I don't know I think calling it alienating is fair. There's actual payment pitfalls in SFV's model and it can make the simple act of buying the game and its content frustrating for people. It's poorly thought out and they're just adding more stuff on top of it without thinking of if it makes any value sense for the future.
You can say the prices are the same as other games, but we're not comparing it to other games. We're comparing it to itself. Buying the game and one character makes absolutely no sense when you can get the entire game and 10 DLC characters for the same price, but it's still an option available for uninformed consumers to fall into. Because of that the first option just feels like a trap. There shouldn't be a "wrong" option available to your consumers on your marketplace.
Technically that's the solution, but I think it's a shitty one when you bought the game digital primarily for the convenience of having it digital.
You can say the prices are the same as other games, but we're not comparing it to other games. We're comparing it to itself. Buying the game and one character makes absolutely no sense when you can get the entire game and 10 DLC characters for the same price, but it's still an option available for uninformed consumers to fall into. Because of that the first option just feels like a trap. There shouldn't be a "wrong" option available to your consumers on your marketplace.
Wouldn't the solution to this be buying the physical version of SFV AE for $20 . You can get it at that price at the moment at Amazon, Best Buy, and Gamestop and that appears to be its regular price at those retailers.
Technically that's the solution, but I think it's a shitty one when you bought the game digital primarily for the convenience of having it digital.
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