Ibuki is the DLC character to arrive in May. Like the past two months, the characters dropped way back in the end of the month. Ibuki, however, has only a trailer on the last day of May, and is now confirmed to be delayed for the end of June. What gives?
An initial response was that they would want to ensure the best release for the long-overdued Story Mode, so Ibuki will arrive alongside that update. Recently, Capcom has started a proper development log to update its many fans on what the status of the game, as a way to improve communications.
We wanted to clear up the confusion around the release of Ibuki in #SFV. She will be released alongside Story Mode at the end of June.
— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) May 31, 2016
We planned for her to come out at the end of May/beginning of June but there were unforeseen delays. Thank you for being patient.
— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) May 31, 2016
Moving forward we will work to communicate information surrounding content releases in #SFV at a much more rapid pace.
— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) May 31, 2016
In the new dev log, Capcom cites of quality reasons being the main reason for the delay. Instead of sticking to the monthly schedule, they are now taking hard on the game missing its sales targets and promise of better quality moving forward.
In other news, they acknowledge that the rage quitting issues are still not fully addressed, but revealed that it the rate of disconnects now has dwindled down 60%. Issues of input delay, most likely the 8-frame lag compared to Ultra Street Fighter IV’s 4-frame lag, is being looked into. The community has talked a lot about the lag issues, this video by Core-A Gaming breaks it down for those not in the know. Thankfully at least Capcom is listening.
This is a bit disappointing to hear, but we hope to see Capcom making progress on making Street Fighter V as good is it should have been.