Will it Ever Release?
So, what are the odds we see the game any time soon based on the assembled evidence? Well, it’s hard to say.
On one hand, Tekken 7 is still getting support after all these years. It’s in Season 3 right now, and performing rather well, so Hirada’s business sense may be right here. It may not be for the best to advertise and release a game that will compete with your own currently successful and popular game.
On the other hand… the fans haven’t given up. Just a few weeks ago, Hirada held a poll on his Twitter, asking if fans actually still want to play Tekken X Street Fighter. Out of 66,608 respondents, the poll was 59% in favor of the game, while 13 % responded negatively (and 28% didn’t want to be asked, for some reason).
So will we see the release of this game? At the end of the day, it will have to go through a lot of red tape, but the little upkeep we’ve received over the last ten years has done a solid job of building the hype, and if the series director and the fans are both still up for it, I bet we hear more about it once it returns to active development. I think. Maybe. Maybe not.
