10 Broken Triple-A Video Games You Didn't Realise Got Fixed
6. Street Fighter V
With the release of Street Fighter 6 this year, it's safe to say that SF fans are eating well. But, there was a time when lovers of this seminal fighting franchise were being fed utter rubbish; enter Street Fighter V.
The release of the fifth mainline SF game was not a strong showing for Capcom. It arrived in a deeply unfinished state. Not only did it experience a slew of technical issues - like its broken servers and bugs - but it was missing a bunch of content.
Where were all the fighters? The roster was tiny. Plus, there wasn't even an arcade mode. How could this even be called a Triple-A release when it was missing so much?
Many disappointed players had to accept this and move on, but a blessing came two years later with Street Fighter: Arcade Edition (reviewed here by IGN). This free updated version of the game fixed a lot of the bugs and added plenty of content to make up for the last release. As if that wasn't enough, the Champion Edition then came in 2020 and buffed the title up even more.
With SF6 kicking butt right now, it's funny to look back on how Capcom nearly caused this iconic IP's Health to drop to zero.