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I still have my copy of Mortal Kombat sitting around... but $5 for one character seems a little ridiculous to me, and is definitely not enough for me to dust it off.
The way that's worded makes it seem like it's the bonus character AND the character outfits for $5....at least I hope so.
The extra character skins for Sektor and Cyrax are free with the mandatory update that you need to play against Skarlett if you don't get the DLC.
These developers need to get their pricing to more reasonable levels. $5 a character is robbery. $2 seems way more reasonable.
Sheesh, that's a high price for a single character, even high with the 2 extra skins.
I purchased the first pack the instant it was released, but I think I'll skip this and wait for a bundle or price drop... and that makes me sad, but I just can't support it for that cost.
I purchased the first pack the instant it was released, but I think I'll skip this and wait for a bundle or price drop... and that makes me sad, but I just can't support it for that cost.
@FPS Baby Jesus
$2 a pop doesn't pay the bills.
Think about how many people will ACTUALLY get the characters...
While 2 bucks would entice players to buy them, they would have to at least double in numbers to cover the profit they could've gotten with 5 bucks.
I mean, I'm all for cheap DLC too, but I would also like to see MORE of them (coughMarvelvsCapcom3cough)
$2 a pop doesn't pay the bills.
Think about how many people will ACTUALLY get the characters...
While 2 bucks would entice players to buy them, they would have to at least double in numbers to cover the profit they could've gotten with 5 bucks.
I mean, I'm all for cheap DLC too, but I would also like to see MORE of them (coughMarvelvsCapcom3cough)
@power-glove I'm glad they're giving players some free kontent, but $5 is too steep for a single character.
Is it absolutely confirmed for $5?
Is it absolutely confirmed for $5?
I think 5 dollars is a reasonable price, depending on what is included with the character. If she'll have an available story path and be usable in almost every other mode, I would say 5 dollars is fair. Compare to BlazBlue where each character is 7 dollars and you can only use them in a few select modes, arcade and story not included.
$5 is perfect. Don't you guys know about Blazblue's characters being $7 each? You get challenges and more colors plus their unlimited version. So $5 is perfect. Plus remember, a character in a fighting game is the best thing you can get honestly. You have alot more playtime added for learning match-ups and whatnot instead of a skin, or stage.
$5 isn't unusual for DLC characters in a fighting game. Darth Vader/Yoda were $5 in Soul Calibur 4, Jill an Shuma-Gorath were $5 each in MVC3, and BlazBlue's DLC fighters were $7 each. I'm not saying that $5 is or isn't a fair price. You can decide for yourself if it's worth $5 or not. I'm just saying that it should be surprising that that's what it costs.
Meh anyway the online component is broken, they just released a patch for PS3 that completely screw up matchmaking, it takes 15 min on average to find a game, and there's a 80/20 to get a desynchronization error or a disconnect. Maybe they should fix that first....
If the initial game offers 27-28 characters for $60, at $2.15 to $2.23 per character, then yes...$5 is way too much money for -one- character. That should by -at least- two.
And don't get me started on buying "skins", something developers used to willingly include in games -for free- before this whole DLC nonsense started.
And don't get me started on buying "skins", something developers used to willingly include in games -for free- before this whole DLC nonsense started.
In this thread: Poor people and newbs who don't know how much of an ass-raping Capcom is at pricing their DLC.
This is FAIR pricing, to say the least. Day one.
This is FAIR pricing, to say the least. Day one.
I think this is fair. AND they are giving the skins away for free. My vote for 4th DLC (after Skarlet, Kenshi, Rain) goes to Tanya with Reiko right behind her.
I can understand people not wanting to pay $5 for one character. What I don't get is how they can act as if they've been ripped off before they've even purchased the DLC. You aren't forced to buy it, and you aren't entitled to have it for less money just because you don't want to pay the asking price.
WHY AM I SO POOR DURP MAKE IT A DOLLAR. IDGAF ABOUT CHARACTER BALANCING, TIME RESTRICTIONS, OR PAYCHECK MONEY! WE'RE POOR FANS WHO N EED YOU TO SUCKLE US BY THE TEAT TO PROVE CAPCOM WRONG DURP.
I don't even own MK9, BUT I'll buy the DLC. 5 Bucks is hella reasonable for any fighting game character.
I don't even own MK9, BUT I'll buy the DLC. 5 Bucks is hella reasonable for any fighting game character.
@ people hating on capcom: Didn't they actually just do 4 characters for $15? That's $3.75 each. Just sayin.
@Epic - You don't think their paychecks can be met with a lower DLC cost? It's been shown repeatedly that cheaper things sell more than enough to offset the difference in price. They wouldn't have a problem writing paychecks.
@Epic
I paid $60 for the game. Its a great game, but $60 is a high price to pay. Adding $5 per character is crazy, and paying for it just tells devs to rape your wallet more. I want this character, but I won't pay $5. I make plenty of money, but would you buy a $10 candy bar? YOU POOR BRO? YOU POOR!?
I paid $60 for the game. Its a great game, but $60 is a high price to pay. Adding $5 per character is crazy, and paying for it just tells devs to rape your wallet more. I want this character, but I won't pay $5. I make plenty of money, but would you buy a $10 candy bar? YOU POOR BRO? YOU POOR!?
Well seeing as Im gonna get MK for 40$, both DLC packs will put me at a 50$ purchase... Not bad...
I LOVE the new MK from what little I got to play, but in this trying age and time its rare to find software that is fully valued at 60$. Let's buy like smart gamers, Its worth sacrificing a little playtime to ultimately get the same game at a cheaper price! Then you ultimately don't have to worry about add-on content charges, it would hurt less
If they bundle the DLC, then that would be even better
I LOVE the new MK from what little I got to play, but in this trying age and time its rare to find software that is fully valued at 60$. Let's buy like smart gamers, Its worth sacrificing a little playtime to ultimately get the same game at a cheaper price! Then you ultimately don't have to worry about add-on content charges, it would hurt less
If they bundle the DLC, then that would be even better
@DigitalOP
Or we could not buy their over priced DLC and demand a full game. I can't tell you how many games have jaded me this generation, releasing DLC day one, not testing a game and releasing it broken constantly saying a patch is on the way.
Remember how games were without being constantly being connected to the internet? No patches, no DLC, just a game. A full game. Not to mention the games were cheaper.
I know it'll never happen, but I wish DLC just stopped existing. Things that are DLC now feel cut from the game, or like they should have just been kept for the sequel.
I constantly feel like I'm paying for Die Hard and having to pay extra for Powell and FBI guys.
Or we could not buy their over priced DLC and demand a full game. I can't tell you how many games have jaded me this generation, releasing DLC day one, not testing a game and releasing it broken constantly saying a patch is on the way.
Remember how games were without being constantly being connected to the internet? No patches, no DLC, just a game. A full game. Not to mention the games were cheaper.
I know it'll never happen, but I wish DLC just stopped existing. Things that are DLC now feel cut from the game, or like they should have just been kept for the sequel.
I constantly feel like I'm paying for Die Hard and having to pay extra for Powell and FBI guys.
@all of the people making fun of those with less money.
go fuck yourselves. seriously. get out of your parent's basement and go live in the real world where you have to actually spend money on more important things.
go fuck yourselves. seriously. get out of your parent's basement and go live in the real world where you have to actually spend money on more important things.
I'll wait till either a bundle disc releases or PS+ bundles the dlc (ssf4) after it's all been released.
Five dollars is too much? You people spend that (or more) buying lunch at a fast food place once. I think it's a perfect price for a character. Just think of the work that ACTUALLY goes into making one. New moves, model, fatalities, openings and ending for the Ladder. This is not too much at all, and hell, she looks more useful than Jill and Shuma Gorath ever will be.
@chad almasy
Oh I see. So when you buy mk the only thing you pay for is fighters? Let's just forget about all the other content in the game. They don't equate to the overall value at all. Nope.
The price for this dlc is fine. Your buying a new character with a full move set, ladder integration, fatalities, balancing etc. If you really think 400msp is too expensive I guess you just don't see how much potential play time having a new character can add.
Oh I see. So when you buy mk the only thing you pay for is fighters? Let's just forget about all the other content in the game. They don't equate to the overall value at all. Nope.
The price for this dlc is fine. Your buying a new character with a full move set, ladder integration, fatalities, balancing etc. If you really think 400msp is too expensive I guess you just don't see how much potential play time having a new character can add.
I haven't been playing much MK9 since the initial launch craze, but I really like the look of Skarlet. I'll be picking her up next week.
@Arttemis
No. The dev team has to work on a lot of stuff just to put in ONE character. Balancing, movelists, storyline, voice acting fees, etc. All of this costs $. If I just spent all of this money working on the character, 5 dollars sound hella reasonable.
@Lemon-Fresh
Hard, expensive work=/=low price. The least they should've charged for DLC characters is 7 bucks. But now, they went the 5 dollar range.
@Monk
You hate on Shuma/Jill because they can't say Tenderizer ;D
No. The dev team has to work on a lot of stuff just to put in ONE character. Balancing, movelists, storyline, voice acting fees, etc. All of this costs $. If I just spent all of this money working on the character, 5 dollars sound hella reasonable.
@Lemon-Fresh
Hard, expensive work=/=low price. The least they should've charged for DLC characters is 7 bucks. But now, they went the 5 dollar range.
@Monk
You hate on Shuma/Jill because they can't say Tenderizer ;D
@Chad
What important thing that is essential to living a normal efficent life=5 dollars?
A 12 pack of toilet paper?
What important thing that is essential to living a normal efficent life=5 dollars?
A 12 pack of toilet paper?
Because this is the interenets, I understand we've got the Contrarian's League out to argue through the usual semi-baked logic about how DLC will lead us to a new golden age and honestly should be $190834983343 an item. Still, $5 bucks is a shade higher than I hoped. It's not exactly outside the industry curve (please folks, let's not use a niche outlier like BlazeBlue to claim this is a deal), but I was hoping for more along $2.99.
It's not about the price in a vacuum. Of course, on it's own, $5 isn't a step investment. But with DLC, as I've argued before, there's always a 'slippery slope' component. Whatever a company can pass off the first time, the next time out they'll push it a little further, then again a little further... I'd much rather see companies push DLC into very sensible and affordable areas, rather than playing 'match the industry'. That's a recipe for rising prices and less content.
In the case of MK, we're talking about something that has moved in massive volume as compare to the fighting category (excepting SF). BlazeBlue may be a crummy deal at $7 (serious nickle and dime'ing DLC is a standard in Japanese niche gaming...hello NAMCO), but it's install base is tiny. There is a bit of an argument to be made that niche DLC needs to gross more per purchase than a usual game to make the revenue total cover costs. MK has moved more than a million units in the US alone. If we low-ball that a 1/3 of the base would buy character DLC at $2.99, you're talking about basically a million dollars in revenue. After costs, you're probably seeing $400,000-$500,000 in profit out of that. That's more than skippy for a character development that was done with pre-existing (and paid for by the main game sales) tools and goes into an already done main game.
Yes, on it's own, $5 isn't a step price. But I don't like an industry 'pace and race' with DLC. There's no reasonable 'down' pressure out there, the bar keeps shifting more and more to the developer/publisher side. I think with it's install base, the DLC could have been a buck or two cheaper and still grossed a sizable number. Along with setting a helpful industry marker.
It's not about the price in a vacuum. Of course, on it's own, $5 isn't a step investment. But with DLC, as I've argued before, there's always a 'slippery slope' component. Whatever a company can pass off the first time, the next time out they'll push it a little further, then again a little further... I'd much rather see companies push DLC into very sensible and affordable areas, rather than playing 'match the industry'. That's a recipe for rising prices and less content.
In the case of MK, we're talking about something that has moved in massive volume as compare to the fighting category (excepting SF). BlazeBlue may be a crummy deal at $7 (serious nickle and dime'ing DLC is a standard in Japanese niche gaming...hello NAMCO), but it's install base is tiny. There is a bit of an argument to be made that niche DLC needs to gross more per purchase than a usual game to make the revenue total cover costs. MK has moved more than a million units in the US alone. If we low-ball that a 1/3 of the base would buy character DLC at $2.99, you're talking about basically a million dollars in revenue. After costs, you're probably seeing $400,000-$500,000 in profit out of that. That's more than skippy for a character development that was done with pre-existing (and paid for by the main game sales) tools and goes into an already done main game.
Yes, on it's own, $5 isn't a step price. But I don't like an industry 'pace and race' with DLC. There's no reasonable 'down' pressure out there, the bar keeps shifting more and more to the developer/publisher side. I think with it's install base, the DLC could have been a buck or two cheaper and still grossed a sizable number. Along with setting a helpful industry marker.
2 points... since most of you seem to be... film majors? or just.. dummies?
Anyway.
1) Marketing 101, a lower price almost ALWAYS means higher profits. They could lower this to $3 and people would be more inclined to get it. See, most of you probably think that they have to sell less to break even if the price is higher,which is true, but in business, you aren't trying to break even, you are trying to make money. Lowering the cost means you open the possibility of others with a tighter budget to get in on the same action that they might have felt negatively about before. That being said...
2) These comments in this post are proof positive that if someone shit's on a plate and calls it gourmet long enough, people will eat it and love it. If this SAME fucking thing would have happened four years ago, every single one of you would have been bitching up a storm.
Everything that King Soup said is what I was going to be getting at, but he said it with more betterer wordy things.
Anyway.
1) Marketing 101, a lower price almost ALWAYS means higher profits. They could lower this to $3 and people would be more inclined to get it. See, most of you probably think that they have to sell less to break even if the price is higher,which is true, but in business, you aren't trying to break even, you are trying to make money. Lowering the cost means you open the possibility of others with a tighter budget to get in on the same action that they might have felt negatively about before. That being said...
2) These comments in this post are proof positive that if someone shit's on a plate and calls it gourmet long enough, people will eat it and love it. If this SAME fucking thing would have happened four years ago, every single one of you would have been bitching up a storm.
Everything that King Soup said is what I was going to be getting at, but he said it with more betterer wordy things.
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