Posted
— January 24, 2009 at 10:20 a.m. PST
Capcom manager, Seth Killian, chimed in on the
Unity Boards to let people know that if they want the Collector's Edition of Street Fighter 4, they should act quickly.
Seth: Just a heads up -- if you're thinking of picking up a Collector's Edition of Street Fighter IV, you should lock in your preorder as soon as possible. Our production quantities are fixed, so this is actually a limited item, and the way things are looking lately, these are going to be completely gone in the very near future.
I'd also suggest a preorder on the regular edition SFIV if you're hoping to play it the first days after release -- I don't think anyone here was quite ready for the heat that's been building around the game lately and I just want to make sure that everyone who was already planning on buying it doesn't have to end up waiting, especially if your local store didn't happen to order extras.
You can see more details on what the Collector's Edition offers here.
If you'd like to preorder the games, you can do so on Amazon.com.
• Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition: XBox 360 | PlayStation 3
• Street Fighter IV: XBox 360 | PlayStation 3
Seth also went on to comment on some particulars for the console release of the game.
Were there any alterations and/or adjustments made from the arcade version to the console version of SF4? — Dubindoh
Seth: The focus was basically on fixing bugs. These things will be imperceptible to 99.x% of even those who spent a lot of time with the arcade version (for instance, you can watch even very experienced arcade players beast on the console version with no adjustments in their playstyle).
If you come across major issues, or a massive amount of complaints about a particular issue, will you consider a patch?
Yes, but there haven't been any massive amounts of complaints about a particular issue. As you can see from recent tournament results, the characters are extremely well-balanced. People often get upset about something the first time they see it and overreact, but after a bit of experience with the game it turns out to be a minor thing or even a non-issue. It's also true that Street Fighter is *supposed* to be full of powerful, dangerous techniques, so we're not interested in nerfing any little thing that seems powerful.
Would it be possible to play an emulated arcade version through the console version, by means of an extra option, or switches? And if the there are future adjustments... with the patch... could we go back to the original release version?
It's not really a plan right now, just because the console edition of the game is the one that the designers consider to be definitive. They've been working on getting everything just as they wanted it, so I doubt there's a lot of interest in re-presenting the arcade version with fewer characters and options.
