*snip* characters like Cage.....
I disagree.
Cage has historically been the South Park Kenny (which used to always die or get killed off) of MK.
History has proven that Cage is disposable.
That said, the reasons why I give Cage the benefit of the doubt for MKX are:
1 ) Ed said that Cassie would be able to do fatalities on relatives.
I'm pretty sure that she won't do fatalities on her parents in story mode.
2 ) MKX starts shortly after the events of MK9, when both Sonya and Johnny are alive.
3 ) Ed said that MKX would have
"aged" MK characters and aged variations based off of that.
Kano doesn't look any older from 1 variation to another, and the other 2 mortals to survive MK9 are Sonya and Johnny.
4 ) Johnny, Sonya and Raiden were the 3 remaining heroes at the end of MK9, and Raiden may recruit more in MKX.
5 ) Johnny and Sonya banged and had Cassie, and likely raised her too, given that she wears glasses as a nod to her dad.
MKX will not have lower sales if Cyrax sits out. That's delusional and a reach. The two characters that move majority of the copies are already confirmed in the game.
Technically it's 4 characters that usually sell MK games, and 3 of those 4 have been confirmed.
While Liu Kang and Raiden aren't as popular as Scorpion and Sub-Zero, they do fall in close 2nd.