Twilord on 24 April 2015
| spemanig said: Charging $4 for one character in a $60 party brawler is a "scam," Sakurai. Let's not act like your DLC is above scum. We'll see how it is when all the DLC is out. Right now, we potentially know of at least five DLC characters, Mewtwo, Lucas, Roy, Ryu, and one fan chosen fighter. If we assume that each fighter is $4 like with Mewtwo, you're paying $20 for only FIVE characters in a game where you're paying $60 for like 50. These characters are barely worth $1 a pop, let alone $4. "But oh, it's sacred Smash DLC! Mario Kart 8 handled DLC fantastic - must mean that every Nintendo game is the same!" /s |
This was bothering me for a while but eventually it just clicked. Basic economics says that with a little design sense the process for character design can be streanlined to get more characters in the game for lower development costs. Add to that the likely reduced number of potential consumers to make the money back from and everything balances.
The only really viable alternative is Smash 5 which would split the online playerbase.
