katsubento
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Just starting with Top 8 is pretty good. Lots of great matches and no mirrors. You can even see Cammy go from her default to CPT costume.
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SFV EVO Finals Watched By 5m Unique Viewers.
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Just starting with Top 8 is pretty good. Lots of great matches and no mirrors. You can even see Cammy go from her default to CPT costume.
Disney XD now has an eleague show, so maybe they'll expand it next year.
Jawmuncher
Member
I'm curious how there's so many viewers yet not enough buyers.
What's the hold up.
What's the hold up.
If anything, maybe DBFZ could be prime time on Saturday so Top 8 can be aired on Toonami (or Adult Swim if EVO doesn't want to wait until 10pm CST for DBFZ Top 8).
As for other TV showings of fighting games, Disney XD now airs ESL Brawlers for SFV on a regular basis.
RedAssedApe
Banned
more fun to watch pro players than get beat up by them
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
Those are some crazy numbers. Tokido destroyed.
sixteen-bit
Member
it doesn't cost money to watch
First impressions are a killer. It's slowly been getting better in the eyes of the public, but don't expect SFV to sell gangbusters and be an overnight success. Capcom really screwed the pooch with the reveal and it's not the first time they've doomed a game's sales (Street Fighter X Tekken)
The views do make me think that Street Fighter still does have strong-ish brand recognition, which makes it even more damning on how badly Capcom did with the launch to where that wasn't enough to get it going at first.
Can we please not do thisArms has a total of 3 viewers on Twitch. That's none of my business tho.
Nemesis121
Member
The price still high, should be selling at $20 for the base game, not $40..
Oh man, DBZ finals on Toonami would be stupid hype.
Good on Capcom for striking as many deals as they can to show off high level SFV play. I see no reason to believe that SFV and Smash 4 won't be on TV next year. And I'll bet on MvCI beeing on Disney XD as well, I'm mostly just wondering how Disney will feel about running the EVO finals for three or more fighting games on there channel one right after the other. Seriously, that's a lot of time spent on fighting games!
RedAssedApe
Banned
its been much less than $40 several times. think i saw it at $10 just a week or two ago
Y'all crazy. The first major tournament after it releases is going to be bananas during the phase where people figure shit out. Expect to see a bunch of characters and teams that you may not see a year later.
Base SFV is $20 digital at Amazon and Gamestop right now. S1's character pack (2016) is $10 at those two places as well.
Secret Character
Member
Tokido vs. FChamp. Thank me later. It's still only top 8, but probably one of the best SFV matches I've ever seen.
Nemesis121
Member
I already own the game, just speaking in general audience might think it's too high...
Forearm Star
Member
Awesome! Glad to see the game doing well and getting attention.
But the later years are when we really get the tournament showings that hold up in the long-term.
It was $10 on Amazon a few times and I grabbed a copy. I still couldn't be bothered to keep it... the game felt absolutely empty.
Blows my fucking mind that they didn't just patch in a quick/dirty arcade mode...
RedAssedApe
Banned
i remember Amazon had it for $10 super close to launch last year. i was salty cuz i had paid full price (well with BB GCU) lol
The presumption is that they're waiting to launch an actual arcade version to add the mode.
I see DR2K has learned that GAF apparently hates PopGAF gifs... and has now been adding them to his arsenal of flamebait posts lol
Nahh, I think luce definitely has a point. The first year we'll probably be seeing more people than not running the same early success formula. Only later on when people start labbing and getting more personal with their tech will things really start to get more interesting.
Nahh, I think luce definitely has a point. The first year we'll probably be seeing more people than not running the same early success formula. Only later on when people start labbing and getting more personal with their tech will things really start to get more interesting.
sixteen-bit
Member
Amazon sold it for $10 then a week later sent an email saying they'd buy it back for $25 with the trade-in program, lol
sixteen-bit
Member
6-1, no?
Dark Ninja
Member
Top 8 was really damn great
Back when that happened I bought a few copies and traded em in to Best Buy 2 days later. (along w/ a few other games they dropped on accident) Made a bunch of money.
I knocked him into Loser's this year. (TBH I don't think he's been playing much with his new job, but I'll take it lol).
The Lone Dragon
Member
I look forward to NOT seeing this thread on the front page in a half hour, because it's a positive SF5 thread, and GAF rarely has much to say in positive SF5 threads.
lucebuce12
Member
MegamanXZero
Member
Thx for the self fulfilling prophecy.
sixteen-bit
Member
SmokeMaxX the gategeeper! But seriously, nice, lol.
Can't you just take the W without the snarky comment for once?
It's hard to feel too bad for a young guy like Punk who won the eleague TBS thing with a similar cash prize when this is Tokido's biggest win after playing since before Punk was even born.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
SFV top 8 was great, it was the second best top 8 this year to me 
Was really good and the grind final was great until punk lost his cool in the final half sadly
Was really good and the grind final was great until punk lost his cool in the final half sadlyIt's like the Super Bowl. Just because you enjoy watching the game doesn't mean you enjoy playing it.
AndyMoogle
Member
No one has the time and dedication required to get good at a fighting game. It's more fun to just watch the pros a few times a year instead.
Leafhopper
Banned
That's good to hear.
I mean it isn't fun to play for me so yeah it's a failure to me anyway.
Dunno about the rest of GAF or whatever.
Will take your bait because why not.
Don't do this.
B-but SF V was a failure, GAF told me that
I mean it isn't fun to play for me so yeah it's a failure to me anyway.
Dunno about the rest of GAF or whatever.
Will take your bait because why not.
Arms has a total of 3 viewers on Twitch. That's none of my business tho.
Don't do this.
bizzarewars
Banned
Not really a compilation of matches necessarily, but Maximilian has a great video on some of the more hype moments on his channel, although it's not specific to SF5 alone.
SinCityAssassin
Member
And they say TV is dead.
Etrian Oddity
Member
That's up there with GOAT Evo top 8's, for sure.