I guess you completely missed my point, though I should have explained more in my previous post.
Injustice is the first in a gaming series, that too already based on an established franchise, they are not going to throw in a lot of unknowns in their very first game (even though certain unpopular characters like Aquaman made it into the game and was quite well received), cause they have to reach out to more than the pure DC fans as you mentioned, cause they have to make a good impression especially since it is their first game, the same way MK 1 did back in the day.
It is not the same with MK anymore now. MK's story has evolved over a period of time and so has its characters, majority of fans want to see something new. Fortunately NRS managed to save the franchise through MK9 but unless they have something more to offer than just making sure the most popular characters are in the next game, MK 10 is going to fail miserably. Sure popularity sells, but a better all rounded game that offers a new/enhanced experience and a story, sells more.
What you said in the first paragraph is exactly my point.
Being a new game, Injustice isn't going to have a full cast of unknowns.
MK10 also wouldn't have a roster full of unknowns.
Sure, it'll have new characters in it and post-MK3 characters in it according to the MK9 story ending, but it will have a few familiar faces / favorites too.
My point was that Sub-Zero and Scorpion are the 2 most recognizable characters in the MK series (among casual and hardcore fans alike), with Liu Kang and Raiden coming in 2nd.
I know it's not the same MK, but having a FEW familiar / popular faces like Sub-Zero and Scorpion will help to sell more copies.
Agreed that NRS has to do something different for the next game, but I don't think that killing off Sub-Zero is the answer especially after they turned him Cyber.
Makes no sense.
If they wanted to turn Sub-Zero into a cyborg, then why have him killed off in the same game?
Why bother going through that trouble?
Feels like he was created just to say that
"something changed" in the new timeline, which is a shitty excuse.
If they wanted to do a drastic change like that, then they should have kelp him alive or have him help Nightwolf kill Sindel.
He'd be more of a hero for helping kill Sindel and maybe he could have even helped Raiden defeat Shao Kahn, in a Tag match.
You're not listening again. Imagine that.
Blindly following a developer DOES make you more of a fan. But as I clearly said earlier, that isn't necessarily a good thing. Being more of a fan doesn't make you better than someone else. Being less of a fan doesn't make you worse. But if one guy is buying MK10 day one pre ordered and you buy it later down the line, he IS more of a fan than you are.
You're assuming again. Imagine that.
Buying a game later down the road doesn't make me less of a fan because I didn't give up on the series, I just decided to get it later.
I will still buy MK games, but I don't see how me getting it later makes me any less of a fan, considering that I've collected every game and haven't given up on the series.
If anything, I'm more of a fan because I have all the games, even when the series was doing shitty and stayed with MK.
Delaying the purchase because I don't agree with some things =\= less of a fan.
I'm still getting it, just later
Keep in mind this is MY opinion(which i stated in the post), which does not have to make sense to you...
But Its not the Char or Game or franchise you favor, its how you react when it changes(sometimes to your disapproval).
If you totally quit MK(which is what I said in past post) because Subz was turned Cyber and remained so, or because one game was crap, then again IMO, you were not a TRUE fan.
If you dont want to buy the new MK because Subz isnt on the cover, thats fine(crazy ridiculous, but fine),but as long as you just did not totally disregard the franchise as a whole like some people do over something like that.
IMO, a TRUE fan is like a TRUE friend. One who sticks with you through thick and thin and still appreciates you and does not bail on you on the first or second sign of trouble. The true measure of a loyal friend or fan is deeper than the eye can see...
Yes, the same can be done with Sub Zero.
I believe boon has creative freedom, just so long as he brings in the money...somehow, someway.
I'm not totally quitting the franchise by getting the game later, so I don't see how that makes me less of a fan.
Even friends can have disagreements, though, right?
Or do you always agree with what your friends say and do 100% of the time?
If you always agree with your friends, even when they treat you wrong, then you aren't standing up for what you believe.
It doesn't make you a worse friend or less of a friend, you just want to be treated properly, right?
I guess it's not the fact that you would delay your purchase for later because you didn't get what you wanted that is being considered wrong, that is completely fine. It is more about the reason you are delaying it, a change/non inclusion of just one character from a roster of approximately 30 or more characters, which could have a possibly great story, great gameplay and the like. It does unfortunately makes it seem like you don't care for the other aspects of the game as much and are in it only for Sub Zero, thus kind of making you seem like less of a MK fan in general and more of a Sub Zero fan.
Or it could be that Sub-Zero being my favorite character and one of my 4 MK9 mains, and not being in MK10 would make me want to wait.
I agree that MK10 could have a great story, but part of the story IS the characters and is ONE of the reasons why I favor Sub-Zero.
As I said before, I'm open to the idea of them going with Cyber Sub-Zero, but unfortunately he's dead and they killed him off too soon for what he was.
I didn't agree with the change, but as I said before CSZ is better than no Sub-Zero, but NRS isn't even giving that option with both being dead, so why can't I be a bit outraged as a Sub-Zero AND MK fan.
Everyone acts like you're either a fan of MK or a fan of the characters.
Why not both?
I'm expressing my disdain for a decision that NRS made in MK9.
Since I'm invested in Sub-Zero's story and his place in MK10, doesn't that make me as much of a fan?