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Road Fighter 6 director says he was ‘shocked’ at Capcom’s resolution to cost followers $40 to observe match remaining streams

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Road Fighter 6 director says he was ‘shocked’ at Capcom’s resolution to cost followers to observe match remaining streams


The director of Road Fighter 6 says he was “shocked” to find that Capcom could be charging followers as much as $40 to observe on-line streams of upcoming match finals.

It was introduced throughout final week’s Tokyo Recreation Present that the finals of Capcom Cup 12 and the SFL World Championship could be streaming dwell through pay-per-view.

Followers who needed to observe the match finals on-line must pay ¥4,000 ($27) to observe the Capcom Cup 12 Finals on March 14, 2026 and one other ¥4,000 ($27) to observe the SFL World Championship on March 15, 2026. Alternatively, a bundle is on the market for ¥6,000 ($40) that enables them to observe each finals.

The announcement was met with backlash from Road Fighter followers offended that they have been being charged as much as $40 to stream an occasion that ought to be bringing the neighborhood collectively, particularly when merchandise for such occasions is commonly offered on the venue and on-line.

Road Fighter 6 director Takayuki Nakayama has now revealed on X that he had no thought concerning the resolution to cost gamers to observe the streams, and that he and producer Shuhei Matsumoto each came upon about it whereas they have been at Tokyo Recreation Present itself.

Replying to a follower who requested whether or not he thought it was unusual that Capcom’s esports division and growth groups have been seemingly so disconnected on such issues, Nakayama replied: “It could sound unusual, but it surely’s true.”

He added: “Income targets and assigned duties differ essentially by division. Even the event staff was stunned by this announcement (a minimum of Matsumoto and I have been shocked on the venue).

“That mentioned, since this matter occurred inside the similar firm, we’re at the moment discussing it. We apologize for any concern this may occasionally have brought about.”

Capcom’s preliminary announcement that its match finals could be pay-per-view streaming occasions was met with widespread criticism by the combating recreation neighborhood.

“Isn’t the entire level of Capcom Cup, the Capcom Professional Tour and the prize pool purported to be… y’know, advertising and marketing for the sport?” requested X follower Jero. “Why would you PPV-gate that?”

“Cool of you guys to cost out South America precisely one 12 months after the largest story of the Cup was a Chilean prodigy stunning everybody,” added consumer Raxyz, referring to 15-year-old Chilean participant Blaz who completed in second place on this 12 months’s Capcom Cup.

Others identified that paying for streams of online game associated occasions isn’t essentially unusual in Japan, however that by doing the identical for its Road Fighter tournaments Capcom risked alienating its Western viewers.

“They did this for SFL Japan finals final 12 months and this appears to be a traditional/accepted factor in Japan,” X consumer DubC mentioned. “Sadly the remainder of the world doesn’t have Japan’s tradition. This would be the greatest PR nightmare on your model. Good luck with that.”

X consumer Emezi Okorafor added: “I do know Road Fighter 6 in Japan is big, and they’re going to fortunately pay per view (and have been doing so for years, really). However Road Fighter can’t survive on Japan alone. The remainder of the world must be catered to as properly, and this may damage the expansion and popularity exterior of Japan.”