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Work costumes coming to Street Fighter V on April 25th
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Shame no one uses her.
CommandThrower
Member
Hot damn at that Chun outfit.
I don't know if I'll buy it, but I'm glad it exists~
I don't know if I'll buy it, but I'm glad it exists~
My head is spinning.Firefighter Alex
Let the Bearded Ryu x Firefighter Alex art commence!
Space Runaway
Member
So Mika is gonna do all her attacks and grapples with those pom poms equipped the whole time? =P
These themed costumes are fun but I'd like them to do more fighter or battle themed costumes.
These themed costumes are fun but I'd like them to do more fighter or battle themed costumes.
Capcom is probably working off of whose costumes are being bought the most rather than who is being most played.
LucidMomentum
Member
These costumes got me feeling all warm and fuzzy and confused and I don't know whether I like Mika or Alex's outfit more.
Whew.
Hose me down fam.
Whew.
Hose me down fam.
BlackBanditSho
Member
I just want a costume that doesn't sexualize her. If they give me the traditional Alpha chun-li costume, i'll be fine. So far, i've hated all of her alt costumes.
Megawarrior
Member
Chun Li is gorgeous in every costume she's in so far.
sixteen-bit
Member
I can't wait for the Akiman one to drop
TacosNSalsa
Member
I wonder if Akuma will get anything new soon . I would kill for free-balling AssCreed Akuma back.
Dark Ninja
Member
It makes more sense that they don't to be honest. They didn't sell enough to justify more costumes for someone like Birdie or Fang. They have to make costumes for the characters that keep selling costumes or have the most players using them. There is at least one more costume for Chun Li that we know of too the one designed by AKIMAN.
Omnistalgic
Member
literally what in the fook is going on here? She has like 8??
As for sales, shotos costumes have to sell a ton, they are still the most popular characters. Sheesh...Capcom really does hate Ken.
Omni, take a deep breath. You've been inhaling too much of Ken's banana scented cologne and it's causing you to miss sarcasm.
gunstarhero
Member
No Vega love? His job costume could have been a surgeon.
At least Vega got a sick Halloween costume. Urien still has jack shit beyond the usual 2 costumes (though Loincloth Urien as a cheat code is pretty cool).
GotchaForce
Member
The blog post says you can remove them, fwiw.
Alex will clearly hose you down.
Salty Rice
Member
Sick and tired of Chun costumes. Give other people some love instead.
Oh my these Alex abs tho.
Oh my these Alex abs tho.
I did the math. Only counting the premium costumes (the ones that require real money), just 7 out of the 24 characters have over half of the DLC costumes: Chun, Cammy, Juri, Mika, Karin, Laura and Ryu (one of these things is not like the other).
Slight cherry picking, you can substitute Karin or Laura for Necalli and still be over 50%.
McStickenstein
Member
You're right, Hot Ryu is the best.
I'm sorry but I can't get behind the 'they make costumes for characters that sell the most costumes' circular logic. It's a chicken or the egg problem.
Not all, but most folks buy costumes that look cool or aesthetically pleasing. The reason your shitty F.A.N.G. and Birdie costumes don't sell Capcom, is because those characters have base ugly designs, and ugly/lazy premium costumes.
We've seen that folks buy costumes for characters they don't even play if the costumes look cool. Some of them have even posted in this thread. I don't play Chun or Cammy or Necalli but I bought Chun's bikini costume, Cammy's premium outfit, and Necalli's CPT outfit because they look cool as fuck. The only reason I bought Dhalsim's premium is because I main him. If I didn't I wouldn't have bought it because its not very creative at all.
You're telling me that Ken, who's been the 'cooler' shoto for many years and more popular than Ryu at least in SF4 days isn't selling as many costumes as Ryu? Hmmm... could that be because people don't like Ken anymore, or because you gave him an ugly face and lame outfits like that butt ugly Santa cowboy winter one and gave Ryu shit like hot Ryu and edgy Samurai? Whoda thunk it?
You see similar issues in Dota 2, where the more popular characters get more frequent costumes, but in patches where they add cool outfits for characters that don't have any, those sell a lot and even the characters get a bump in play rates for a week or two.
TLDR: Make good costumes for less merch moving characters and you'll get more people buying them. When you make costumes for characters who are already aesthetically pleasing, like your 'waifu' characters like Chun or Juri, you can give them a cardboard box as an outfit and people will buy it anyway
Not all, but most folks buy costumes that look cool or aesthetically pleasing. The reason your shitty F.A.N.G. and Birdie costumes don't sell Capcom, is because those characters have base ugly designs, and ugly/lazy premium costumes.
We've seen that folks buy costumes for characters they don't even play if the costumes look cool. Some of them have even posted in this thread. I don't play Chun or Cammy or Necalli but I bought Chun's bikini costume, Cammy's premium outfit, and Necalli's CPT outfit because they look cool as fuck. The only reason I bought Dhalsim's premium is because I main him. If I didn't I wouldn't have bought it because its not very creative at all.
You're telling me that Ken, who's been the 'cooler' shoto for many years and more popular than Ryu at least in SF4 days isn't selling as many costumes as Ryu? Hmmm... could that be because people don't like Ken anymore, or because you gave him an ugly face and lame outfits like that butt ugly Santa cowboy winter one and gave Ryu shit like hot Ryu and edgy Samurai? Whoda thunk it?
You see similar issues in Dota 2, where the more popular characters get more frequent costumes, but in patches where they add cool outfits for characters that don't have any, those sell a lot and even the characters get a bump in play rates for a week or two.
TLDR: Make good costumes for less merch moving characters and you'll get more people buying them. When you make costumes for characters who are already aesthetically pleasing, like your 'waifu' characters like Chun or Juri, you can give them a cardboard box as an outfit and people will buy it anyway
Mechanized
Member
Well Alex players, you finally got that new costume you wanted! lol
ThirstiestGamer 2.0
Member
Wait, not a single complaint about these skins being $4 each?
Is that what we've come to? $4 per skin?
Why am I the only one butthurt over it? I feel like I'm missing something...
Is that what we've come to? $4 per skin?
Why am I the only one butthurt over it? I feel like I'm missing something...
shiftplusone
Member
I'm very in to glasses on chun li costumes
I'm very out on chun li with covered legs
Though her rookie cop costume ain't bad...
I'm a man full of conflict
I'm very out on chun li with covered legs
Though her rookie cop costume ain't bad...
I'm a man full of conflict
not until sfv stops being on fireOne day...
You're not. But so many people seem to swallow what Capcom gives them and thank them for it that it'll fall on deaf years. They release like 3 skins every couple of months, and if you main a character besides the more popular ones, you won't spend a dollar, so it evens out.
Plus you can mod tons of better looking, more creative, sexy, edgy whatever you prefer costumes on PC for free, so fuck 'em.
The funniest part being that man gave up on Nash in season 2.
Jugendstil
Member
You are about one year too late.
Dark Ninja
Member
I really wonder how Ono convinces Capcom to fund these that Sony money must have run out a long time ago.
At least they haven't started doing lootboxes that are $10 with a chance of you getting the skin.
At least they haven't started doing lootboxes that are $10 with a chance of you getting the skin.
ThirstiestGamer 2.0
Member
Wait...have SFV Skins ALWAYS been $4 each?
sixteen-bit
Member
Yup, all except the story mode costumes. We aren't bitching about it because our outrage fizzled out months ago.
Marvel
could never
Ahuh lol
With the amount of content in the game, those loot boxes would be worth way more because there would be a good chance to get costumes.