Super Street Fighter IV getting 8-person lobbies for online multiplayer
by Ben Gilbert 
{ Nov 10th 2009 at 9:01PM } 
SSFIV's Masahiro Taguchi let the cat out of the bag on the official Japanese blog for the game (translated by Andriasang), saying that the regular ol' Street Fighter IV did not properly convey "the feeling of players gathering together for fights." He says that the ability to create multiplayer lobbies was on the table before creating SFIV, but was scrapped in favor of the one-on-one model currently in place. As frame rate can be a particularly important issue with fighting games relative to other genres, Taguchi makes a point to dispel any worries of online stuttering while observers look on to games in progress, though admitting that the process of making this lag free was a bit of a "technical feat." We're looking forward to putting Taguchi's claims to the test in 2010 when Super Street Fighter IV lands on our consoles.
[Via Andriasang]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 10th 2009 9:05PM
That improvement is...super!
KingOfHearts @ Nov 10th 2009 9:11PM
That doesn't sound remotely like something a dark lord would say..
Bobby Kotick @ Nov 10th 2009 9:13PM
When you are the dark supreme being of the entire universe, people really don't have any say in what vocabulary he uses.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 10th 2009 9:19PM
*chuckles*
KingOfHearts, do not try my patience.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 10th 2009 9:22PM
Now I can 'persuade' the other people that they cannot beat me. Works every time...
KingOfHearts @ Nov 10th 2009 9:22PM
I'd love to try your patience. Does it taste good?
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 10th 2009 9:24PM
Sure!
*extends arm, sends Force Lightning from fingertips into King's mouth*
How's it taste, fool?
allislost @ Nov 10th 2009 9:25PM
The Dark Lord of the Sith is #$%.
EDIT: No dice!
Bobby Kotick @ Nov 10th 2009 9:26PM
Tastes like chicken.
Sorry. I'll stop the cliches now.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 10th 2009 9:27PM
Oh, really?
*Decapitates allislost*
Good day!
KingOfHearts @ Nov 10th 2009 9:29PM
What the hell? That crap doesn't work on the interOHGODITBURNS!
Okay! OKAY!! God! Chill out with the powers, dude. Watch where you point those thing!
Bobby Kotick @ Nov 10th 2009 9:31PM
I guess without a head, all really is lost...
heh...
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 10th 2009 9:53PM
Thanks, faceless Joystiq editor!
Papa Midnight @ Nov 10th 2009 10:47PM
Holy smokes, Bullwinkle! It's Big Gay Al!
PedoJokerBear [Planeteer | Power of Gall Bladder] @ Nov 10th 2009 11:07PM
what in god's given name have i stumbled into here?
xxLUANCHYxx @ Nov 10th 2009 9:27PM
This is so super duper turbo hd remix AWESOME!
rohan @ Nov 10th 2009 9:50PM
no it goes like this:
SF4
SSF4
SSF4 super remix
SSF4 super remix turbo
SSF4 super remix turbo HD
Hakaisou @ Nov 10th 2009 10:05PM
No it's
SF4
SSF4
SSF4 Championship Edition
SSF4 Turbo
SSF4 Hyper Fighting EX + &# 945;
Hakaisou @ Nov 10th 2009 10:06PM
grrr... that gobldegook is supposed to be a greek alpha
That_Guy436 @ Nov 10th 2009 9:28PM
I was wondering why they didn't have this feature. It's annoying having about five friends who all want to fight you around the same time but can only go into a match with one, and the others have to wait for a invite.
Hace @ Nov 10th 2009 9:29PM
This is old as all hell.
/bitchnmoan
Prof. Von Manifest (aka the caterpillar in your buttermilk) [PSN: Manifest37] @ Nov 10th 2009 9:33PM
Old indeed.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/06/super-street-fighter-iv-trailer-unlocks-bonus-stages/
They must have no news.
NevilleThegame @ Nov 10th 2009 9:56PM
But at the same time, why do i want to wait for my turn? Sure, this is the same thing we went through back in the day. but if you have 8 ppl, there should be 4 fights going on. or am i missing somthing?
Vcize @ Nov 11th 2009 9:13AM
It's best for a group of friends. Perfect, really.
Everyone hangs out in the lobby chatting, watching each other and hooping and hollaring at the cool moves being pulled off. And you're actually playing for something...the right to keep playing.
It gets old playing against the same person, with the same style over and over again in a two person lobby when you see 5 or 6 other people from your friends list online. And manually "swapping" just isn't something people are going to put the effort into.
E.J. @ Nov 10th 2009 10:20PM
Something that should've been implemented in SF4... even SF2Hyper for XBLA has something similar.
Monica Dickey @ Nov 10th 2009 10:44PM
Exactly. SF4 was fun but there were a lot of things like that which were just confusing... If they could have features for their remake of a 15 year old game why not put it in the new one?
Vcize @ Nov 10th 2009 10:55PM
I said all along I'd pay 60 bucks just for this feature on SF4. So less than 60 bucks and a whole slew of other stuff with it? I'm beyond sold.
chaos123x @ Nov 10th 2009 11:16PM
Gack I hate the lobby system. I don't want to wait around for a half hour listenig to garbled voice chat just so I can play online for 10 seconds.
I like the online system SFIV already had. I can't stand HD remix or mvc2 online modes I just don't have the paintence to sit and wait.
pika2000 @ Nov 11th 2009 1:41AM
I'm waiting for Super Street Fighter 4 Turbo Hyper Championship EX Edition 3rd Strike Remix.
Vcize @ Nov 11th 2009 9:11AM
That's seriously the first time I've ever heard that joke.
Seriously.
capt_carl @ Nov 11th 2009 8:13AM
YES!!
Ghaleon @ Nov 11th 2009 10:21AM
GHHRGH just let CAPCOM OF AMERICA do the Netcode since they have rights to GGPO!
yyr @ Nov 11th 2009 10:38AM
I hope that this is just optional, and that it co-exists with the currently-existing feature that automatically finds an opponent for you while you're in Arcade Mode. That's the best multiplayer matching feature I've ever seen in a fighting game (as well as the only one I use) and it needs to stay.
Not only does it feel like the arcade version's constant jump-ins, you also get to keep on playing, win or lose...how cool is that? =)