Street Fighter Alpha 4...does not exist

[Xero_Kaiser]

capcom's determined to ride street fighter until the wheels fall off. why don't people get sick of buying the fucking game over and over and overandoverandoverandover again?

[Mzo]

go support your local arcade then, troll >:O

I did until the last decent one in the area closed down about 4 years ago.

Now we have a Boomers which is in TERRIBLE shape, I swear every fucking machine is busted in some way. An arcade machine is the only machine people will put money into, see it doesn't work, and not say shit. Blows my mind.

Then there's Flippers about an hour's drive away, but that place has gone downhill in a frighteningly similar manner. Every machine is busted, nobody cares. I won't support that with money.

[marwan]

There is an slight chance of a Typo and SFA3, but again, isn't that on GBA?

Gamespot lists it as "SFA3"

i think it's a typo.

[gameoverDude]

Any new SF game would have been made by Capcom USA anyway.
Remember when Capcom gave their US subsidiary full control of the series?
No?
Well, they did!

I remember it all too well. I think the US subsidiary would probably create Street Fighter EX 4 before they would give us SF4 or Alpha 4. The series has ended with Third Strike for all I care.

[rezo]

I did until the last decent one in the area closed down about 4 years ago.

Now we have a Boomers which is in TERRIBLE shape, I swear every fucking machine is busted in some way. An arcade machine is the only machine people will put money into, see it doesn't work, and not say shit. Blows my mind.

Vending machines too.

[EMAGDNIM]

All I can say is that another portable fighting game is okay with me...

[kedawa]

Whenever a machine rips me off, I usually punch it and try to get my money back. I can't count the number of times I've popped a quarter into a game or a payphone or a vending machine, had it eat my cash, gave it a few knocks, and had change pour out like a slot machine.
Of course that only works if it's the coin mechanism that's the problem, but I'll shut off an arcade machine if it's got busted joysticks or whatever. Might as well make it so everyone else can tell that it's broken.

[Dipstick]

I did until the last decent one in the area closed down about 4 years ago.

Now we have a Boomers which is in TERRIBLE shape, I swear every fucking machine is busted in some way. An arcade machine is the only machine people will put money into, see it doesn't work, and not say shit. Blows my mind.

Then there's Flippers about an hour's drive away, but that place has gone downhill in a frighteningly similar manner. Every machine is busted, nobody cares. I won't support that with money.

Two things:

People do complain about broken machines; it just usually falls on deaf ears (for good reason). See my next point.

Why would an arcade operator fix a machine when the materials to fix it and the time it would take a tech. to fix it cost more than the increase in profits they would gain from a properly working machine? (Think about that, and how sad that statement really is.) I do not agree with this logic (if your service didn't blow so much maybe you would have more business!) but I can see the power of that line of thought.

Arcades are dead, but the operators made their own bed, for the most part.

-Dippy

[marwan]

Im all for another good hand heald fighting game...but I would rather Alpha 2...but thats just me...

same here man, Alpha 2 was the best in the series.....Alpha 3 was....well, let's just say "too many chefs spoil the soup"

[kedawa]

Why would an arcade operator fix a machine when the materials to fix it and the time it would take a tech. to fix it cost more than the increase in profits they would gain from a properly working machine?

You have no idea what you're talking about (except for the part about arcades being dead).

A complete button is about $2, the cherry switches alone are like $1. Every component (joystick, buttons, coin mechs), and every part of that component can be swapped out with very little effort. Most newer cabs have solderless connections on the controls as well.

Swapping out the AV components or converting a cab to a new game requires some know-how, but anyone who can dress themselves and eat with utensils can learn how to do basic arcade maintenance.