14 DAY TRIAL // Yoshinori Ono, the main developer behind the success of the Street Fighter series, says that he does not want to see the fighting game franchise stop at number IV and is interested in creating a fifth core game for the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.
The developer admits that creating a title for the next generation of home console requires resources that at the moment are hard to secure.
He tells 4Gamer that, “Realistically speaking, developing a title for next-gen consoles requires a huge amount of staff members, and a large sum of money. The issue of money also applies to everyone else, as it’ll be required to invest in a new console, game, and arcade stick.”
Ono previously said via Twitter that he lacked money and staff to create Street Fighter V, but he now sounds a little more confident.
He is also considering the possibility of launching a free-to-play version of Street Fighter in order to increase interest among the community of fans and give them an innovative take on the series.
He adds, “For fighting games, we’re always thinking about finding ‘something’ which can be acquired by paying money. If can find that, I believe things would go smoothly.”
At the moment, teams are working on free-to-play versions for both Tekken and for Dead or Alive and Ono wants to see how they perform from a financial point of view before launching his next project.
Fans of the series will be able to get access to Ultra Street Fighter 4 at some point in 2014, with five new characters added to the Arcade Edition and launch planned for the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.
Capcom does not yet have an official position on the next generation future of the Street Fighter series.