Street Fighter IV to Hit PS3, 360, and PC, Not Wii

Many different sources are reporting that the new Street Fighter game will be hitting the PS3, XBox 360, and PC but not the Wii. "Expected to release this fiscal year and now confirmed for PS3, 360 and PC, the next iteration of the genre-establishing fighting series renders characters and environments in stylized 3D, while the game plays in the classic Street Fighter 2D perspective 'with additional 3D camera flourishes'. Street Fighter IV will include the original cast of Street Fighter II along with new brawlers including female super-spy Crimson Viper, lucha libre wrestler El Fuerte and mixed martial artist Abel."

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Re:Only one question

[Gewalt]

Flamebait eh? OK, Let me try again.

What possible reasons could they have for intentionally ignoring a huge market segment like that? If they can release on the PC/PS3/XBOX360 all at once, then the issue clearly is not one of code portability, nor is it one of latent capabilities of the hardware (SSBB looks mighty impressive on the wii, so no excuses there). So that leaves what, exactly? An inherent disdain for the platform itself, which is suicidal for a game company to ignore the #1 platform in the market. While this is possible, its not that likely. Companies don't usually make business decisions on personal feelings like that.

That leaves me with only one more thought. They made the interface so cumbersome, that they were not able to make something playable with the reduce button count on the wii.