Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Full Retail and Add-on Versions Announced

In classic Capcom fashion, a new version of Super Street Fighter IV is coming. This week they announced Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition.

Some of you might remember the Super Street Fighter 2 Mega-Ultra-Super-Hyper EX Edition which was the twentieth version of the game. Alright, that’s a slight exaggeration. But it really is classic Capcom Street Fighter strategy it seems, make ten versions of the same game to spread it out over several years and keep hauling in revenue.

Adding new characters (Evil Ryu, Oni, Yang and Yun), an all new balancing update as well as an enhanced Replay Channel, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition will deliver the definitive version of Street Fighter when it releases on Xbox 360, PS3 and Windows PCs this summer.

If it’s the definitive version, why didn’t they include it in the actual game? Plus, if it’s a balancing update, shouldn’t current owners of the game get it for free?

More specifically, the add-on version of Arcade Edition will be available as a downloadable upgrade for existing Super Street Fighter IV owners on June 7 for 1200 MS Points or $14.99, with a full console retail product following on June 24 in Europe and June 28 in North America, respectively, and a PC version in July.

If it’s 1200MSP and $14.99 for the add-on, how much will the retail version be? We’d guess $59.99 since it should technically be everything in the original Super Street Fighter IV with the Arcade Edition thrown on top.