Your prayers have been answered, folks: Streets of Rage 4 will indeed be receiving a physical release, and it's all thanks to Limited Run Games.
The company, which is now well known amongst the Switch community as a publisher of physical indie releases, has announced the news in a tweet. More details are expected to be shared in the future, but you can check out the announcement for yourself below.
Just last month it was revealed that Adam Hunter is set to be a playable character, and shortly before that we were treated to a behind-the-scenes video of the game's development.
If you missed it, we'd also recommend that you check out our hands-on preview of the game from PAX last year.
Will you be grabbing this one in physical form? Let us know in the comments.
[source segabits.com]
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I guess I assumed this would be getting a retail physical release, but this is probably better! At least we know for sure it’ll be physical, and we’ll get a manual + card to go with it. Sounds good to me!
I'll probably pick this up physical then. This is worth it. Streets of rage was my childhood.
I'm on it as soon as pre-orders are live.
No questions asked.
That's cool, but I expected this would get a wider retail release because of the pedigree.
I appreciate them announcing this ahead of time instead of waiting to maximize digital sales first.
day one physical purchase
Neat.
I will be getting the game digitally...one day - it will probably sit on my backlog for a while first just like every other digital release I want.
Scalpers, get ready. Another limited-for-no-reason print is getting out of the oven.
@rushiosan switch games are open 2 week preorders, so where is this scalping nonsense coming from?
I'm so excited for this game! Love beat em ups.
I assumed this would happen eventually.
Can these indie publishers release a standard physical release for once? I despise these limited-time releases.
@MsJubilee Sure, just invent a more cost effective and developer friendly way to release games physically.
I don't really like Limited Run stuff, but this might be my second buy from them.
@MsJubilee they would need massive amount of money to do it, so probably no to that question lol
This is pretty much the worse company to have handed this release to. When will we get our hobby back? And the fact that this article states "Collectors rejoice!" shows me just how out of touch the writer is. "Collectors" hate that company, hate what it has artificially done to the hobby. So, "Suckers rejoice" is what it should read. Shame.
Definitely day one buy for sure. Will be looking forward to the physical version as soon as it hit Best Buy in the future.
Day one purchase for me!👊🏼💯😆
Jeremy Parish (Retronauts) joins LRG yesterday
Today we get this
Coincidence?
@MsJubilee - If you can guarantee 500k sales estimate for each of these games, then be my guest and reach out to them, and the distributors, and the retail conglomerates, and earn yourself a six figure salary.
Usually this argument comes up cause people don't want to be pressured, and also wants the price drops. Something the hurts retailers to a point of not desiring to carry the games, which makes publishers even pickier, leading to not having the games supported physically.
This is new to me. So how do they do releases? Preorder only?
Jep, not even looking at the price. Day one
@Scorchio
Yep.
Blame N for going back to expensive flash storage. They could give the carts away but that wouldn't be a very Nintendo thing to do.
Shake em down. That's the Nintendo way.
Great! Now just bring it to Best Buy like every other LRG game I have purchased so far and it will be a day 1 pick up.
Limited Run Games is the worst company on Earth.
I'll wait till the game is reviewed. If I have to buy digital, then so be it. But I'm not gonna preorder a game from a developer I have no history with.
Day one. The nostalgia is strong with this one.
Not bothered how I get this game I just need it! Even if the game is rubbish which I doubt, the soundtrack sounds awesome x x x x x release date please x x x
That sucks. Hopefully it still gets a proper physical release in Europe. I'm not pre-ordering blindly. I don't know if the game is any good yet.
Based on the trailers and articles we've read about the game It's probably safe to say it'll be good. There's just the matter of will it be as good as the first two. Oh and you know how most people praise SOR 2 like it's the better game in the original series? I've always preferred the original myself. It's got a better soundtrack for one thing. That boss theme kicks butt!
@Vanishing-Games That reminds me. Why don't Switch games have in-device manuals like the 3DS does?
Wow, I will probably have to buy it that way, it's how I got River Street Girls and I am happy I did. Limited Run actually delivers.
The only problem is that these releases are just so damn expensive... I wanted to get bad north and oxenfree but it’s a difference of like $60+ when you consider shipping and that you can normally get the digitals at 50% off eventually....
@rushiosan Honestly surprisingly the scalpers don't put the price up too much with the pre-order games, because more copies get sold because of it.
This game deserved a regular distribution, and the appeal it has for old school gamers would have warranted physical sales, so this "digital-only" approach (again) pisses me off. LRG doesn't solve it for more than a handful of people, and for a high price considering shipping costs.
Waiting for a non limited run version.
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