The Avenue Fighter 6 neighborhood is voicing frustration with a big change to the Capcom Professional Tour.
On September twenty eighth, Capcom Fighters introduced on X that the upcoming Capcom Cup 12 Finals and SFL: World Championship, each going down in March 2026, will each be a pay-per-view stream. Pay-per-view tickets will go on sale on November twelfth, 2025.
Whereas the Capcom Cup 12 Finals could have a free replay on March twenty first and the SFL: World Championship may even have a free replay per week after the occasion on March twenty second, the FGC has expressed frustration with this new implementation.
FGC Accuses Capcom Of Being Grasping Over Pay-Per-View Finals
Avenue Fighter 6 has been rising in reputation over the previous couple of years, with Evo viewership persevering with to extend past Japan. Doubtless sensing the rising fanbase, Capcom has determined to place followers’ cash the place their mouth is. Nevertheless, this strategy has not been met with enthusiasm from the neighborhood.
Charging to look at massive esports occasions is widespread in Japan, however the FGC was shocked that Capcom believed the North American fanbase would reply positively to this. Stated one annoyed FGC fan: “The remainder of the world doesn’t have Japan’s tradition. This would be the greatest PR nightmare to your model. Good luck with that.”
High Avenue Fighter 6 professional Adel ‘Large Chicken’ Anouche additionally chimed in: “This can be a very stunning and peculiar choice from Capcom. This isn’t going to be a constructive factor for them.”
One other subject with pay-per-view tournaments is eradicating co-streaming and different community-based tradition across the occasion. This alienation has left the FGC offended with Capcom. Large Chicken stated: “They need to’ve simply banned restreams from non-authorized channels and stored it the identical.”
One other suggestion was promoting costume packs in the course of the occasion, which might give followers one thing unique to buy whereas additionally funding Avenue Fighter 6’s esports scene. This might make sure the occasion was nonetheless accessible to everybody in the neighborhood.
Presently, it’s potential that Capcom is not going to undergo with the pay-per-view plan after the extreme quantity of backlash. For now, ticket data is obtainable right here.
