Rynocirator
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I hope Sonicfox takes this whole thing
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Street FIghter V reaches 4k entrants for EVO!!!!!
- Thread starter Gunslinger
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Not a single chance.
Did anyone even get in on that? I thought it was a pricing error that got fixed.
yup
bangbang i'm a timpani
Banned
how connectivity been recently? i really want to play guile
too much eslim
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Lol that's a lot of people. That's clearly a record. Dang too bad KI can't even get 500.
Damn he got banned for this? Ive seen worse 1st replies
The venue is massive. There should be hundreds of setups. It can be done.
Aaronrules380
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I wonder if Pokken is still planned to be a Friday game, now that it's over 1000 entrants
GrantDaNasty
Member
Depending on where you're looking, you can get a Steam key at a decent price, though that depends on where you stand when it comes to key reseller sites.
I think peak concurrent viewership might reach 250k or even 300. SF4 was able to pull around 150k peak. If they can get a good time frame to stream SF5 , it should do pretty big numbers.
If Capcom can win back casuals with the story mode patch in June , hopefully we can get a season 2 next year.
If Capcom can win back casuals with the story mode patch in June , hopefully we can get a season 2 next year.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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yeah, sorry there a bit tired and had a brain fart. im confusing entrants with viewership of the likes of dota 2 and what not lol
Wow first post really got banned for that? SMH it was a good and very light joke
SF not having stellar sales must burn really bad for some of you people...
I wonder if the numbers at Evo will be this high only for SF5 because of the new game hype or the other games will grow as much as well.
SF not having stellar sales must burn really bad for some of you people...
I wonder if the numbers at Evo will be this high only for SF5 because of the new game hype or the other games will grow as much as well.
Emerson's Essentia
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Yes.
This is an issue that needs addressing and I've had it screw up a tournament match myself.
Deciding game, last round: controller disconnect prompt appears. Found the dude who left his controller on after about 5 minutes, we restarted the match and dude came back in the set to win it.
I wasn't salty only because I knew I had no fucking clue how to play SFV.
But this is gonna be a hilarious blowup this year.
Shadow_Lord
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So Infiltration is gonna win this. BUT...
Either he dominates like he did in 2012 against Daigo.
OR...
Nash gets figured out and so he pulls an insane pocket character like he did against PR Rog
One or the other.
Either he dominates like he did in 2012 against Daigo.
OR...
Nash gets figured out and so he pulls an insane pocket character like he did against PR Rog
One or the other.
It's crazy how fast the competitive scene in fighting games in growing. In 2010 there were only 1,700 entrants in all of EVO.
It burns really bad when it's repeated ad nauseum in any thread about the game, yeah.
And no, other games aren't doubling entrants from previous years. Pokken is doing really well, though.
The fact that you think it's acceptable to come into a thread about a tournament and shitpost just for giggles speaks volumes.
-Pyromaniac-
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Really hyped for Evo. I'm kind of hoping Infiltration wins every major this year. Great story. Great guy. But would also love to see Tokido take it for that comeback story.
He looks unstoppable to me. Looks like a repeat of SFxT.
I hope Capcom fking patches in that Legacy controller support so you dont need to use a DS4. That would help a ton.
The entire 2nd page was basically derailed , with the usual "Savage" and "Brilliant" posts from people who dont give a rats ass about this game or this record.
Am surprised it got back on course with people talking about EVO.
Kazunoko claimed the Japanese figured him out at Red Bull kumite , but then they got bodied anyway.
The entire 2nd page was basically derailed , with the usual "Savage" and "Brilliant" posts from people who dont give a rats ass about this game or this record.
Am surprised it got back on course with people talking about EVO.
Kazunoko claimed the Japanese figured him out at Red Bull kumite , but then they got bodied anyway.
Steve Youngblood
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It kind of is, but it's also not a surprise when just a couple of years ago a company like Amazon was paying just shy of a billion dollars for Twitch. That was confirmation if confirmation was needed that eSports (or whatever other name people want to call this so as to avoid the silly "is it really a sport?" debate) are getting big. I mean, EVO may never be anywhere near as big as the Super Bowl, but these are legitimate events now. I'm not saying the sky's the limit and it'll just keep growing at this pace, but for now I think there's a nice cycle going on where increased viewership will increase participation and so on. Just yesterday Bud Light was getting into the eSports game (though not fighting games).
CD'S BAR
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I want/need it for ps4. Been searching constantly. Only a matter of time I hope!
Coulomb_Barrier
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Getting big and I can see why.
Hopefully mainstream will start picking it up too.
Hopefully mainstream will start picking it up too.
yea this is about the biggest issue I could see.
entremet
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Massa
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(Today, 04:53 PM)
Mods are probably trying to crack down on first post joking that tends to happen ad nauseam these days.
Funny joke, tho.
Lots of people did, I did on the second time, shipping included to Japan cost me a total of $15 USD too.
DryEyeRelief
Member
I think it's just the fact that SFV is essentially a "reset" for competition.
SFIV as big as it was, was also an old game. It was a ship that already sailed.
SFIV last year had a peak of 250k viewers, SFV this year will do more than.
I'm just noting that SF people are way more sensible when talking about this... i never saw this kind of backlash for a joke when talking about VF/Tekken/KoF etc.
...now that to me speaks volume.
Steve Youngblood
Member
Yeah. I'm way out of my element here as I'm not very good at any version of Street Fighter, but I have to imagine that part of the appeal is that you're kind of in a blue ocean again with a lot yet to be discovered about a new game. Granted, the cream will still rise, but I have to imagine that it's more "anybody's game" than USFIV.
It gets stupid when repeated over and over again. Especially in any thread about the game.
Oh, when Soul Calibur V was around, MANY jokes were had at its expense.
Omnistalgic
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where were these people talking about “it’s a joke” the joke has been repeated, reiterated, and posted verbatim in like 20 SF threads over the past month? lol...like what, you’re still laughing? ummm...ok
annoying first 2 pages...
I’ll just stick to SFVOT I guess.
Anyone congrats to Pokken and especially SFV, this Evo should really be the biggest one ever.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
so far the tournies have shown that there is potential for someone to come in and blow up a lot of the top players. Obviously the tokido and infiltration still always rise to the top but a good example is bigbird in the last one.
Very good observation, tournaments got big only midway SF4 life and some people just didn't jump on it because of that.
Damn really?
Can SFV really hit over 300-400k though? That would literally be very close to the number of people that own the game.
Omnistalgic
Member
You know this because?
Only official numbers we have are opening sales from 3 regions. U.S/JP/UK
I think if Capcom plays their cards well in number of views the game could surpass LoL/Dota numbers in a year or two, it's a product way more understandable for the masses so it's bound to have higher views than the mobas.
Gunslinger
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he is talking about twitch viewers. Relax bro no need to get so defensive. Shows your insecurity of low SFV sales.
You are right , I meant it would be very close to opening sales figures. Not what it could be now. Though since it hasnt been on NPD for a while , I dont think it has gotten any big gains.
Those nations consist of like 80% of world-wide console videogame sales.