Street Fighter
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The Street Fighter series is home to one of the oldest and longest-lasting scenes in competitive gaming. While "going pro" was not considered a viable career until the massive success of Street Fighter IV brought higher prize pools and greater prestige,[1][2][3] players have competed in fighting game tournaments since the release of the original Street Fighter II all the way back in 1991. The 1994 release Super Street Fighter II Turbo, or just Super Turbo, is the oldest fighting game that still retains a competitive scene to this day.[4]
Street Fighter remains the most played—and most viewed—traditional fighting game in the world,[5] with major tournaments often featuring Street Fighter as their headlining event. In 2023, Street Fighter 6 broke records by having over 7,000 entrants at EVO 2023,[6][7] and the $1,734,000 prize pool at Capcom Cup 2023[8] was the largest ever prize pool for a fighting game at the time of its announcement.[9]
The legacy of competitive Street Fighter is long and storied, spanning six mainline games and several versions of each entry. Cataloguing this history is an ongoing endeavour of the fighters side of Liquipedia.
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[edit]- ↑ "The Oral History of EVO: The Story of the World's Largest Fighting Game Tournament". vg247. 2017-07-17. "The release of Street Fighter IV in 2009 brought with it a dramatic surge in interest in the fighting game genre. EVO soon experienced a massive rise in entrants, setting the stage for a new phase of its existence as a tournament."
- ↑ "A brief history of Street Fighter 4". Eurogamer. 2015-05-27. ""Over the past five years, eSport event organisers have been very accommodating towards Street Fighter and its community, and this has been a big part of Street Fighter's manifestation at numerous eSport events", explains Hart. "In addition, having Street Fighter featured at the most prestigious annual event - the Evolution World Championships in Las Vegas - gives it more global recognition and greater stature in the pro gaming world.""
- ↑ "The History of Street Fighter". Red Bull. 2017-04-10. "I attended EVO 2007 and the next 9 EVOs after that. I got to participate in EVO when a “large” game had 300 to 400 players. I got to watch these things go from 150-player regional events to 1,000-plus-player regional events."
- ↑ "Super Turbo's Legacy Continues at Canada Cup". Red Bull. 2017-02-20. ""Super Turbo is the longest played FGC game of all time. It’s built up that storyline a lot longer than any other fighting game, so I feel its legacy is the people. The hard times, the good times — it creates great memories.""
- ↑ "Evo 2023 viewership recap for each of the 8 major events". Esports Charts. 2023-08-11. "Street Fighter 6 was not only the most popular event of Evo 2023 with a Peak Viewers of 442.3K, but it also set a new record for peak concurrent viewers and watch time within the Street Fighter discipline. In fact, a Peak Viewers figure of 442.3K makes it the most popular Fighting game tournament in esports history!"
- ↑ "Evo 2023 Breaks Multiple All-time Registration Records". evo.gg. 2023-07-11. "In total, Evo 2023 will see 9,182 unique players compete across the event’s eight main titles, an 81.8% increase from Evo 2022’s 5,052 entrants. Over three-quarters of these competitors are contributing to Street Fighter 6’s record-breaking Evo debut, coming in at 7,061 entrants in total."
- ↑ "EVO 2023 Breaks All-Time Registration Numbers; 7000 Entrants Alone For Street Fighter 6". mmorpg.com. 2023-07-12. "Shattering registration numbers from previous events, Street Fighter 6 has seen the most attention, garnering over 7000 entrants alone."
- ↑ "Capcom Cup X will be played on Street Fighter 6 with the winner receiving a whopping $1,000,000!". Capcom. 2022-02-20.
- ↑ "Capcom Announces $2 Million Prize Pool for Street Fighter 6 Pro Tour". Gameskinny. 2022-02-20. "This is the largest competitive prize pool ever offered for any kind of fighting game, breaking the $1.32 million record set in January 2022 by Brawlhalla, as well as one of the largest ever offered for solo esports competitors."