Wed, Sep 22, 2010 | 14:19 BST
Super Street Fighter IV PC not coming due to piracy, says Ono

Yoshinori Ono has given Super Street Fighter IV on PC a proper haduoken, saying it won’t be appearing on the platform.
Ono, SSFIV’s producer, told 4gamer the reason for skipping PC was down to piracy.
He said that while Street Fighter IV on PC was a decent seller worldwide, it was also “number one in piracy.”
No Super on PC for you, then. Get it on PS3 or 360 instead.
Thanks, Andriasang.


30 comments
#1
Neolucifer
22/09/10, 2:50 pm
well they know the taito arcade will be pirated and ripped anyway .
I dont think there is a single taito x² game that isnt already playable on pc .
Tell the truth capcom , you are mostly mad you wouldnt be able to sell the costumes
#2
Happy Hardon Harry
22/09/10, 2:54 pm
I guess they better stop releasing games on the PSP/DS/360 also.
The 360 torrent of SSFIV was up before the game was officially released.
Try again Ono…
#3
iOrly
22/09/10, 3:01 pm
@HHH, the PS3 is also pirate-able
though very less than the x360,ds,psp,pc
by the way, Street Fighter IV was sh!t, i’m sorry capcom, Street Fighter EX2,EX3 Plus were way better.
#4
Maximum Unreal
22/09/10, 3:02 pm
Well there is very small number Fighting games on PC.Just like Console version of Red Alert 3 wasn’t sold good.Not to mention that PC port of SF4 was late like 3 mounts…But i don’t know how Resident Evil 5 was sold on PC ?
#5
Michael O’Connor
22/09/10, 3:05 pm
@2 I think Capcom has better figures to go by than you do, buddy.
#6
Happy Hardon Harry
22/09/10, 3:08 pm
@5
You’re doing that stalking thing again…mental patient!
#7
StolenGlory
22/09/10, 3:08 pm
@3 “Street Fighter IV was sh!t, i’m sorry capcom, Street Fighter EX2,EX3 Plus were way better.”
Um, what? Street Fighter EX2 + 3 were a fucking disgrace.
Way better than Street Fighter IV?
GTFO.
#8
Michael O’Connor
22/09/10, 3:10 pm
@6
You’re doing that generic and unoriginal retort thing again… buddy!
@7 He be trollin’
#9
theevilaires
22/09/10, 3:13 pm
@8 no he’s not trolling SF4 really is garbage. I rather play the EX games. NO BS!
#10
StolenGlory
22/09/10, 3:14 pm
@9 What makes them better TEA?
#11
Happy Hardon Harry
22/09/10, 3:17 pm
Where is loki? lol (probably O’Connor’s alt account).
#12
Michael O’Connor
22/09/10, 3:18 pm
@9 Consider that you think there’s an actual discernible difference between the PS3 and 360 versions of Tekken 6, you’re not really in any place to have any serious opinion on the fighting game genre.
Anyway, they’re all inferior to Virtua Fighter 5.
#13
iOrly
22/09/10, 3:20 pm
@michael(8), well well, i’m not trolling,
think harder and you’ll figure out who is the real troll.
@StolenGlory, the combat and moves in EX series are way better, when i click on the controller,i feel like i’m chaining attacks, i feel like i’m kicking my opponents ass, the attacks are more creative than just graphic-show off, i hit then wait till the silly embarrassing moves in SSIV ends.
one hint: compare the commandlist of ssiv and the ex series you’ll know what i mean.
also not to forget, SSIV players nearly have the same attacks, just how many of them have haduoken seriously?
#14
Michael O’Connor
22/09/10, 3:25 pm
@13 Then you have incredibly bad taste in fighting games.
The EX games were a horribly unbalanced mess.
“SSIV players nearly have the same attacks.”
No… just… no.
#15
iOrly
22/09/10, 3:30 pm
“The EX games were a horribly unbalanced mess.”
If i got this correctly, then:
Really? whats the point of fighting games if all the characters have the same power?
where is the fun of crushing someone who plays as Ryu with Pullum?
#16
theevilaires
22/09/10, 3:42 pm
I don’t know Stolen, by today’s standard they are outdated but SF4 is sooooooooooo sloooooooooooooow and cheap. Its a disaster. Luckily Marvel vs Capcom looks 100 times promising and better.
O’Connor just because you got the stick doesn’t make you any better. What happens if that stick breaks and have to use the controller…it could happen and then you’re fucked playing with the shitty 360 analog stick. Bottom line no serious fighting fan would ever buy Tekken on 360. You claim cause your friends are there….BS you just love to run your fucking mouth in party chats and be mr. know it all to your XBOT buddies.
and don’t give me that shit about PSN users not having mics or games dropping cause that shit is all myth on the glorious LIVE.
#17
spiderLAW
22/09/10, 3:53 pm
@TEA
Okay man. STFU dude. Dont talk shit about my Street Fighter LOL. Dont be upset because you are wack at the game. The EX series was total shit.
SF4 Slow and cheap? Hahahahahahaha! I think you are talking about all the Tekkens (except Tag Tournament on PS2).
When Street Fighter x Tekken and Tekken x Street Fighter comes out, im owning you on both my friend LOL.
#18
Michael O’Connor
22/09/10, 3:55 pm
@16 If my arcade stick broke, I would rather wait to replace it then play with a controller.
“Bottom line no serious fighting fan would ever buy Tekken on 360.”
Why? Because of some nostalgic attachment to a game that *used* to appear exclusively on one format?
Please. By your own logic, we should only appreciate fighting games if they’re played in the arcade.
“And don’t give me that shit about PSN users not having mics or games dropping cause that shit is all myth on the glorious LIVE.”
I never said games dropped. I said they’re laggier. And as for a lack of people with headsets, I know this from experience of playing Uncharted 2 online on a regular basis.
“You claim cause your friends are there…”
Feel free to PM them on Live and ask them yourself.
#19
spiderLAW
22/09/10, 4:03 pm
@ Mike
Virtua Fighter 5 was weak sauce as well. Well, maybe it just wasnt fit to my taste because i did see heeps of potential.
It appears we have similar tasts in fighting games except for Virtua Fighter 5. I preffered VF2.
#20
Michael O’Connor
22/09/10, 4:10 pm
@19 There’s more depth and strategy put into one single character in Virtua Fighter V than there is in the entirety of Tekken.
Mind you, that doesn’t mean I think Tekken is crap. I just think Virtua Fighter 5 is vastly superior. VF2 is a very outdated game in comparison.
#21
absolutezero
22/09/10, 4:11 pm
What he actually said was that they was a possibility that PC SSF4 could happen but it would need “Unbreakable DRM”.
So dump GFWL then, its the reason it was so heavily pirated because its so fucking easy to do.
I think Ono has also mentioned not making the game have Steamworks because it would exclude people or something, so basically no one is getting the game because some people can’t have it.
I have no idea as to the logic behind that.
#22
spiderLAW
22/09/10, 4:16 pm
@20
O i know its outdated and thats why i dont play it anymore. But for its time VF2 was just way out there.
VF5 just didnt keep my attention longer than 5hrs. I thought it was cool at first but then i just got bored with it. Maybe i should try it again.
#23
Michael O’Connor
22/09/10, 4:19 pm
@22 Virtua Fighter isn’t a pick-up-and-play kind of game. You don’t get much flash out of it unless you create the bang yourself.
It’s one of those games you play to learn.
#24
theevilaires
22/09/10, 4:26 pm
Oh just because I don’t like it doesn’t mean I’m no good at it. I accept your challenge spider….seeing as how bad you were competitively in Halo Reach yesterday I see no need to practice
first winner out of 5 round match gets a $50 PSN card from loser? ……what do you say
#25
spiderLAW
22/09/10, 4:33 pm
@TEA
LOL….1, i still faired better than you yesterday (the first sniper round i got 3 killing sprees and only 3 deaths, 2 other rounds i had half the slayer kills on my own lol). 2, i told you i wasnt at my best after getting a speeding ticket threw me off completely.
Your on dude!
#26
Bikki
22/09/10, 4:43 pm
Well atleast he is honest and just said no, unlike other developers that just cancel the pc version of games for no reason at all.
#27
Callum
22/09/10, 9:25 pm
I fucking hate people who pirate software. What a fucking wind up! They’ll be kicking themsleves in years to come when all the game devs have gone over to facebook games because no console or proper PC games were making any money because everyone STOLE everything!
Couldn’t give a shit how easy it is to do, just don’t do it.
/nieve rant over
#28
Kuwabara
23/09/10, 1:21 am
virtua fighter 5 is better than sf4 and tekken 6 combined!
#29
Michael O’Connor
23/09/10, 1:25 am
@28 <3
#30
freedoms_stain
23/09/10, 4:09 am
Bottom line is, did the pc version make profit on the cost of its production?
You can’t really blame piracy for not making pc versions if you’re still making profit on the product despite piracy.