FGC shocked at Capcom’s low prize swimming pools for Avenue Fighter 6 CPT tournaments

Avenue Fighter 6 has typically appeared prefer it’s one combating recreation title that’s damaged free from the chains of the “struggling FGC” stereotype. The Capcom Cup 12 is an enormous event with an enormous prize pool. Nonetheless, that prize pool comes at a excessive price to the Avenue Fighter scene at giant.

The FGC not too long ago dug into Capcom’s guidelines for its Capcom Professional Tour, which is the season main as much as the Capcom Cup. There are many regional and worldwide tournaments for gamers to compete in, aiming to climb the leaderboard and qualify. Nonetheless, these occasions are nowhere close to as profitable because the Capcom Cup 12. In actual fact, gamers really feel that they’re purposefully low so Capcom will come up with the money for left over to fund the Capcom Cup, inflating simply how profitable and large the scene is.

Journalist Carver Fisher stated: “Capcom will do actually something to carry on to that $1 million Capcom Cup grand prize, even when it means strangling the life out of devoted neighborhood members who journey to occasions.

“Probably essentially the most baffling prizing construction I’ve ever seen in an esport.”

All year long, the FGC hosts a number of distinguished occasions that includes a variety of titles, bringing the combating recreation neighborhood collectively. A few of these occasions are a part of the CPT, thought-about a Premier event for Avenue Fighter gamers. This contains COMBO BREAKER and CEO 2026, each of which have prize swimming pools offered by Capcom.

It’s simply $2,000 for the winner.

Much more surprising, Capcom has offered no prizes for Evo 2026 or different occasions regardless of them being a part of the CPT. These prize swimming pools should be offered by the event organizer.

This prize construction was discovered “disrespectful” and “baffling” by members of the FGC. Whereas the Capcom Cup is a really profitable event, solely a handful of gamers will qualify. Because of this gamers are profitable barely any cash all year long, even when they’re on the high of their recreation.

This prompted some combating recreation followers to name Capcom “grasping,” an accusation that’s been floating round for some time now. The choice to make the High 16 of the Capcom Cup 12 a pay-per-view occasion had already rubbed the FGC the unsuitable method. There was a lot backlash from followers outdoors of Japan that Capcom needed to cut back ticket costs.

However the injury was already accomplished. Many felt as if Capcom cared extra about being profitable than supporting the Avenue Fighter 6 neighborhood. Barring FGC content material creators from co-streaming the occasion didn’t sit proper with many followers, who felt Capcom was harming the neighborhood’s development simply to make some money.

This prize construction seems like one other hit to the neighborhood. It’s tough to develop the FGC when gamers are solely rewarded with $2,000 in the event that they fly internationally and place first. It’s fairly demoralizing and never even financially viable for a lot of professional gamers, not to mention casuals who received’t place.

At this level, can we actually even make enjoyable of the Smash scene? It’s typically been ridiculed for its extraordinarily low prize swimming pools, however that’s as a result of Nintendo has not simply ignored the scene but additionally sabotaged it over time, eradicating Smash from Evo and shutting down tournaments. However Avenue Fighter has Capcom’s assist. Capcom runs its total circuit. But the prize pool could be very a lot the identical all yr spherical.

I’d say this can be a lot extra inexcusable. Smash’s excuse is that it’s funded by followers. Capcom is simply blatantly refusing to create a viable event prize construction for something however the Capcom Cup. As Fisher stated, I assume this creates the phantasm of success, with Capcom in a position to boast about its million-dollar event. Nonetheless, professional gamers are struggling the remainder of the yr.

With so little cash within the combating recreation scene, it’s straightforward to see why Capcom wouldn’t wish to make investments lots. Nevertheless it’s nonetheless fairly surprising to see proper in entrance of your face. Plus, it wasn’t at all times this manner. A number of years in the past, the prize swimming pools have been lots higher. This solely provides to the “greed” accusations floating round in current instances.

Although the FGC is filled with ardour and dedication, that doesn’t imply we like seeing the professionals get screwed over simply because they are often.