shadgandel:

the-nipperman:

shadgandel:

doctorbutler:

I can’t believe how many people are disappointed that Pokkenwasn’t announced for WiiU . It’s like they don’t genuinely don’t realize that every other fighting game in history had an arcade release first, followed by a console-port several months (or years, lol) later.

Do these people even like videogames?

Marvel 3 never got an arcade release. Neither did Street Fighter X Tekken. Games like Akatsuki Blitzkampf and Melty Blood were PC games first before being ported to the arcade. And I’m not mentioning the many fighting games that are PC-only and never saw an arcade release.
C’mon bro

While Shad has a great point this is a Namco game which do normally get a arcade port first to test the build and see if things need to be changed before a console release.

But, yeah, many games don’t get arcade releases. This is more or less a Namco thing.

Yeah Namco always have their fightans spend a few months in the arcades before heading to console… Except Soul Calibur apparently.

 Lets not forget that Ultra street Fighter 4 was out in arcades for months before it got a console release, and pretty much all Arksys games get an incredibly long time in arcade before being released for consoles. The Marvel crossovers specifically are targeted towards america more than japan. The original Melty Blood was a fangame that later on got support. And when the same company that made that (french bread) later on made their own game, Under Night In Birth, it was in arcade for a long time before consoles. Also the recent sega funded fighting game Dengeki Bunko.

 These games you listed that came out on PC or consoles firsts are exceptions to what can still be called a standard practice.

 Also since you mentioned SFxT. Remember how people thought that game was terrible until it got its 2013 update and then people thought it was much better? Probably could have been avoided if it game out on Arcade first. But that’s just my 2 cents.