It's cool if fighting games aren't your thing anymore.
I forgot that the Russians were the only ones who could appreciate a good fight.
Revelaitons costs more on Steam than RE6 right now. Capcom gotta get paid somehow, dawg.
Matters less to me how it's delivered when the budget is partitioned the same way. But I understand the anger.
It is unfortunate that we can't pay for the individual characters we want. Twenty dollars is $20 much for Blanka.
You are right. It's $20 DLC and the DLC happens to be a $20 unlock code.
$5 each. I got the CE, so they came with it for me.
The "C" stands for "Content". An unlock code is not content.
I don't buy the "budgeting" argument when it's all made together. Saying "we budgeted this for DLC" just means "we decided to lock this out to make it DLC to help make more money". The on-disc characters for SFxT were completely done IIRC - people even unlocked and played them early. It was the MvC3 characters that were not entirely done (I think).
70 to get the full roster for a year old game on PC is fucking expensive as hell. AE is $20 for everything.
I read this in good ol' JR's voice.
The time locking took it to a whole new level of stupidity. WHY?
That'll be Beef with a megaphone.
I just think complaining about pricing on PC platforms is kinda silly when the shit will go on sale and be cheaper than any console equivalent of the same amount of content, which at minimum would cost you $40. You can wait unless you want it that bad.
Not too long ago I saw SFxT for $20 on Steam and it was on my radar but I was waiting for the patch with the balance changes. Right now it's too expensive, I will maybe wait for the Steam Summer sale.
You and I are saying the same thing when it comes to budgeting. Those DLC characters were made to be sold to you separately from the start and ultimately it doesn't matter how they were going to be delivered to you, and it doesn't matter when publishers choose the most cost-effective method of delivery and you still have to pay for them no matter how they are delivered.
I care. This stuff sets a precedent. We're in a generation where companies are trying to push blocked used games, always online, half of a game locked out via unlock codes, and pay-to-win schemes. I do not want games to go down that route further than they already have. I would rather see my hobby go down in flames than see those practices become rampant. SFxT was Capcom testing these things out to see how willing people are to bend over for their product. It's important to turn around and return the favor.
The difference is that you think it's okay, and I don't.
Sony moneyhats
But what about the hype and guaranteed tournament audience
I don't like it either but I didn't mean to start up the age old argument of on disc DLC... I was mostly talking about SFxT's current pricing model on Steam... which is way more expensive than its console counter parts.
The Vita hitbox viewer is weird, too: why only in ranked matches?!
The UMvC3 team made such an awesome game, but so many stupid decisions (H&H ranked only, hitbox Vita only, hitbox ranked only, TACs...).That's cool, I didn't mean to get us off track. I'll drop it.
DmC was an entirely different lesson in "no" that fans had to teach Capcom. I am impressed that Capcom got the hint already, and will stop outsourcing so much work to inferior companies. IMO, Capcom is in the top 3 gaming companies in the world when it comes to gameplay, right up there with Nintendo and Platinum Games. You can't just outsource your artform like that.
I can only relate this to Ono talking about purposeful imbalance, and I don't see how that applies to the DLC situation.
People justifying bad ideas for the numbers.
I think it's okay because I haven't seen people suggest a better alternative for both consumers and developers, and people keep pointing the fingers at publishers trying to stay afloat (and we all know how many have died this gen) when the root of the issue is archaic platform standards from Sony/MS/Nintendo.
I'm with you on the antiquated platform stuff. I'm glad Nintendo is setting a precedent by not charging companies for patches and updates anymore. I hope Sony and MS follow suit on that, because the entire reason people got excited about this generation aside from graphical capabilities is the potential for digital updates. But charging $10K-40K for an update kills that dream.
Most developers probably wouldn't think that, but some suit probably would. They'd probably think the tourney scene would love it since it means less downloads to worry about for everyone.
Me too.Injustice should just come out for PC, right after MK does. I'll buy the shit out of that.
I wrote a big long post that got erased while switching tabs in Safari so ill just leave it at Sony and Nintendo are doing it right next gen and rumours of Durango using a W8-based store suggest they will be too.
What games have they released since then?