Capcom has assured fighting fans that their copy of Street Fighter V is all they will need in order to gain access to future content updates.
Speaking with Eventhubs, Matt Dahlgren, Director of Brand Marketing and eSports, painted a far more positive picture about SFV’s support going forward than what we’ve seen with its predecessor.
“This is the only disc you’re ever going to need to own to get all of the content in the game, but we’ll be revealing details of how our post-launch content happens at a later date, but it will be good news," he said.
“We want to start off with a core roster which will be inviting to new players. When you start off with a gigantic roster right off the bat, it can be pretty daunting for new players to figure out where to start. Very soon in the future, you will see brand new characters for the franchise.”
Elsewhere, Dahlgren also confirmed that Street Fighter V’s story-based content will see some changes from past iterations:
“We are paying attention to how everybody handles story related content, and we will be doing things differently this time around for Street Fighter 5, but we’ll be sharing details on that at a later date.”
Street Fighter V is due out on PlayStation 4 and PC in spring 2016. Capcom expects the game to sell in the region of two million copies worldwide, while the beta will be available to PS4 gamers first.