Street Fighter V

The most consistent 4 characters in the leaks have been Alex, Urien, Dhalsim, and Juri. I'm 100% sure those 4 are correct. I also keep seeing a new character called Zen and mention of a female Russian grappler of some sort.

If mining the beta is correct and Ono didn't just put a bunch of random empty folders to mess with you guys, then those might just be your characters.

I can't wait to [literally] kick ass playing as Juri Han again.

Pretty big news early today! A large Spanish source reported that in their review copy, PS3 controller support is in the game and Alex is the first DLC character. He will cost 100k Figth Money or 600 zenny.

I'm surprised. I was certain it'd be Balrog or Guile.

I had a feeling that I should wait until "Super Ultra Street Fighter 5: Special Turbo Arcade Edition". :3

Capcom's own words is that SFV is "definitely" the only version of the game you'll ever need, and they'll update the game across the PS4's lifespan.

However, if you're not much of an online multiplayer fan, I'd hold off on the game right now. The basic combat system is fun, but there's a dire lack of offline single-player modes right now. (Challenges come next month, and the cinematic story comes in June.) Though even the multiplayer is off to a rough start. Despite all those betas, online is being reported as being a bit laggy right now. Funnily enough, the servers had to be temporarily closed for maintenance today, launch day.

So, from the looks of it, SFV is off to a slow start. I trust it'll speed up with the updates it'll get in the months to come, but SFV in its current state probably would only appeal to hardcore Fighting genre fans.

I'm still enjoying playing as Charlie Nash. I've been wanting his return for a while. Now if we could just get Sodom and Sagat into SFV...

This video is amazing. Highly recommend

You will get a variety of answers re: controllers, but honestly, it's all about what you're best with. If you're just starting out with playing fighting games period, a stick is a good idea since certain things are somewhat easier with that if you can get comfortable using it. If you're already a pad player, then that's fine too, and it has its own advantages. A keyboard is possible, too, yeah. I've even actually met a guy who had modded a keyboard to plug into Playstation 2s to play fighting games with. Nowadays, there's kind of an arcade stick/keyboard hybrid people use called a "hitbox" that uses buttons for the directions as well as for the actual punch/kick buttons. So long as it's somethig like any of these and you're not trying to use a dance mat or a Dreamcast fishing rod or something, you should be fine.

There are varying qualities of controllers, however. Any stick that costs <100 is very suspect. I personally think MadCatz' pads are bad. For pads, I would recommend a Hori Fighting Commander if you'd like six face buttons, or if you're fine with using shoulders for HP/HK, then the plain PS4 pad is fine. There are many good converter options out there if you have a previous generation controller you would like to use.

As far as PC performance goes, I have no direct experience with that, but from what little I know, it's about the standard as far as console vs PC goes. If you have a PC stronger than the PS4, then it will run a little better. If your PC is outdated, it might not perform as well. I thnk they've shared the same problems regarding the launch/server, but all that should be fixed on both sides now.