Update: Next week's update will hopefully fix the audio issues in Street Fighter V, making it possible for deaf players to play again.

Capcom outlined fixes to bugs introduced in patch 3.05 and announced a list of fixes to be delivered in the first week of March. The hotfixes will allow "stereo" sound to play correctly, as well as resolve several gameplay issues and a nasty bug where pressing the F12 key to take a screenshot would force the game to quit.

Original Story Capcom released an update to "Street Fighter V" a few days ago, but the update alienated some of its players, namely blind gamers.

Patch 3.05 introduced returning fighter Dan Hibiki, added a new stage, and made other adjustments, but the update changed the audio from stereo to mono, which greatly affected blind Street Fighter players.

Stereo audio allows players to track their opponent's timing, as the audio comes from two separate audio channels. Thus, if the opponent is on the left side, the sound will move to the left side of the headset. With mono sound, however, everything is centralized, so those who rely on audio cues will no longer be able to do so.

Blind popular competitive player BlindWarriorSven spoke out about the change on Twitter, stating that he is "no longer able to play this game at a high level" (thanks, EventHub.) Fellow FGC player BettyDots added, "I play 'Street Fighter V' with many blind people, and with the new update all game sounds are now mono and I can no longer distinguish intervals with audio cues," he tweeted, raising awareness of the issue.

"If not fixed, this will be a huge blow to all blind players."

It is unclear whether the switch from stereo to mono was an intentional change on Capcom's part or an oversight that was not noticed when patching. The latter is most likely the case, as this change is not mentioned in the patch notes and it would be ridiculous to suddenly shut off a portion of the audience. We have reached out to Capcom to ask what is going on, and we will keep you posted.

Hopefully, an emergency fix will be pushed out soon. Accessibility in games is a battle that many players face, even things like building your own PC.