Capcom will exclusively use PC to power its upcoming Capcom Cup tournament, which features the best in the world street fighter 5 players fighting for a $300,000 prize pool. In a post on TwitterCapcom Fighters says that all matches will be played on PC with screens set to 144Hz.
The company doesn’t provide any information about the hardware being used in these PCs (or whether they’ll only be using laptops for gaming), but the move is expected to reduce input lag — the time it takes for a system to translate your button press. on a keyboard or controller to an action displayed on the screen. Low input lag is a must for professionals in the fighting game scene, where a delayed punch or kick can greatly affect the outcome of a match.
Input lag on PlayStation 4 has long been an issue for street fighter 5 gamers, and even the PlayStation 5 doesn’t seem to get better at it all that Although the PlayStation 4 was the console chosen by street fighter 5 tournaments before the covid pandemic hit, Arman Hanjani, a Street Fighter professional who calls himself Phenom in tournaments, tells the edge that many players switched to PC as in-person events were canceled and more tournaments took place online.
“We’ve all been gaming on PC mostly for the past few years,” says Hanjani. “It’s where the game responds best.” That, along with the fact that the game runs better on PC, is likely the catalyst behind Capcom’s decision. Other Street Fighter advantages, including Arturo Sanchezaka Sabin, have long lobbied street fighter 5 tournaments that will take place on PC.
We have a sample of what a PC is street fighter 5 the tournament could be similar to last year Defend the North sponsored by MSI competition, but we probably can’t expect smaller tournaments to take their lead. As Supercombo.gg co-founder kevin higgins He points out, buying and maintaining gaming PCs for hundreds (or even thousands) of gamers is unrealistic for some event organizers.
Also, as Higgins points out, input latency isn’t always consistent across all devices, either because one configuration is slightly different from another, or because the event organizer was unable to install a driver update on one of the machines. It’s easier (and less expensive) to achieve a level playing field with consoles that have more predictable performance levels.
It’s a shame that seven years have passed since the release of street fighter 5 for one of the biggest tournaments that allows you to play on PC, but better late than never. We’ll have to see if other major fighting game tournaments make the transition to PC (although it may not happen on Evo, as Sony partially owns it).
“This is probably the last Capcom Cup for street fighter 5, and it is ending in the best possible way,” says Hanjani. “We will all be able to play to the fullest.” The Capcom Cup begins on February 12.
