As the messenger: sorry about that. I was mostly quoting the article's title and bullet points to be honest (since my interest was mostly in the arcade release section).
Great to see that we're having some actual discussion going on again though. This thread was like a ghost town for several days.
Some of you are making some good points about Capcom's (lack of) interest in an arcade release, especially in light of "quick-to-console" SFIV and "arcade-no-show" MvC3 and in light of their big plans with the Fighters Network hub and console-driven Capcom Cup tournaments.
Maybe I'm just holding on to the past a bit too much in terms of feeling bummed out for the Japanese fanbase; heck I personally will never play it in arcades myself actually. Still, it's always easy to stop doing something and moving away from tradition, but it's harder to see what the long term effects of that will be. Moving SF away from arcades, while understandable and even smart from a business perspective and while not a practical problem for the majority of players, still amounts to a loss of some kind and that saddens me a bit.
That said, let's hope we'll get some actual news soon though. Bring on more details on modes, Fan/the game's Boss and the remaining stages + stage transitions/weather effects!
Back on stages: I'm hoping for 3 more so that we'll have 11 + 1 training stage = 12 total (which seems like a decent total number). Rashid's possibly teased Dubai/desert/airport stage could be one of them, as could be the one for Bison and possibly Necalli (as they both have art not yet found in stages, similar to Rashid) and I'm guessing Fan will also have his own stage like Laura does (or share one with Bison, unless Bison and Necalli share one).
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