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Originally Posted by sterlingice
And we thought the beginning of this current gen was a giant cluster eff from all parties. This one looks... well, I'm not sure if this really is worse or better.
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Eh. I think that's piling on. Microsoft made some serious mistakes in the run-up to and aftermath of E3. I'm not sure a 'freemium' fighting game can realistically be classed in the same category. Especially since we have no information yet as to what pricing is going to look like on the other fighters. Let's say they're $1.99 each and there are 30 fighters in the game. That's...not that different from releasing a $60 retail game, except people can cherry-pick their fighters and pay less.
If they're $4.99 each and there are 30 fighters in the game? mckaylamaroney.jpg.
$9.99 each and 30 fighters in the game? Fuck off.
The things Microsoft have gotten shit for in this thread (which they largely backed off of yesterday) are legitimate, but giving them crap for releasing a "freemium" fighting game is digging a little too deep for the schadenfreude, IMO.