Listen, we love Tekken 7, but the newly released 'Definitive Edition' of the 3D fighter is a bad joke. Not because of the content — it includes the base game alongside all of the DLC — but because of the pricing. Fighting game re-releases usually sell at a discount, but Bandai Namco's decided to go all-in on Tekken 7 Definitive Edition. Head over to the PlayStation Store right now and you'll find it priced at an eye-watering £94.99 / $119.99.
Over the course of its near seven year lifespan (it hit arcades in 2015), Tekken 7 has proven to be an immensely popular title, shifting over 7 million copies last we heard. But this is a crazy asking price for what is an ageing fighter — an ageing fighter that routinely features in PlayStation Store sales for close to pennies on PS4.
The existence of this Definitive Edition also suggests that support for Tekken 7 may have finally come to an end. Recent rumours have said that Tekken 8 is currently in development, but there's been no official word on a sequel.
Anyway, take our advice and grab a cheap physical copy of Tekken 7 if you really want in on the action. Buying all three season passes separately will still be cheaper than this, and by some distance.
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Yeah, sure - that's a lot of DLC content but c'mon... Ain't nobody paying that.
Physical of this is europe exclusive and sells for €40 with all dlc included.
I checked. It’s €30 even.
@Voltan people that are hardcore tekken fans maybe but not anyone that likes there money in there wallet.
@alexbolton2 Hardcore Tekken fans surely already bought all the season passes and don't need this.
I've seen the trailer today for this. It doesn't have a current gen version like Xbox Series S|X does. Fortunately I have all the DLC for it, but I can't imagine someone paying for that and it's old.
Fighting game developers like Tecmo, Namco, Capcom, SNK, and Cyberconnect etc. have been guilty of some of the worst nickel & diming and milking practices in the industry this past decade. Namco has been milking this game for over 6 years and it is still not enough for them. I have completely boycotted fighting games since the PS4 generation. Just too exploitative and expensive.
Well this is awful.
@darkswabber
I thought it was still missing DLC from.what I read (maybe the last season of characters)
Dont quote me though.
I always believed that its weird that you pay less for a complete edition. Fighting games should start at a lower price especially with the amount of seasonpasses and DLC added. A basegame is useless at the end anyway. I would gladly pay more if everything is on a disc and completely patched in a neat package. But not when they start a full price with half the characters missing especially Tekken when thet remove the classic characters to resell them to you in a seasonpass.
@Burntbreadman I checked. It’s missing 5 dlc characters. That’s definitely not a €90 difference.
Tekken is my absolute favorite fighting game series. And this is a hard pass.
I was really hoping the devs would have made a true definitive physical edition with all of the DLC right on the disc. Hell I'd pay $60 for that. The mass amount of content being added is why I kept waiting.
And waiting.
And waiting.
And waiting.
Guess I'll still wait.
I saw this earlier and genuinely laughed out loud.
All whilst MK11 Ultimate is just the price of a normal game and even Street Fighter V Champion Edition is rather cheap
Maybe they're releasing it exclusively in airports? Can't explain a price like that otherwise.
The game really hasn't aged well, I fired it up the other day and it felt like I was looking at a PS3 game. Still I would get this if it was $40 max, otherwise hell no.
Maybe this is a typo? Seems a bit crazy.
@Flaming_Kaiser I wouldn't say useless. Far from it. I bought the base game several years ago and greatly enjoyed it. I don't need all the extra characters to have fun. I didn't need them back in the day either. They're simply something extra for those who are willing to pay extra for them.
@Deadlyblack Same i have no issues with waiting but if its physical i then i dont want any DLC or a piece of paper of you know what i mean.
@naruball Lets agree to disagree i just get annoyed that the DLC is announced at the day the game releases especially with old classic characters.
At least injustice 2 legendary Edition is a good price right now with all the dlc right now.word up son
Whaaaaatt...Nah, can't be true, it's a typo. They meant £14.99/$19.99.
@hobbes242 haha. That made me laugh out loud. Agreed it’s deffo airport pricing right there
That's a hard pass.
I bought the rematch edition a few months ago thinking it was the complete edition 🙈
@OneWingedAngel This decade? You realize fighting games used to cost $0.25 minimum just for one life, right? If any genre is gonna rake you over the coals...
@playstation1995 I would have payed full price for that complete edition it had more then enough content to justify it.
I already own it but that is insanity. Capcom would not get away with that for SFV.😄
On the bright side it's a sign that most fighting games from last gen are getting their new versions ready. It's going to be really weird playing a fighting game that isn't SFV but looking forward to what they got planned for the next gen.
Is there any confirmation that all the DLC is on disc for the Legendary Edition? I'm fed up with Complete Editions having the extra content on code.
Like how GAME here in the UK had Borderlands 3 Ulitmate Edition as an exclusive, a big deal... until you find out its the base game on disc with codes...
Sigh Truly fed up with it. I'm patient and will wait for a Complete Edition to be release when all the DLC is done but please don't fob me off with a code.
@Flaming_Kaiser I get that. That's why I only disagree with calling it "useless".
Great game, but come on Namco. Geez.
@Flaming_Kaiser. A 60$ or 70$ price would of been cool.word up son
HA! Yeah. No. No way. Hahaha!!
This pricing is a joke. I love me some tekken, but good lord man!
I bought Tekken and the first and second season passes were included with the game in a Sony store sale. It was about £25 if memory serves me right.
It was enjoyable and the gameplay is still great. But that price is ridiculous.
@themcnoisy not really , if you look at the ps store , added the base game along with season pass 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 it would be about what they are charging for this.
I'm guessing they know its not going to sell many anyway, and price it high to make the sale price look like a massive reduction.
@Voltan this is why i give up on current gen gaming, the prices are ridiculous now especially UK prices, ps4 users are forced to pay for ps5 games we don't need which marks the price up exponentially and this trend is expanding, it's another way they can rob our pockets for making us pay for something we don't need 🙄🙄
and you know what the worst thing about this so called "complete" bundle they could release even more dlc after, dead of alive did this often LOL
@OneWingedAngel so true! , fighting genre is now dead and is now just a seasons update with online on efighter crap tacked on
at least we can still enjoy the classics fighting games still lol
Hells yeah! Preordered! Preinstalled! Just waiting for release! Cain't wait! First game I preordered, in awhile. Really looking forward to elden ring.
I played this game when it came out. I was doing the story. It kept putting me to sleep. So I gave it away.
@darkswabber The physical edition only includes 8 DLC characters not even the whole roster and as a extra insult it does not include these 8 on the disc. Even more sad its even all the new Tekken 7 DLC characters.
@Vivi-Gamer Its not on the disc and its not even all DLC its only 8 characters from tekken and that excludes the new ones.
@playstation1995 But if its physical no DLC codes please...
@twitchtvpat it was a while ago. Maybe 2 years ago? I dunno but it was around £25.
@Vivi-Gamer Well if all the updates and DLC put the game over the space a disc can hold its going to have to be a code.
@huyi But when you get a PS5 you have the PS5 versions there waiting, when i got my PS5 it was nice already having PS5 versions of various games i owned like AC Vahalla or Doom Eternal. PS5 versions aren't making prices go up at all unless the PS5 version is part of a SE like what Sony is trying to pull so your comment doesn't really make sense.
@darkswabber Legendary Edition doesn't have all the dlc.
@darkswabber that explains why i got a limited promo disc for £5 then lol
@themcnoisy there are 4 season passes now of dlc
season 1 - 25
season 2 - 30
season 3 - 25
season 4 - 15
the base game is what 10-20 depending on it being on sale.
then there is a bunch of random dlc i'm not sure if its part of the seasons or not.
I used to love Tekken.. 2, when I was 6 or 7. I even got Tekken 3 and played the brawler part "Chicken!!!". However, since then I have much preferred UMC 3 and Injustice, still play them bow and then. Not really interested in any others, though. Even sequels just sound more of the same, bit like a football game lol
I'm assuming it's one of those SKUs that basically exists to go on sale.
Still less expensive than Dead Or Alive with all the costumes and extras iirc. But yeah…. Nope.
@WallyWest I highly doubt the file size would be more than a disc. It’s mostly costumes and fluff.
@Arnna Just over 54gb on my PS5 so yeah its more then what a disc can hold.
@darkswabber That's crazy, shame there's not a similar cheap physical complete edition in the USA.
Well, right now it's $30 on the Holiday Sale...sound worth it now?
I think I may jump in.
Just 2 short years later, less than £11.👍
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