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

[Mr Puggsly]

darkknightkryta said:

Mr Puggsly said:

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.

I think you're comparing the original Arcade release of SFIV to SFV. But obviously most people didn't play SFIV until it came to consoles.

Hence, most people didn't play SFIV with only 18 characters. Either way, 16 characters for SFV at launch is fine assuming new characters come relatively soon.