Capcom Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:9697) today announced that Street Fighter 6 won the eSports Game of the year 2024 award, and Street Fighter League won the eSports Competition of the year 2024 award at the JAPAN eSPORTS AWARDS 2024 held on January 15.
Anticipated Street Fighter 6 addition C. Viper is available now.
On September 28th, Capcom announced on X that it would implement a pay-per-view stream for the Capcom Cup 12 Finals (March 14th, 2026) and the SFL: World Championship (March 15th, 2026). Watching these tournament finals live would cost about $40 to $60. While there will also be a free stream to watch a week later, the idea of blocking matches behind a paywall has not sit well with the esports community.
Geezus, the industry greed ruins this hobby. You have something fun that supports your product and brings a community together, but instead of backing it and standing beside your fans in the fun, you choose to monetize it by locking matches behind a paywall?
Greedy f*cking pigs.
SFL Japan already did PPV finals and it must have been a success. The average SF fan probably doesn't realise just how big the franchise is in Japan, it's a horrible decision but sadly it's going to sell in Japan. If they wanted to make money from it, they should have done like they did with SF5 and do Capcom Cup dlc packs which include a few costumes and a special tournament stage instead of resorting to PPV but I guess that's just too much work for them. Hopefully it blows up in their face, absolutely shocking decision making.
that is crazy to me
especially since its japan only too ha but its huge in japan right now, but still a scummy move
C. Viper has completed the improvements to her spy gadgets and experiments with the Drive Gauge.
The research director's only conclusion is her victory when she arrives in Street Fighter 6 on October 15!
