Tekken 8's upcoming Tekken Shop will include both paid and free content, Bandai Namco has confirmed, with the premium stuff using a currency called (creatively) Tekken Coins. The Tekken Shop will be refreshed monthly, and the developer insists the move is more about keeping the competitive fighter fresh with customisation items than for grubby monetary reasons. Still, there's no reason why it can't be both.
Announced during a recent Tekken Talk Live stream (thanks, MP1st), chief producer Yasuda Esports announced some of the features coming to the Tekken Shop, apparently trying to get out in front of any backlash: "So, we hear that some people have some kind of allergic reaction when they hear 'shop', but it's more trying to update the game and keep it fresh with new customisation items."
Mr Esports suggests that the format will follow that of Tekken 7 and, like the previous title: "We tried to refresh the game and to provide a better experience overall, rather than just trying to make money off of those individual items."
Do you believe Bandai Namco is setting up the Tekken Shop to keep the game fresh, to get that sweet, sweet microtransaction money, or both? Let us know in the comments section below.
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The thing is, they're going to continue to update and add content to the game for years, so they need a strong revenue stream to justify it.
Personally I'm okay with it. I hope they add more minigames and other content to the game, too!
(AND TIFA!)
@get2sammyb this is from Harada himself and whatever anyone thinks of microtransactions, the fact is they are necessary now for a game to be supported going forward. I don't mind as long they're reasonably priced and I'll be playing this game for a long time
"Development costs are now 10 times more expensive than in the 90's and more than double or nearly triple the cost of Tekken 7. Even the Fight Lounge servers are costly to maintain. In the past there weren't so many specs and there wasn't online. Plus they didn't have such high resolution and high definition. Now, So many people want the game to run and be supported for a long time. It costs money to continually update the game for that reason. However, he probably only keeps good memories of the old games he experienced as a boy and does not pay attention to these changing times and increasing costs. The economic situation and everything else is changing. If we simply do nothing as he suggests, the game will simply stop running in a few months. I think that is what he wants. So there is no point in talking to him about these realities. He wants us to stop economic activity and stop updating and supporting the game."
https://twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/1760182225143009473?t=Iay1okkn6B06VarsTtnHcQ&s=19
@breakneck and realistically they can't raise the prices anymore as people simply won't/can't pay it. There needs to be a major rethink in how gaming goes forward
@breakneck This is exactly why I don’t understand people whinging about £70 games. The RRP of a game 10 years ago was £60 so we have seen about a 16% increase in a decade. Here in UK over the same time period food increased around 40%, electricity 60%, petrol 40%-60%, clothing 35%. If we were saddled with the rising costs of development combined with realistic inflation we should probably be buying £100+ new games by now.
As much as everyone hates paid customisation and microtransactions they are here to stay unless we want to be paying even more for new games.
@breakneck Its news to me that SF6 provides pree character drops.
That said it does allow you to earn 1hr free character trail passes.
Plus they appear for free in world tour (where you can earn the moves to make an approximation of the character)
In hindsite SF5 was probably the best model after all (despite all the criticism at the time)
But Id say in a realistic microtransaction/season pass world. SF6 is still leading the pack when it comes to fairness for now I guess.
Untill someone releases all characters free for a game (probably limited to certain modes.....eg just character combo trail and offline practice mode or something)
It's sad but true gaming I more expensive than ever those servers that allow online play cost tens of thousands of dollars a month to maintain hell even more depending on certain factors
Keep the classic suits paid but have all the customization items free and i could turn a blind eye.
@Burntbreadman Nah SF6 is near MK1 levels, it has a small roster, sod all skins for the roster and expects you to pay nearly a £100 to give every character an extra skin. Tekken 8 even with the cash shop is the best of the 3 big fighters in content and fairness, the MTX are also far cheaper then MK1 and SF6 as well.
I'll wait and see how this all plays out before criticizing it but I can't stand the way Capcom has handled things with SF 6. I really hope this isn't similar.
@get2sammyb
I'd pay for Tekken Bowl if they bring it back, but I'm guessing that might be out of the question since it was in 7.
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