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The Street Fighter V beta has been knocked out

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Yesterday, I told you of my attempts – and complete failure – to play the Street Fighter V beta. I was hoping to get some time in with the beta at some point soon, because I need a little more Street Fighter in my life. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like that’s happening any time soon. The beta, which has been locked for most people in European territories, has now been postponed. Capcom is, naturally, very sorry about all of this.

“Capcom offers its sincerest apologies to everyone who participated in this first beta test,” the publisher said on its blog, Capcom Unity.

“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 were initially supposed to be three batches of beta testing, with many who’ve participated in the beta having paid for the privilege by pre-ordering. Thankfully, this first, failed test won’t count as one of those batches.

“Additionally, we are working on a worthwhile in-game incentive for the players that participated in the first beta test,” Capcom said. “While we can’t confirm specifics just yet, we will have more details on this in the coming weeks.”

I’m guessing it’s some skins for the final game, or a Street Fighter PS4 theme. Capcom also apologised to the European and Asian testers who’ve not been able to take part in the beta.

“To all of the players that participated and supported us through this initial phase, we cannot thank you enough,” Capcom said, rather sweetly.

“We understand how frustrating it is to be so close to playing the game you are excited for, and to not have it working. The whole team here is very disappointed that we were unable to deliver a proper beta experience this time.”

One day, I’ll play this game. One day. Better they experience issues now than after the game’s out.

Last Updated: July 28, 2015

23 Comments

  1. Umar

    July 28, 2015 at 07:33

    Hopefully we’ll get in with the next beta…Oh well. There’s always Rocket League, ay Geoff?…..sigh.

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    • Dutch Matrix

      July 28, 2015 at 08:00

      Or just save yourself a ton of heartache and start playing Mortal Kombat X instead. Everybody knows that’s the superior fighting game in any case!

      Reply

      • Umar

        July 28, 2015 at 08:02

        Sorry, I don’t play casual games.

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          July 28, 2015 at 08:03

          But I thought you liked JRPGs? *run*

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          • Dutch Matrix

            July 28, 2015 at 08:07

            “liked” is such a weak word. Umar makes love to his JRPG’s. Or just wanks to the covers…

          • Umar

            July 28, 2015 at 08:09

            Pretty accurate 😀

          • Dutch Matrix

            July 28, 2015 at 08:14

            Don’t worry. We all have our fantasies.

            Mine is getting head from Mileena

          • Umar

            July 28, 2015 at 08:20

            Lol Wow even that is too much for me.

        • Hammersteyn

          July 28, 2015 at 08:04

          XD

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  2. Hammersteyn

    July 28, 2015 at 07:51

    It’s BETA to have hadokened and lost than never to have hadokened at all?

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  3. Dutch Matrix

    July 28, 2015 at 07:56

    FATALITY!!!
    Damn man! I sincerely feel bad for you SF fans. 🙁

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  4. Alien Emperor Trevor

    July 28, 2015 at 08:00

    Remind us again what SFIV was like on PS4? What did you expect? 😛

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    • Dutch Matrix

      July 28, 2015 at 08:01

      It was like having Julius Malema on stage at a strip club…

      Reply

  5. Hammersteyn

    July 28, 2015 at 08:04

    • Dutch Matrix

      July 28, 2015 at 08:05

      Darryn just choked on his Pronutro…

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      • Hammersteyn

        July 28, 2015 at 08:06

        Is the Pronutro okay?

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        • Dutch Matrix

          July 28, 2015 at 08:06

          Nothing years of therapy cannot fix.

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        July 28, 2015 at 08:07

        I know just how to help!

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        • Dutch Matrix

          July 28, 2015 at 08:09

          I suppose if Darryn washes his face every once in a while girls might just stop running away all screaming from his presence…

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      July 28, 2015 at 08:11

      Making gat of Sagat se gat. :/

      Reply

  6. Ross Woofels Mason

    July 28, 2015 at 08:30

    I don’t really get the rage, anger and hissy fits people are throwing over this tbh. Yea it’s mildly annoying, but this is the point of Betas to begin with. Iron out all the bullshit and see where things went wrong before the final release, so that when it does launch you have a good product.

    If people can’t handle issues and bugs then you should not be playing beta versions to damn well begin with.

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    • Geoffrey Tim

      July 28, 2015 at 08:48

      100%.

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    • Gavin Mannion

      July 28, 2015 at 10:30

      On the other hand if a company is offering paid access to beta’s, the pre-order thing, then there is an expectation attached to that.

      Which is also why I hate this idea of beta access via pre-orders

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