


The game showcases the ex gauge which was introduced in the Streetfighter 3 which develops as the player is up for the attacks and is used either to power up the different moves or show super performance combos. Streetfighter 5 continues with the 2D fighting story of all the predecessors in which both the fighters make use of different unique abilities and attacks to defeat their opponent. This includes missing of the target of sales, selling just 1.4 million copies till 31st March 2016 and till 30th September 2020 the collected sales reaching nearly 5.0 million which made it the 2nd highest selling edition of the Streetfighter game series on all consoles according to the financial reports of Capcom. It was expected by Capcom that a minimum of 2 million copies of the game will be sold by the ending of the financial year of 2016. It also had some technical issues like broken servers at its release along with software bugs. On its release, the game received a lot of mixed opinions from the critics who praised the graphics in the game along with the gameplay too but it received negative reviews for the low amount of characters as well as content in the game. This game was powered by Unreal Engine 4 and also had undergone a beta test before it was finally launched. As stated by Capcom, this game was exclusively released for the PlayStation 4 console as both Capcom and Sony had a similar perception for the growth capability in the arena of combat games. There are 16 different characters in the initial version of the game and four characters have been recently added to the series.Ī new story mode and 30 added characters were included through the new updates and content which can be downloaded easily. The game also shows the feature of V-gauge which constructs as the player starts receiving different attacks along with a new set of skills. Same as the earlier games in the series of Street Fighter, this game showcases a gameplay mechanism that is sideways scrolling.
