Street Fighter V Put On Hold For the Foreseeable Future

July 16, 2013

Those hungry for the next generation of Street Fighter will have to wait a while longer.

Capcom Executive Producer Yoshinori Ono has confirmed that Street Fighter V is not in development. He gave the following brief explanation on Twitter:

I don’t have R&D budget and staff who they’re just only make USF4.

Ultra Street Fighter IV was just announced this week and includes some new content to keep Street Fighter IV fans invested such as new characters and stages. However, it doesn’t make any daring leaps. It’ll still play and look like SFIV, with all its quirks and imbalances. To the millions of SFIV fans that’s more than enough to warrant a purchase, but there’s a sizeable audience that is looking for something new. These fighting game fans are now playing games like Injustice: Gods Among Us and Persona 4 Arena, games that might not be as popular but are a good break.

Given that SFV hasn’t even begun development it’s safe to say the fighting game community will be waiting a while. Hopefully it pays off.

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