• heavy
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    7 days ago

    Street fighter 4 did this very explicity.

    I’m not discounting that the whole DLC characters thing has been around since 2 though and has gotten worse.

    I remember 5 launched with a barebones roster where a lot of core characters were missing (basically the first edition of 3 all over again).

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      When you make sweeping system mechanics changes though, you’re not going to have every character. I think Capcom now knows, between 3 and 5, which characters must be in a Street Fighter game, but selling additional characters later is how they can pay developers to hone in on the best version of the game they were trying to make.

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        7 days ago

        Interesting opinion from someone who didn’t know they did unlockable characters in 4, lol.

        I’m not suggesting every street fighter should come with every character, there’s like a million. If you think that who they choose to add and not add isnt financially motivated, I think that’s wrong.

        SF6 is a great game, love it, and generally they’re getting it right, but Capcom for sure loves doing things for that cash.

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          By the time I got around to buying 4, the edition I bought had them already unlocked from the start. Knowing which characters must be included at launch is also financially motivated.