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Arc System Works Apologizes After Troubled PC Launch Damages Tokon’s Player Trust

Reduced CPU load from urgent patches may not be enough to restore player confidence.

Overview

  • The PC release of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls launched poorly and left many Windows players facing high CPU use, crashes, stutter and regional account barriers.
  • Arc System Works has issued multiple urgent patches and says the latest update has greatly improved CPU processing load, but some crashes and performance problems persist.
  • Steam response and player numbers collapsed after launch, with English reviews around 47 percent positive and daily PC concurrent users falling far below an early peak.
  • Community testing and a cracked build have pointed to runtime anti‑tamper or anti‑cheat layers as a likely contributor to the heavy CPU and memory demands.
  • The studio’s producer said regaining trust will be extremely challenging, which matters because reliable PC performance is critical for matchmaking, competitive play and long‑term word‑of‑mouth.