No, i would just like to have the choice to be abke to change my mind and not get fucked for it.

So, based on your line of thought, you better not buy anything that has options, including fast food or cars.  What if you change your mind and want all wheel drive?  Damn, Ford/Chevy/whoever just screwed you because you had to choose before you bought the car?   Next time you are at Mcdonalds, just buy the value meal, but don't complain that you wish you had it larger afterwords, because you had to choose before you paid. 

Bottom Line is that your argument is just nonsensical. 

Okay, I was wrong to assume, but the games and prices you listed so far still makes me think you probably wouldn't pay full price for a game like this (I may be wrong, but read on, lol).  The only fighting games you listed are old ones that don't cost full price, because they're old.  You think an online game that is f2p (for a demo character) built from the ground up for a nextgen system is going to sell for $12?  Probably not.  But asking $20 dollars from anyone to get all the current players doesn't sound too steep to me.  With that out of the way, you should read the entire post, because it's about how these pricing schemes help us all in the end.

If your issue is solely dependant on the unfairness of pricing toward the fickle consumer, the issue is no different for full priced games.  Should I buy this game or wait till it's in the bargain bin?  What if it sucks?  Should I shell out $60 knowing full well that in a year or less a newer version will release with more modes, characters and balance for a full $20 dollars cheaper?  Regardless, we as consumers have to make the choice and making one won't ever guarantee a payoff.  Spending money on entertainment is a risk, albeit a luxorious one.  Sometimes we waste money on shitty products, so by your logic if we never know what we want we're getting cheated.  That doesn't make sense.

The pricing is not a cheat, it is like any sale or bulk buying model.  You know BOGO (buy one get one free)?  Or the more products you get from a certain company, that company may implement a rewards policy.  They may even sell each individual product at a cheaper price, because they are getting more overall from the consumer.  It's no different.  You spend $20 you get 8 players at a subsidized cost.  You spend $40 you get 10 (8 existing plus 2 forthcoming) characters, their costumes and a full retro game (one that probably could go for the same prices as your MK Trilogy or Marvel Vs. Capcom easy) all subsidized at a lower rate per item.  How do you not get that this is an incentive plan to get more people to pay for a full game or at the very least try it if they aren't willing to risk a higher pricepoint?  How is that bad?

I was waiting for a ridiculous argument like this. No one gets a free car. No one gets to purchase a car with 1 tire with the option of buying the other three. The price of an upgraded car is not. 20 dollar difference. And if you change your mind guess what? Its called trade in.

I dind't say you buy the car with only one tire.  My example was you buy a fully functional car(or for $5 you get a fully functional game).  If you choose later to upgrade the rims on your car, it costs more han if you bought a car with that feature already as part of a package.  It is clear, that you should not be invovled in money decisions in your household if you do not understand the basic concept of "you get what you pay for".  IF you only spend $5 on a game, then don't complain later that it doesn't do what the $40 version can. 

Those rims are extra if you buy them from the dealer or from a 3rd party. Your analogy falls flat on its face.

Danasider, i might respond back to you. However, landguys awful anologies are getting my full attention in this thread right now

The "dealer" is Ford/Chevy/Honda, they are who you buy the car from.  So how does that change anything?

You got to admit 8 characters is a pretty low number for a fighter game. I'll probably pass on this game.

You know what, you are right. I'm going to go to ford right now and ask for my stripped down 1hp mustang for free.