Before the global COVID-19 pandemic, most Street Fighter 5 tournaments were played with the PlayStation 4 version. As competitors can now participate in online events with the PC version, players have become more aware of issues exclusive to the PlayStation 4.
Thanks to the efforts of FGC Translated, we recently got the opinion of BST | Daigo Umehara to hear about the differences between the PlayStation 4 and PC versions of Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition.
“By the way, I played this game on PlayStation 4 today. It was a completely different game,” said Daigo. “It’s so different that learning to play this game on the PC makes you weaker on the PlayStation 4 version. It can actually hurt your gameplay on the PC. It’s just so different from Ultra Street Fighter 4 on the Xbox and PlayStation. 4. “
Overall, the PC version is often regarded as the superior port of Street Fighter 5. It’s interesting to hear Daigo say that the two feel like completely different games to each other. Daigo was even able to elaborate on a specific situation where the outcome of a match could change based on which version of the game is being played.
“On the PlayStation 4, I screwed up Guile’s crouching heavy thrust of anti-air,” Daigo continued. “It’s been a while since that happened. My reaction was fine, but I still had a heavy thump in his crouch. I was like, ‘Oh, right.
In the first half of the video, Daigo is actually talking about how hopeless things look for Kage. Jump to about 5:50 to hear Daigo’s dialogue about the comparisons between PC and PlayStation 4.