Capcom has issued a formal apology for the problems with the Street Fighter V beta, which has been postponed to a later date.
In a post on Capcom-Unity, the publisher is remorseful for users not being able to access the beta due to connectivity issues over the weekend.
“Capcom offers its sincerest apologies to everyone who participated in this first beta test. While the purpose of a beta is to work out these type of issues, it was very clear that the issues we faced were more severe than we were prepared for. After three days of testing, while we were making progress and collecting valuable data, we felt the majority of players were not having a good experience, and the best course of action would be to take the servers offline for extended maintenance. We will be postponing our first beta phase until we believe the experience is going to be a positive one for players.”
Capcom’s servers were overloaded preventing users from logging in and causing connectivity issues for those who made it in the game.
Eventually, the publisher decided to bring the servers down for maintenance and open them back up for North America only. The beta was taken down on July 26, and is intended to re-open at a later date.
Street Fighter V is expected to release sometime in Q2 2016.
