| Nsanity said: "There is effectively no distinction between the DLC being 'locked' behind the disc and available for unlocking at a later date, or being available through a full download at a later date, other than delivery mechanism." |
Well put, Capcom...
... is what I'd say if their logic made sense. People aren't so much upset about it being on the disc, as they are about it already being completely ready and included on the disc on day 1 yet still being forced to pay separately for it. The problem isn't that it's on the disc, it's WHY it's on the disc, and yet locked out.
People would actually be just as upset about it if it turned out that they were providing DLC for download, but it turned out that the DLC was ready half a year before the game released - they only delayed release in order to make more money off it.
It's the moneygrubbing that people are upset about. And having forever-locked fully-playable (that is to say, non-beta) characters on the disc is just adding insult to injury.
DLC is meant to provide a way for developers to continue developing content for the game after it's "gone gold". It's not meant to be a way to make people pay more for the game by charging for content that was already finished.
Essentially, the question becomes... if they were going to prevent players from having those characters on purchase of the game itself, why did they spend extra time on those characters, time that could have been saved in order to release the game earlier or spent working harder on stuff that wasn't 100% perfected? The only reason was that they wanted more money, but weren't willing to up the price on the game itself.
