The fighting game community has been pleasantly surprised by a Capcom Cup with a properly hefty prize pool, with the winner of the grand prize set to take home $1 million.
As announced by the Street Fighter 6 developer on Twitter this week, the next Capcom Cup tournament, Capcom Cup X, will feature a total prize pool in excess of $2 million. If you're not familiar, the Capcom Cup is an annual esports event which has been running since 2013 and sees players compete in a range of Capcom's fighting games including Street Fighter, Tekken, and Marvel vs Capcom.
For the next iteration of the event, players will need to be well versed in the company's upcoming release Street Fighter 6 - which is set to release on PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on June 2, 2023.
Capcom Cup X will be played on Street Fighter 6 with the winner receiving a whopping $1,000,000!Who wants to be a millionaire? 🏆 pic.twitter.com/uVguQvX4XcFebruary 20, 2023
The last Capcom Cup (IX) took place over the weekend (February 19) and was offering players the chance to win $300,000. While still a considerable amount of money, it looks like Capcom is attempting to take Street Fighter 6, and the company's esports efforts, to the next level by offering more than six times this amount at Capcom Cup X.
The majority of the fighting game community (FGC) has reacted positively to this news, with several notable players taking to Twitter to praise Capcom for investing so much into the event. YouTuber Maximilian Dood has said that this is an especially big deal to those who have been part of the FGC since before the likes of Street Fighter 4 or even further back in the 90s when this kind of prize pool money would have been unimaginable.
That prize pool for SF6 is such a huge deal. For anyone that was there in the 90's or pre SF4 era. Like, dude. We did it. pic.twitter.com/QJxm53iQ65February 20, 2023
A 2 MILLION DOLLAR POOL!?!?!This is amazing for the FGC.I can see this being the biggest Capcom Cup yet!pic.twitter.com/UoTjmbqcl7February 20, 2023
I like it though. Capcom this is your chance to bring the FGC esports to the next level.February 20, 2023
For some people though, this news is bittersweet. Instead of celebrating this win for Street Fighter, others are lamenting the fact that their favorite fighting games - such as Super Smash Bros. - are unlikely to get the same treatment. As one Twitter user puts it: "$2 million prize pool for Capcom Cup X... man, that's amazing [...] Imagine if Nintendo put in 1/5th that support into Smash."
Take a look at our Street Fighter 6 hands-on preview to find out everything you need to know about the upcoming fighting game.
