpose of that pack is that they were features we wanted to have the whole community have access to but didn't have time in the base development schedule to complete.
So now, it's time to complete those features, which is what the team has been working on since original submission was approved in January (that and the PC Sku).
Why is there no spectator support in SFIV?
Sven: I'll better be able to address this in a few weeks... can't say more than that right now.
For now, the team is focused on the PC SKU and the Championship update. Beyond that, I can't comment. I will say Spectator modes/lobbies not part of either of those pieces of content.
What difference does it make which country owns the rights to Street Fighter and Final Fight? — del.icio.us
Sven: It has pretty massive ramifications on financial issues (specifically who pays for and who profits or loses from the use of said IP... be it in new games or licensing, etc.).
It also has issues over who has creative control of the property (e.g. who decides to do what products, what form they take.) So for example, in SFIV, that project was completely funded and initiated by Capcom USA. Capcom USA opted to engage Capcom Japan to run the development of the project. We had to approve all proposed direction and milestones. Etc.
For consumers, I don't suspect it makes much difference in the end result.
