Street Fighter V DLC characters can be earned by playing the game

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Mr Puggsly said:

DerNebel said:
This is unexpected and actually pretty big news. It does still depend on how the whole ingame economy is balanced of course, but generally this is a very positive thing in todays gaming landscape.

To be fair, this is due to the relatively small cast the game is launching. Hence, its a similar rush to market strategy Killer Instainct was criticized for.

SFV can't be 16 chracters for $60, espeically after SFIV launched with 25.

Frankly, I'm okay with this strategy because I want to play SFV soon, but I don't want it rushed. So we can play what's ready now. However, this is also fodder for those who complain about incomplete games on the market.

Street Fighter 4 didn't launch with 25 characters.  It launched with 20 characters; 18 of them were selectable (Seth and Gouken couldn't be played with).  The rest of the characters were added to the console port 6 months later.