Marvel vs Capcom Infinite: Will we being seeing Ultimate sooner than later?
- Rashaad "FhaTe" Johnson
- Sep 6, 2017
- 3 min read
Now you know that Marvel vs Capcom Infinite will be releasing to the world in 2 weeks. The hype is large, the roster has been revealed, all the Infinity Stones have been debuted, and they fixed Chun-Li and Chris to make them look more appealing, so what could possibly go wrong with this game? The answer is simple, cash grabbing!
If you're new to the franchise then you should take a look back at Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, which released on February 15, 2011 with a rather nice size roster, as we see here in MvCI. Yet a mere 9 months later, they decided to drop the SAME GAME just with a slightly larger roster on the world, on November 15, 2011. If that wasn't the biggest cash grab move I've seen from a company, I don't know what is. I mean they could've just updated the game and put a massive patch or even had players just have to buy an upgrade, but to put out an ENTIRELY new game for FULL PRICE nonetheless, was ludicrous, but because it boasted more characters many people simply traded in the old version for the new version.
I really hope that this isn't something that will be followed in this new iteration into the popular franchise because to me dropping the same game within a years' time is crazy. Hell, FFXIV, shut down and took a good bit of time to fix up their game and then came back out, but those who bought the game in the broken state didn't have to re-buy the game, so why is it that a fighter was able to do this? Would people be fine if SFV decided to have take all the new players they've been adding in and just crammed them all into Ultimate SFV and sell it for full price? I don't think so, I mean SFIV came out in 2008 and its Super Edition, didn't release until almost 2 years later, followed by Ultra Edition another 4 years after that! Think about that, 9 months compared to 2 years and 4 years, which would people have an issue with? If I had to guess it would be 9 months!
Then another cash grab is the fact that we have certain characters that are Pre-Order exclusive, *cough*Black Panther *cough* which then makes you wonder, will he be someone you can buy with in-game currency or will this game, have it's own form of virtual currency that can be bought with real money to unlock other players? Will Sigma only be accessible via pre-order as well? If so that's unfair to those who decided to just buy the basic version or pre-order the lower tier that doesn't give the player the cool physical goodies, that will probably sit on a shelf and eventually be worthless (just like my Mark Fenix figurine from Gears of War 3 Ultimate Edition) and may perhaps sell for a couple dollars on Ebay.
So I really hope, that Marvel vs Capcom Infinite decides to make sure that any new players they want to add to the game, are done so as a free update like SFV has been doing, or else I really think they may risk losing a large part of the casual base, as they don't see the benefit of being the same game again. Though of course the pros will probably be eager to stay on top of the Meta and will buy whatever version has the most up-to-date roster.
So please Capcom and Marvel, make this game great!
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