Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls developer Arc System Works has acknowledged significant performance issues encountered by PC players during its recent open beta and has pledged to address them before the game's official launch next week. The superhero tag fighter saw a peak of over 33,000 concurrent players on Steam during its beta period, a figure that surpassed the peak player count of Street Fighter 6's beta in 2023.
Despite the strong player engagement, PC participants reported widespread problems including stuttering, low frame rates, and high CPU usage. In response to the community's feedback, Arc System Works issued a statement confirming that the team is actively working on a day-one patch to resolve these technical shortcomings. "To our PC players, message received," the developer stated. "The team is already hard at work on the performance you deserve, with improvements lined up for day one."
Specific fixes planned for launch include reducing high CPU consumption, which is expected to improve overall performance, and eliminating stuttering. The developer also aims to tackle issues related to unnecessary shader compilation, problems with streaming software like OBS and Discord, and various bugs affecting rollback netcode and cross-play functionality.
The timing of these performance concerns is particularly unfortunate, compounded by other recent controversies surrounding Sony's PC game releases. Like Helldivers 2 earlier this year, Marvel Tōkon requires players to sign into a PlayStation Network account, rendering it unavailable in over 100 countries. This mandatory PSN integration, combined with the performance issues during the beta, has contributed to a negative initial impression for the PC version of the game.