Tekken director and chief producer Katsuhiro Harada has never been one to mince words. Over the years, he's featured in countless interviews where he gives straight answers with regards to his vision for the Tekken franchise, and in the case of Tekken 7, he's already stated several times that paid downloadable content is pretty much a necessity. Without it, the development team wouldn't be able to support the game for more than a couple of months after launch.
Hitting that point home, Harada has taken to Twitter in order to reiterate his position. He writes, "In the past, we had to stop all updates and support within 2 months after launch (Because no development Budget).
With Season Pass, we can guarantee one year of Additional Development Cost and development Team (Retention of development team structure) from our Company/Publisher."
As regular readers will know, we're not huge fans of stuff like season passes, but in cases like this, the developer has little choice. Harada goes on to explain what post-release DLC means for Tekken 7 in particular: "Also, we do not sell classic Tekken characters, Paid DLC will be special content. With this system, we can do free updates and support for a long time."
What are your thoughts on paid DLC these days? Can you see where Harada is coming from, or do you think that there has to be some sort of alternative? Put your mouth where your money is in the comments section below.
[source twitlonger.com]
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I hate dlc and season passes but there's a few times when it's okay (Witcher 3) and I think this'll be one to.
Interesting comments and I applaud Harada for speaking up on this. I was most interested in his last comment:
"Also, we do not sell classic Tekken characters"
Ignoring the obvious dig at Street fighter (we all know about the friendly rivalry between Ono and Harada), I wonder if this means fan favourites who missed the cut in the base game could turn up later down the line as free updates?
Whatever the case, im far more excited about Tekken 7 than I ever thought I would be! Roll on June.
if Tekken Force is a DLC mode I'd be more than interested in it, that was awesome in Tekken 3
I dont mind expansion packs - but with a game like Tekken, we are used to 40 characters off the bat with loads of modes. They did that - go and look at Tekken 3 for instance with force mode, team battles, arcade mode, challenge mode etc etc.
I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I believe they will try to be fair with fans and their history supports this.
Wish most games adopted full on expansions over the drip feed content soon after launch just because their afraid of losing player base and trade ins.
Can't wait for Tekken 7! I just can't get into Street Fighter 5...
So that were not Tekken 1, 2, 3 Tekken tag and Tekken 4 then, who came packed with features hidden characters and unlockables and stuffed to the gills with content.
And sold on the strength of their game play and reputation
and who didn't need DLC in the slightest.
I loath DLC with a passion and avoid it when I can,
this will be no difference.
@KitsuneNight None of those games had online modes to upkeep, though. Not to mention the price of development has generally skyrocketed over the years. Sometimes developers just don't have a choice.
It sounds similar to Tag 2's DLC, where characters and stages were patched into the game for free and the paid stuff were just bonus fluff. I'm expecting Eliza to be handled like Michelle, Kunimitsu, Angel and Ogre were in Tag 2, where they were pre order bonuses that were made widely available.
I do wonder what "special content" is. Costumes? Music? Another rapper cameo stage?
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@ShogunRok Bring it, homie
make it free basic game & sell characters in bundle. So im assuming every game post launch never sells another copy. As developers obviously aren't getting any money post launch to support the game. Considering the 2 player fighter game dosen't have new people coming into gaming that have played these in an old arcade somewhere you would think people talking positively about a game would be good thing.
I hate paid dlc, all it makes me think is that they got lazy and decided to charge for the content that was already planned for the game. For example, the season pass & dlc for FF15, no reason for it at all. To me it just seems they want to squeeze extra money out of your pocket.
This isn't a free to play MOBA. Having any paid content on top of the base price for the game unjustifiable. Especially in a FIGHTING GAME where you need to have all of the content to stay on top of the competition. I was hyped for Tekken 7. Now I'm considering other options.
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