03-19-2012, 04:54 PM
That's an article written before the game's release, and while it's not entirely false, the big panic over skins/costumes being on the disc is completely unwarranted and silly.
Characters on the disc comes down to a compatibility issue, people who wouldn't want to shell out 20 dollars for 12 characters (an incredibly good deal, fyi) would be locked out of playing with people who bought the character pack. Compatibility patches released alongside the characters would be a nice alternate solution, but Mortal Kombat 9 tried that, and their online play ended up being a completely unorganized mess as a result.
Same goes for the costumes - it's in the interest of keeping the game fresh, as Capcom has announced that they're not planning on releasing an updated version a la Ultimate Marvel or Super Street Fighter 4, it's not like they're forcing you to buy anything, and even if they were: the prices are surprisingly tolerable. The character pack in November is following a bunch of free patches and content to be dished out over the next few months and it's only 20 dollars. That's a better deal than 5 dollars per character like vanilla Marvel, or 4 characters for 15 dollars like Arcade Edition.
Characters on the disc comes down to a compatibility issue, people who wouldn't want to shell out 20 dollars for 12 characters (an incredibly good deal, fyi) would be locked out of playing with people who bought the character pack. Compatibility patches released alongside the characters would be a nice alternate solution, but Mortal Kombat 9 tried that, and their online play ended up being a completely unorganized mess as a result.
Same goes for the costumes - it's in the interest of keeping the game fresh, as Capcom has announced that they're not planning on releasing an updated version a la Ultimate Marvel or Super Street Fighter 4, it's not like they're forcing you to buy anything, and even if they were: the prices are surprisingly tolerable. The character pack in November is following a bunch of free patches and content to be dished out over the next few months and it's only 20 dollars. That's a better deal than 5 dollars per character like vanilla Marvel, or 4 characters for 15 dollars like Arcade Edition.