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

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Mr Puggsly said:

KingdomHeartsFan said:

Protendo said:

That sucks. Granted most new fighting games have less. Killer Instinct, Guilty Gear Xrd, etc. I'll take a well balanced 16 over an unbalanced 20 any day.

SSB had way more, MK had more and it had 3 versions for each character, Injustice had more.  KI isn't $60 so that's not a fair comparison.  I think GG Xrd had the same not less.  I think this is a underwhelming roster by any standard. 

That's the thing, I don't think people look at SSB, MK, or Injustice as balanced games.

Bottom line, SFV is going launch with 16 character but more are coming. I imagine around 7-10 characters are coming before they can justify selling additional characters.

The article says all the future characters are gonna be earnable for free, so they won't be "selling" any additional characters in the sense that real world money is the only way to obtain them.