Two new tweets today confirmed that Street Fighter 5 is currently in the early planning stages, and that it will not be "pay to win".
Here are the tweets:
The SFV news today about a pay to win model is not accurate and isn't something we're planning for.
— Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_OnoChin) June 11, 2014
Sorry for the confusion! We're still in early planning stages and will
share more at a later date.
— Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_OnoChin) June 11, 2014