After the welcome of Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown, SEGA can consider meeting

As part of a long interview with the drafting of Denied, producer Meiji Loki had the opportunity to take stock of the return of the Virtual Fighter franchise six months after his return on PlayStation 4. Better, the production of A new episode is no longer a utopia.

We knew it, the release of Virtual Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown last June on PS4 and in the PlayStation Plus / PlayStation Now subscriptions act as a popularity test to gauge the current public interest, including a point. Competitive, the title having even been baptized Virtual Fighter Esports in Japan (just like Puyo Champions is named Puyo Esports in the archipelago). Six months later, while the numbers of the downloads and active players are conforming to SEGA's expectations, the test seems conclusive. If we are still far from the formal announcement of a Virtual Fighter 6, Meiji Loki recognizes that The exit of this game has confirmed that the potential is there and that Sega can consider in a credible way to shape a future at the first game 3D combat from history.

It takes several years to get out a game if you want it to be done well, so it's important to anticipate trends and what will be popular on the fighting game scene at the time of its release. In addition. It will now be essential to understand the tastes and habits of each country, not only in Japan but also abroad, in order to create something that will be popular around the world. The list of things we need to think is infinite and complex, then it will be a thorny path in all cases. Nevertheless, we seriously consider creating our next game, explains Meiji Loki.

As you know, Virtual Fighter has been sleeping for a long time. There were many people who did not know the title, or who had never played before. When we talked about it with She, they said that we could include it in the PlayStation Plus program, so we decided to make it free. To be honest, we did not really think about the money we could win with this game. It was more of a Tool to restart Virtual Fighter, also confirms the producer.

Sega can, however, catch up on the sales of the additional content and even launched a second pack on Yakuza theme on December 8th. We only have preliminary figures for this DLC, but the first reactions to the number of downloads and active players for the main game are consistent with our expectations, Notepad Saki Loki.

Regarding the exit of Virtual Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown on other platforms and especially Steam, Meiji Loki confirms that the thing would be technically feasible, but that SEGA does not want to scatter his community on different platforms and must first Create an environment that can support Cross-Play and offer an equitable online experience on all platforms. Which apparently has nothing simple in the case of this refill.