Street Fighter 6 Director CAPCOM CAPCOP

CAPCOM's CAPCOM CUP and SFL: World Championships incision the Street Fighter 6 community that it will be a Pay-Per-View event with ESPORTS's past era.

According to SF6 manager Takayaki Nakayama, the development team did not know that CAPCOM would pay the biggest e -sports event of Street Fighter until the announcement was made.

One user responds to an old post that Nakayama said that Esports and Development Divisions is completely separated.

I opened my eyes

Nakayama replied. “Profit goals and assigned work are fundamentally different for each department. Even the development team was surprised by this announcement (at least [Shuhei] Matsumoto and I were shocked in that place). In other words, this problem occurs within the same company, so we are currently discussing. I apologize for the concerns caused by this. “

Nakayama and Matsumoto were held at the Tokyo Game Show when the presentation was broadcast.

Nakayama acknowledged that he did not drive the company line by publicly talking about the debate, saying, “We are making bad movements as employees, but we are sorry that the debate has occurred.

Street Fighter 6 crosses the arm and smiles and smiles.

According to NAKAYAMA, CAPCOM is currently discussing internal discussions on the Pay-per-view controversy. There is no doubt that watching events to the most dedicated viewers will cause short -term profits, but in the long run, the visibility and popularity of the Esport can be damaged, which can harm the entire ecosystem.

Starcraft: Brood War and ongamenet (OGN) Esports were generally paid. But organizers and developers are gradually moving away from this format. In the case of organizers, profits are increased through other means, such as sponsors and optional subscriptions. For developers, ESPORTS is often treated as marketing costs, and players drive to the game.

You can only see how this is over time, but at this point, the complete reversal at the time of payment seems to have little possibility.