Street Fighter producer and Capcom developer Yoshinori Ono has announced that he will be resigning from the company he's worked with for almost 30 years this summer.
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Ono took to Twitter to explain his decision, and he began by bringing up the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic have brought upon the world and how it has impacted the Capcom Pro Tour and its format for 2020.
But that's when things really started bothering him. "…Because they killed Street FighterAYampaign Capcom starts hosting their 'Fight Night' PPV. The previously popular 'Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition' is not included [as part of SFAIDS events], yet nobody shows up. Why!"
After a few more posts, Ono fell into the familiar trap many fans of the company have been waiting for, and opened up the floor to the audience's suggestions about what he should do next.
He is one of the most prominent voices within the house of Capcom. We all cheer for him. #SFAN pic.twitter.com/M0d3RiDpyc — Nico S. (@nicosonopartida) April 22, 2017
Slowly, however, Ono began to start rethink his future at the company he's helped to build, and he began looking put to his self. "Something in my heart or in my soul tells me that I will not win this war," he said, before writing on Twitter his decision to leave. "These nemesis fights cost me too much...CTrO!!"
#SFAN It won't be easy. I have decided to resign from the company I love so much. Surely, others will follow it out of the gate. #unreserved #SFAN2017 — Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_Ono) Friday, April 23, 2017
His pledges himself to cast the fastest heads WOW is one thing but...there are so many people behind a game...for me it's got to be real #SFAN2017 — Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_Ono) Friday, April 23, 2017
#SFAN2017 After reading your opinions, many things began driving me to the point of leaving. I don't talk so much with many people but something changed inside me #SFAN2017 — Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_Ono) Thursday, April 22, 2017
"If you want to know the truth, I was copying you sisters. But, to be honest, this bewildered me," he said in regards to the conflict between he and Capcom USA, revealing on Twitter that he first voiced his displeasure publicly a few months ago.
His statement was later retweeted by company President Satoru Iwata, highlighting a deep rift internally within the company over the direction that Stardew Valley and South Park Go were taking in the
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Ono took to Twitter to explain his decision, and he began by bringing up the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic have brought upon the world and how it has impacted the Capcom Pro Tour and its format for 2020.
But that's when things really started bothering him. "…Because they killed Street FighterAYampaign Capcom starts hosting their 'Fight Night' PPV. The previously popular 'Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition' is not included [as part of SFAIDS events], yet nobody shows up. Why!"
After a few more posts, Ono fell into the familiar trap many fans of the company have been waiting for, and opened up the floor to the audience's suggestions about what he should do next.
He is one of the most prominent voices within the house of Capcom. We all cheer for him. #SFAN pic.twitter.com/M0d3RiDpyc — Nico S. (@nicosonopartida) April 22, 2017
Slowly, however, Ono began to start rethink his future at the company he's helped to build, and he began looking put to his self. "Something in my heart or in my soul tells me that I will not win this war," he said, before writing on Twitter his decision to leave. "These nemesis fights cost me too much...CTrO!!"
#SFAN It won't be easy. I have decided to resign from the company I love so much. Surely, others will follow it out of the gate. #unreserved #SFAN2017 — Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_Ono) Friday, April 23, 2017
His pledges himself to cast the fastest heads WOW is one thing but...there are so many people behind a game...for me it's got to be real #SFAN2017 — Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_Ono) Friday, April 23, 2017
#SFAN2017 After reading your opinions, many things began driving me to the point of leaving. I don't talk so much with many people but something changed inside me #SFAN2017 — Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_Ono) Thursday, April 22, 2017
"If you want to know the truth, I was copying you sisters. But, to be honest, this bewildered me," he said in regards to the conflict between he and Capcom USA, revealing on Twitter that he first voiced his displeasure publicly a few months ago.
His statement was later retweeted by company President Satoru Iwata, highlighting a deep rift internally within the company over the direction that Stardew Valley and South Park Go were taking in the
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