Street Fighter IV - New Import, Partial Early Shipment

«©NCSX» An unexpected early shipment of the Japanese version of Street Fighter IV arrived today and roughly 2/3 of our customer preorders will ship this afternoon. Tracking numbers will be emailed before 6PM EST today. The remainder of our SFIV shipments are scheduled to arrive tomorrow and the remaining 1/3 of our preorders will ship on Thursday.

First impressions: Addictive game with solid controls as expected. SFIV plays nicer with the HRAP3 but the Dual Shock 3 isn't bad at all. It's tempting to sit down in front of the HDTV and play the game all day but alas, we have mass orders to process and shipments to dispatch. Last summer, Japanese coin-op suppliers sold the arcade version of SFIV in complete 4-unit kits for roughly US$25,000. It's a beautiful thing when gamers can get an arcade masterwork for under US$100. NCS is guessing that productivity will take a dip in Japan this week as salarymen, students, and even sushi chefs devote themselves to properly breaking in their copies of SFIV. We'll get down to breaking in our own copies after work.