The Street Fighter V beta was supposed to help test out the online infrastructure of the upcoming fighting game, but since it launched there have been numerous problems that have stopped testers from accessing the game properly. Capcom has also confirmed that this beta phase will not count towards as a proper beta, meaning there will still be three more of them to come before release. Everyone who did try to connect to the beta over the last few days will still receive an in game incentive despite the problems.
Capcom offers its sincerest apologies to everyone who participated in this first beta test. While the purpose of a beta is to work out these type of issues, it was very clear that the issues we faced were more severe than we were prepared for. After three days of testing, while we were making progress and collecting valuable data, we felt the majority of players were not having a good experience, and the best course of action would be to take the servers offline for extended maintenance. We will be postponing our first beta phase until we believe the experience is going to be a positive one for players.
There is no date yet for when the beta will now occur due to the number of fixes that need to be implemented before players can test it properly. I guess the one positive from this beta is that Capcom has discovered the online infrastructure needs a lot of work before Street Fighter V is ready for release.
Source: Capcom
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It always seems with fighting games that nothing learnt from the online setup of previous games carries over to the next.