After a fair amount of leaks have surfaced from Street Fighter V, I'm starting to think something is afoot! It doesn't take sharp sleuthing skills to figure out what developers are doing just a keen eye on the behavior especially when it comes to releasing characters.
Let's back track a bit to where I believe this all started, Killer Instinct. The first current-gen fighting game came out of the gate initially offering 8 characters to choose from. Now, one can gather that this game was far from complete yet and still the publishers decided it best to bring the game out as it was and to their chagrin, it worked out.
If two years ago you told me that Street Fighter V would be getting released in 2016, I would have said impossible given Capcom's current situation at the time. I could have never imagined Sony taking such a huge roll in the development of Street Fighter V which is ultimately why we will be seeing it sooner than later.
It's obvious to me that game development in this current generation is far more challenging and so when it was announced that Street Fighter V would be launching with 16 characters adding only 6 more within the year, it wasn't surprising but it was certainly a little disappointing.
While their are a great deal of characters some of which I'm glad to see returning, it is apparent that a great deal of my favorites are not their. So.... Capcom is holding my characters hostage!!!
Okay,okay maybe I'm flying off the handle just a little bit but it is very telling. 16 initial characters compared to the 25 that were released for Street Fighter IV. For the second time in Street Fighter history, Sagat will not be among the initial roster and that little ball of electricity Blanka also won't be present either...the Street Fighter gods must be crazy!!
I talked about having character crisis previously and as things are now there will be a few Street Fighter veterans plagued by this current epidemic until the next round of characters make an appearance.
Would it have been behoove of Capcom to possibly wait until they had a roster fitting of a royal banquet? Probably. But given their latest commitment to giving you free extra content from the initial purchase, well, you can't not at least be content in knowing a character you wanted to see very badly at launch won't require you to shell out some extra cash.
It seems like just yesterday the initial Killer Instinct roster was something to vehemently scoff at. Now, it's a complete game promising to bring more characters next year to add to its very diverse roster.
Game development now a days has taking on a very different model one that continues to change as you continue to play and communicate your experiences. It's probably to soon to bring out the free "insert favorite character" t-shirts so I'm going to start shouting it now from the roof tops of this blog post.
"Free Sagat"
"Free Fei-Long"
"Fre...you get the picture Capcom don't have me waiting to long and I'll do my best to enjoy the characters that you have to offer in the mean while!
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