Street Fighter 5 producer Yoshinori Ono has given advice to Xbox One owners who are miffed that the new Street Fighter is console exclusive for PlayStation 4.
“There’s plenty of time to save $300 before the game comes out,” he laughed. “The PlayStation 4 is at a very attractive price point at the moment.”
He also confirmed that in-game micro-transactions will be limited to cosmetic items, and explained how ‘Fight Money’ will work.
We’ve revealed new details on how players can earn Fight Money. The first is by completing daily goals, which can be something like getting five wins in ranked mode, or executing 30 special moves. It should be something that’s fairly easy to accomplish to get the bonus, and it also rewards players that are continuously engaging with the game. Rather than build a system that requires players to grind for hours on hours, we’d rather just have them come in on a regular basis and complete a daily goal.
The other philosophy we have with the system is we want to encourage players to experiment with the variety of characters. So another way to get Fight Money is to level up individual characters in the game. Levelling up won’t affect gameplay balance, just lets players know how much time has been spent perfecting a specific character. But with those two combined you can get a sense of where we’re going with the system.
He also revealed they are planning to release a new character around once every two months after the game has launched, and reiterated that there will be no “Super” or “Ultra” versions of Street Fighter V on this generation of consoles.
“This is the only disc you’ll need to own. You can upgrade to all the content throughout its lifespan. You’re never going to be forced to purchase an upgrade pack or another disc-based product,” said Ono.
Source: Gamespot
The Lone Steven
What’s that? Half of the fanbase is now annoyed or very pissed off by this? Don’t be absurd. I mean, it’s only telling them to spend 300 dollars if they want to play this entry into the franchise or that telling people to buy a PS4 is not going to result in it backfiring. Nor will he be sacked or banned from doing publicity stuff.
Tuffcub
I think it was a jovial comment, hence the laughing.
jayjay119
I dunno if this was satirical comment; but this was the literal attitude people at Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics took when the Rise of The Tomb Raider was released; we got a really condescending letter about how we could still buy Temple of Osiris and The Reboot which propelled public anger further. So, if it’s a serious comment it’s a very ill advised one.
double-o-dave
Tell ’em how it is Ono, good man! ;) lol
Avenger
I think he’s forgetting that the game is coming to PC.
Dave Irwin
Surely that’s $300 + the RRP of Street Fighter V? Unless there is a bundle he’s not telling us about!
Starman
That’s the kind of thing Don Mattrick would say.
Though I still don’t believe there will not be another version anyway, though I’m not as into fighting games now as I used to be so aren’t too bothered. They said after Super SF4 there wouldn’t be another, then they released two more editions.