'Street Fighter 5' News, Update: Xbox One Release Denied, Title to Be A Sony Exclusive
Capcom just thwarted the hopes of gamers who yearned to have a version of the latest installment of its upcoming fighting video game "Street Fighter 5" on their Xbox One consoles.
A report from Gamespot.com said that the studio's latest entry to the franchise, as well as any of its future iterations, won't be made available for the Microsoft gaming machine.
The site points out that during the title's unveiling for PlayStation back in December, some fans assumed that a "possible Super or Ultra Edition" of the classic one-on-one game would eventually arrive for Xbox.
However, a Capcom representative informed the game review site about the unfortunate news.
"One comment we see a lot is that something like a Super Street Fighter 5 is going to come out on Xbox," the representative told GameSpot. "But the reality is that this is a real partnership. We are console exclusive for this franchise for this numbered run."
The informer went on to highlight the importance of the partnership between Sony and Capcom.
"We're not talking about how we're handling post-launch content, but I can say the relationship with Sony does open doors for things we haven't been able to do in the past," the person said. "The relationship serves a gameplay and development purpose, and not just a marketing value."
Phil Spencer, Xbox Games Executive, previously said that the latest Street Fighter game will indeed arrive exclusively for their competitors Sony.
"Business deals happen," he said. "We won't do all of them. When we have a first party franchise in a genre I'd rather invest in ours."
"I'd love it if Xbox fans could play all the games, but business just makes some deals happen. It's all part of competition," Spencer added.
"Street Fighter V" is set for a worldwide release in early 2016.
