When developers make games, they will offer support for the game for a couple of years before moving on to newer titles. However Capcom believes that Street Fighter V has so much potential that they think that they could even end up supporting the game for an entire console generation.Speaking to MCV UK, Capcom’s brand manager Brian Ayers said, “We want Street Fighter V to last a console generation. That’s a very brave move from the business side of things. But that is how we are looking at the product as well. It’s not: ‘right, get it out, it’s the first six months and then it’s done’. We’re talking lifetime on this now in years rather than quarters, which I think is quite telling in itself.”
So how long is a console generation? Usually it is set for about 10 years. For example the PlayStation 3 was released in 2006, and its successor the PlayStation 4 was released in 2013, with the PS3 officially being discontinued in 2015. This means that as far as the PS4’s lifespan is concerned, there should be about 6-7 years left, meaning that Capcom could spend that long supporting Street Fighter V.
That being said, Street Fighter titles have been played competitively over the years, so it wouldn’t be a stretch to think Capcom would keep supporting it as long as it remained competitive, like how Blizzard has maintained games like Diablo 2 and StarCraft for many years, even after their successors have been released.
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