I'm literally saying it doesn't matter if people are ungrateful or not, NRS would do it anyways because it's about building hype and marketing the game and getting people to talk about it. People bitching about jade not being in MKX is still people talking about MKX which is exactly what they want. No they don't have to release info if they really wanted to. Why take free money in a market that has a wonderful preorder system that allows you to sell absurdly well on hype alone when you could not....for no reason? Especially when WB will likely replace you with someone else who will because they sure as hell don't care half as much.
NRS and by extension WB is in this to make money. Thankfully they're in it to make a great game as well (and if you played armageddon you'd know that was a pretty questionable claim not too long ago), but I think it was Boon himself who even pointed out that a lot of games in the genre that are hailed as amazing aren't even a financial success, and believe when I say that while the "giving back to the community" and "make more money" goals line up pretty neatly, there's still very much a business plan behind all of this.
In short, it doesn't matter what people think about it as anyone actually complaining at this point is such an unbelievably small minority it's not even of concern at this point.
Of course they want to make money, everyone does and that's just part of my point. Regarding dlc, those whiners who are like 'why exclusive preorder" for one it's not even "exclusive as in you cant get him any other way" for one nrs isnt capcom, and two i already asked them day one on twitter and two got back to me and even kyle said last stream "you can buy the dlc stuff later on,you dont have to preorder, get special editions to get this stuff"The goro bit it's more like "preorder to get goro earlier" would be moreaccurate...but some people act like "omgi must preorder to get goro, no other way lae!!" when that siply isn't true.
I also disagree a little regarding the "they dont care about fans" bit, if that were true they wouldnt do streams, and would never answer anyone o twitter like ever. Ed, tyler, shawn h and shawn k have answered me several times in the past year. The fans matter to the smart developers because in the long run, mk would not be here if not for us. There has to be a product to buy, no sale=no more series.
Take psi ops, made by midway fantastic game but sadly did not sell....thus no sequel. It's simple really.
Sure, nrs dont care about ungrateful or grateful but they surely appreciate the ones who do appreciate their product, wouldnt you?
MKA mind you they were under midway at the time who rushed them bad, and thus we got average or below quality games. But once wb got them, they got more money, proper tools, time and we get gems. Mk9 and Injustice and i have no doubt mkx will follow.
I know it's a business too, that's actually a big part of why i get why developers do dlc. some people think it's a gimmick for more money, i happen to disagree. Unless you're capcom who charges for tons of on disc shit, "real endings" and 10 copies of the same game for 40 bucks a pop, the average developer will make a game, keep it fresh adding high replay value and longevity for months and perhaps years later putting stuff out. its a fair trade imo, i want more shit to do in the game, but for a price. Let the posers and complainers refuse to preorder(when its not even extra its actually free they take it off your game price to the dude complaining about "they have goro preorder, and dont show us' yeah...well too bad, dont buy the game then. It's THEIR game afterall...they do what they want.
I get your points though, and i just want you t get mine. i honestly dont care about the skeptics, haters or people who bitch about goro and dlc. All whos making money and hyping up a game aside, a lot of what i refer to isn't exclusive to this site but also youtube, other sites. I mean obviously the comments like "no jade, no buy, oh preorder no buy" or "not enough minorities, not buying" are just idiotic and ignored lol. Yes, ive actually seen ridiculous comments like this....believe it or not.