DLC for SFXT >_<
Sooooo in typical Capcom fashion, with the release of Street Fighter X Tekken, Capcom has plans coming soon for Downloadable Content, or in this case, Disc Locked Content AMIRITE?!?!
Issue: from launch, you have 19 Street Fighter characters and 19 Tekken characters. While most of the DLC coming out is actually going to be FREE (I know, FREE DLC from Capcom?! Sweet Jesus) like 9 more gem packs, tourney support for gems, color packs for character customizations and a reallllly cool replay analyzer coming for the already robust Replay Channel, there's two things that will NOT be free. One I can understand cuz well, I don't really give a shit about =) Costumes. Costumes are coming out for every character for 80MP or I believe $1 a piece on PSN, or $13 bundle packs for the Street Fighters and Tekken characters each. There's an Alternate pack coming out, and a "Swap" pack that dresses each character like another from the the opposite franchise (Ex: Ken as Lars, Jin as C. Viper, Blanka as Hwoarang, etc etc.) So far that's 4 costumes packs each around $13 bucks, so thats already around $55. No problem, don't care, costumes are and always have been eye candy for people who are bored with normal costumes. That's not the problem. (Note: most of the free DLC has been confirmed as releasing on April 3rd, or this Tuesday on Live and PSN.)
HERE'S the issue. There's supposed to be 25 SF and Tekken characters off the disc at launch. Welllllll there kinda is. 6 more SF's and 6 more Tekken characters are present. On the disc. And locked out. Here's the thing: what pisses me off the most is not just that Capcom's gonna charge $20 to unlock them all (but is ********, nonetheless), its simply the fact that they're really cool and fun characters that are gonna be a BLAST to play with, but we don't have access to =/ on the Street Fighter side its: Dudley and Elena, Sakura and Blanka, Guy and Cody. Tekken is: Bryan and Jack, Christie and Lei, Lars and Alisa. Who else thinks this is an issue? Listen, I'm all for DLC and supporting developers after a game is released if I truly enjoy a game. And I'm LOVING SFXT. But seriously, this isn't DLC they are working on after the game hits shelves, this is content that was supposed to be included from the START. This is in no means a "DEATHTOCAPCOM, RANTRANTRANT" thread. I'm just putting in my two cents and irritation for the choices the development team made. Will I be downloading the fighters? Sure, the game is great and fighting games can always use more fighters, that's DLC that's worth it and makes sense (I'm looking at YOU, Infinity Ward with your $15 Crap Packs- er, Map Packs). Its just annoying that they could've clearly included them off launch, and if there was a problem with the fighters, they could always patch em' later on. Netherealm had the right idea and at least tried to make more fighters AFTER the game launched, which is why I bought them, no questions asked. But THIS, Capcom? You're silly. Then again, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and ULTIMATE Marvel Vs Capcom 3 kinda spoke for themselves, didn't they? Who knows? Maybe we'll see a Street Fighter X Tekken: Extreme Assault Rainbow Blow-Job Edition -_-
Here's my question to you, TRMKers: Do you support DLC when its worth it? Or how far would you go to expose the limelight on the thin line that makes something Downloadable Content or "Disc Locked Content"?
Also, I said "this Tuesday" above. Lol Bison joke.