Capcom employees Seth Killian and Christian Svensson were hitting the Unity Boards hard recently, they cover Marvel vs. Capcom 2's release date, HD Remix on the PC, SFIV on the PC and XBox 360 Arcade support. Lot's of interesting stuff, here are their comments.
Capcom, when is Marvel vs. Capcom 2 coming out on XBLA/PSN?
Sven: I could be wrong, but I believe MS will be saying something "today" (Wednesday) about this.
[Later on...] Turns out, I'm wrong (I got updated this afternoon). You'll hear something from us VERY soon though.
Will Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix ever come to PC?
Seth: It's an interesting question. No plans at the moment, but to be honest, I couldn't tell you why not.
Let me investigate.
Sven: We had selected Street Fighter 4 as our foray into PC fighting games. Even with a couple of days sales, we're still not sure how it's going to do. It's an experiment of sorts.
The tech for HD Remix doesn't yet have a PC basis and it would be rather expensive to port the tech to PC, then port the game.
I have two computers in my house and only one PC SF4. Can I use the CD-key to go online with both?
Sven: I could be wrong, but only one of those accounts linked to the key can be an online-capable account I believe.
What's up with the PC SFIV hackers who have their Battle Points at 999,999?
Seth: Just as an FYI, I saw some correspondence between Capcom and Microsoft about exactly this just yesterday. They are actively investigating how it's happening and it sounds like they're forming the action plan on how to fix it.
Why does Capcom not support XBox 360 Arcade more often? How come you don't just port more titles over from the PS1 and Dreamcast? Porting is easy to do.
Sven: Actually, I believe you'll find us to be among the most prolific of third parties on XBLA:
SF2: Hyper Fighting, Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Rocketmen & Uranus expansion, Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3, 1942: Joint Strike, Age of Booty, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Flock and Marvel vs. Capcom 2. And more on the way not yet announced.
As for porting PS1, PS2 and Dreamcast titles over, you make it sound like it's simple. Every project is millions of dollars and 14 to 18 months of effort. These are not trivial projects. They require planning and lots of resources.
Is Street Fighter IV coming to the Nintendo DS?
Seth: Sorry, there are no plans for SFIV on DS right now.
On the subject of HD Remix on the PC, it's interesting that Capcom is saying that SFIV is an experiment of sorts. I imagine if SF4 does extremely well, you'll see HD Remix also on the PC, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Street Fighter 4 is a MUCH more mass market game, and while SSF2T HD Remix sold very well, it's hard to see it making its way to the PC unless Capcom felt like it was going to be a major success.
