Capcom Cup 12, with its finals scheduled for March of subsequent 12 months, is ready to be the primary pay-per-view livestream for a serious Avenue Fighter match. On Friday, nonetheless, the Japanese writer may change how a lot it expenses gamers to look at it. That’s in response to a furious backlash from followers and aggressive execs alike to what could be a controversial milestone for skilled esports.
“Currently, we are considering price adjustments for the paid live viewing,” Capcom introduced on X earlier at present, in accordance with the platforms’ auto-translation. “We plan to make another announcement regarding the pricing of live viewing tickets, as well as the background and intent behind it, by late October.”
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Whereas followers pays to attend the match reside in-person, they’ll additionally must pay to look at it reside on-line. Proper now the ticket worth is $40 for 2 days of matches. That’s as a lot because it at the moment prices to purchase Avenue Fighter 6. Whereas some followers are in opposition to Capcom charging in any respect, others is perhaps glad if the writer merely lowers the value, or rolls the ticketing right into a broader package deal that additionally contains in-game cosmetics.
Capcom’s retreat comes per week after Street Fighter 6 director Takayuki Nakayama confirmed on social media that the event crew was not consulted concerning the pay-per-view pricing for the greater than $1 million prize pool occasion. “It may sound strange, but it’s true,” he wrote. “Revenue targets and assigned tasks differ fundamentally by department. Even the development team was surprised by this announcement. (At least Matsumoto and I were shocked at the venue). That said, since this matter occurred within the same company, we are currently discussing it. We apologize for any concern this may have caused.”
For instance, the initiatives we applied within the earlier title. That was a proposal from the event crew—it was robust however enjoyable.
Since then, the group has grown considerably, and numerous departments have been established.
My important tasks now are bettering…— TAKA-nakayama (@takaNakayama) October 2, 2025
He additionally confirmed that there was no discussions about together with tickets for the livestream in add-on content material for the sport, like a World Championship costume set. Nakayama even added that he’d delete his submit if he received “scolded at work” for it. That clearly hasn’t occurred.
“We kindly ask for your patience until then,” Capcom advised followers at present. “We sincerely appreciate your continued support for Capcom eSports events.”
