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“IN AN ERA WHEN ESPORTS IS BIGGER THAN EVER, PS5 SHOULD GIVE EVERYONE, FROM PLAYERS TO ORGANISERS, THE TOOLS TO COMPETE.”

Fighting games are great,” is what the famous Street Fighter player Tokido said when he won Evo. Really, he isn’t wrong. I’m sure everyone has played Street Fighter, Tekken, or Mortal Kombat for fun with friends, but for newcomers it’s difficult to imagine that there might be a competitive scene for these games. While for many ‘eSports’ means the likes of Fortnite,

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