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I haven't found anything on this and I think this deserves its own thread given recent fuckups with on-disc DLC.

Capcom have acknowledged that some players are using unreleased Street Fighter X Tekken characters in online play over Xbox Live via hacking the game.

Christian Svensson, the Senior Vice President of strategic planning and business development at Capcom, acknowledged fan reports of players using characters that aren’t yet available on the official Capcom Unity boards.

“Yes, we’re seeing news of this. Quite ballsy for folks to be taking hacked Xbox 360s on Live where they are detectable,” he said, directly addressing a user question.

“In any event, we already have opened channels of communication with Microsoft on these issues Friday night. If you can capture screens or video of this in action (as some have already) we’re working on bans for boxes and accounts with Microsoft for haxxors.”

more here

*slow clap*

 

[Darklord]

Once again, the pirates win, the legitimate players get screwed.

 

[Gravijah]

how do you know they didn't legitimately unlock those characters

 

[Raide]

SHOCKING NEWS!

 

[heliconsoul]

how do you know they didn't legitimately unlock those characters

Wat? Have you been following this at all?

 

[Hero]

Hahahahahahaha, oh Capcpom. Always the victim, never the attacker.

 

[Darklord]

how do you know they didn't legitimately unlock those characters

They aren't releasing them for months.

 

[SolarPowered]

I don't know why folks would play with those characters in ranked matches or with random people. Still hilarious though lol.

 

[Emitan]

They aren't releasing them for months.

Yeah they did, they're on the disk.

 

[Gravijah]

They aren't releasing them for months.

maybe they found the secret button combination

 

[michaelius]

Crapcom at work

 

[akilshohen]

There's already a glitch in UMvC3 that allows the use of costumes not purchased....so I'm just waiting for someone to find a way to access the characters without hacking.

 

[donkey show]

maybe they found the secret button combination

Spoiler

Down, R, Up, L, Y, B

Hurry, before the Cacpcops find out!

 

[danmaku]

Once again, the pirates win, the legitimate players get screwed.

This is the reason why Capcom dropped their online DRM for the PC version of SSF4. But they never learn, do they?

 

[Nilaul]

Well, well done to the hackers, the content on it is theres. I would do the same.

Holly... there could be dlc on Resident Evil Revelation on cartridge and we cant find out about it.

 

[The_End]

Perhaps I'm exposing my naïveté, but how is this even possible?

 

[neorej]

Goddamn hackers always screwing honest companies out of getting money!

 

[Emitan]

Perhaps I'm exposing my naïveté, but how is this even possible?

Capcom gave everyone characters and then said "dont use them, wait 6 months, and then pay for them again"

 

[ffdgh]

more or less expected lol

 

[StoppedInTracks]

This is too rich.

Only thing Capcpom can do now is just release them as FREE DLC with a "We are sorry" note attached.

 

[Aaron]

Perhaps I'm exposing my naïveté, but how is this even possible?

The characters are on the disc. The hackers are just going into some settings file and enabling them, then taking their modded version of the game online.

This is too rich.

Only thing Capcpom can do now is just release them as FREE DLC with a "We are sorry" note attached.

They should double their prices instead. Seeing these vids will increase demand.

 

[Krev]

Serves Capcom right.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Perhaps I'm exposing my naïveté, but how is this even possible?

Game has locked DLC on disc. Everything is there: story, characters, move lists, sound sets etc.

You paid for a 100% game yet can only use 70% of it. You will have to pay again for the rest 30%.

Hackers don't pay. They play.

 

[SolarPowered]

This thread is going to be so bad when I wake up. Stay away SFxT fans. Stay away for your own good. D:

Perhaps I'm exposing my naïveté, but how is this even possible?

You know how your parents would put your favorite cookies in a high up place thinking you wouldn't reach the jar on top of the fridge? Yeah, it's sorta like that except even easier with Capcom.

 

[- J - D -]

This was practically fated to happen, and who loses in the end? The honest consumer.

Capcom is really hitting the shit list for me this year.

 

[zerokoolpsx]

Hackers win. It's on the disc. What did Crapcom expect?

 

[LunaticHigh]

This is basically the same as the ME3 case, I hope it puts an end to developers doing this to their customers.

Love SFxT, will not pay for extra characters. 1$ for skins is fine, it has no effect on the game, but at least make the characters available for purchase day 1, and with an option to buy only the ones I want.

 

[- J - D -]

Difference between this and ME3 is that the ME3 extra content was at least available from day1. This SFxT character pack won't be out for fucking months, officially.

edit: Also, the Me3 content was solely for single player. This SFxT BS affects competitive play.

 

[QisTopTier]

Thankfully I don't gotta deal with this shit on the PS3 version. *instead I get cat infintes and megaman flying away* LOL

Capcom is normally pretty good about patching out bugs and infintes though. I dont think they can fix the shitty 360 controller random input bug though. That sucks for those guys.

 

[Sayah]

Oh, capcpom.........I find this all too hilarious.

 

[Kogepan]

Game has locked DLC on disc. Everything is there: story, characters, move lists, sound sets etc.

You paid for a 100% game yet can only use 70% of it. You will have to pay again for the rest 30%.

Hackers don't pay. They play.

So you would be fine if publishers simply didn't put the files on the game disc and made you download the entire DLC contents?

I dont get the hate. Capcom never commited to having the DLC in the day one release, so how are you only getting 70%? I mean if they promised all this stuff but locked some of it out on release i could understand.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

So you would be fine if publishers simply didn't put the files on the game disc and made you download the entire DLC contents?

I dont get the hate. Capcom never commited to having the DLC in the day one release, so how are you only getting 70%? I mean if they promised all this stuff but locked some of it out on release i could understand.

Yes don't make it that obvious. Don't put in on disc. If you are a shameful company at least do it with grace.

 

[Metal-Geo]

So you would be fine if publishers simply didn't put the files on the game disc and made you download the entire DLC contents?

I dont get the hate. Capcom never commited to having the DLC in the day one release, so how are you only getting 70%? I mean if they promised all this stuff but locked some of it out on release i could understand.

It's like not being allowed to access the trunk of the car you bought.

 

[Lancehead]

Capcom should've said prior release that they're putting DLC on disc, and accessing it through hacking is a bannable offense.

 

[Alx]

Once again, the pirates win, the legitimate players get screwed.

Legitimate players don't really lose anything, they would have waited for the additional content anyway.
Pirates do benefit from earlier access to the data, just like they benefit from free access to the game, but that's the point of being a pirate (and it shouldn't be too hard to detect people playing with unreleased data and ban them straight away). But in the end it won't change much either for Capcom or legitimate players : those who pirate wouldn't have paid for the DLC anyway, and the players will have legitimate access to the content in due time. If anything, they'll only get jealous of hackers (but they can also benefit from more opponent diversity).

 

[mclem]

This is the reason why Capcom dropped their online DRM for the PC version of SSF4. But they never learn, do they?

Strictly speaking, isn't "Leaving the files off the disc" the most basic form of DRM?

They're just *trusting* people, and people are betraying that trust! Disgraceful.

 

[Atcha]

Spoiler

Down, R, Up, L, Y, B

Hurry, before the Cacpcops find out!

Ahahahaha !

 

[Sayah]

So you would be fine if publishers simply didn't put the files on the game disc and made you download the entire DLC contents?

I dont get the hate. Capcom never commited to having the DLC in the day one release, so how are you only getting 70%? I mean if they promised all this stuff but locked some of it out on release i could understand.

If the extra characters were funded and budgeted initially and strictly as DLC as claimed, then I have no problem. But seeing Capcom's rich history of lying to their consumer base, I'm not sure if they can be completely trusted on that. As I mentioned in the other thread, Cody and Guy were revealed months before game release so I can't really even be sure if all these extra characters were strictly outside the normal game budget and created more specifically as DLC. Plus, they are withholding the characters for six months until the Vita release due to the Sony agreement which again indicates their motives of making money. I don't blame them. They need to make profit after all but I'm not sure if this is the best way to do it as it's pissing off a lot of people.

 

[jorma]

You cant call it unreleased content when its on every single disk sold in retail. That's what i call "released content" and you should too.

 

[Card Boy]

Not sure who i should shake my head more at; Capcom for screwing over their fans, or the fans who defend locked away content and call it piracy when you try to access something you already own.

Licence my fucken arse, wheres the EULA I signed? I signed no EULA. Did anyone else sign this supposed EULA?

 

[Diablohead]

So you would be fine if publishers simply didn't put the files on the game disc and made you download the entire DLC contents?

I dont get the hate. Capcom never commited to having the DLC in the day one release, so how are you only getting 70%? I mean if they promised all this stuff but locked some of it out on release i could understand.

Cody and guy were in the launch/first trailer released or something, before they were locked away for dlc.

In this age of gaming anything left on a disc will be found by someone.

 

[Aaron]

Legitimate players don't really lose anything, they would have waited for the additional content anyway.
Pirates do benefit from earlier access to the data, just like they benefit from free access to the game, but that's the point of being a pirate (and it shouldn't be too hard to detect people playing with unreleased data and ban them straight away). But in the end it won't change much either for Capcom or legitimate players : those who pirate wouldn't have paid for the DLC anyway, and the players will have legitimate access to the content in due time. If anything, they'll only get jealous of hackers (but they can also benefit from more opponent diversity).

To summarize, it's better to pirate Capcom games than actually pay for them.

 

[ss_lemonade]

So you would be fine if publishers simply
didn't put the files on the game disc and
made you download the entire DLC
contents?

Isn't that the point of DLC? You download new content for your game?

Things weren't like this before. What happened to the days of mvsc2 or capcom vs snk where you could unlock stuff by playing the game?

 

[Gintoki]

Its funny really. There was a MMO I played that had something similar to this. Some unreleased weapons/cosmetic was being used by hackers and legitimate users were confused by it.

Also, can't they suspend anyone using unreleased characters?

 

[neorej]

Isn't that the point of DLC? You download new content for your game?

Things weren't like this before. What happened to the days of mvsc2 or capcom vs snk where you could unlock stuff by playing the game?

Those methods were deemed less profitable.

 

[MightyKAC]

The only thing about this news that's at all surprising to me is how Capcom didn't see this coming.

Oh well, maybe they'll learn next time.

 

[kyubajin]

Capcpom just can't fall any lower.

 

[Jocchan]

Things weren't like this before. What happened to the days of mvsc2 or capcom vs snk where you could unlock stuff by playing the game?

Not a big deal, they just removed the l from playing.

Licence my fucken arse, wheres the EULA I signed? I signed no EULA. Did anyone else sign this supposed EULA?

Just wait till EULAs start including a ius primae noctis with your wife.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Licence my fucken arse, wheres the EULA I signed? I signed no EULA. Did anyone else sign this supposed EULA?

Wait, I think I signed that for all of us. They got me drunk and took me to a strip club before getting me to sign.

Sorry

 

[Big-E]

And Capcom will learn from this but take it the wrong way. Instead of being more open with their stuff, they will lock it down even more.