I feel that because these characters are super popular is exactly why they should dominate the roster. They need to fill this game with as many popular characters as possible. If these characters happen to come from Batman, then that is only a testament to Batman's popularity. These games sell because of the characters people recognize and want to play; not because of the little known characters that only the most hardcore fans will be excited about.
What? Why would you do that? Why would you release a game where you have 100's to 1,000's of choices in terms of characters and pick only the most well known characters that are gonna sell regardless of if they're in this game or not?.Again, picking the 3 or 4 most popular Bat characters will yield practically the same amount of sales that having 7 or 8 would because not having Harley, Bane and Catwoman is not gonna make a tremendous impact on sales. Now, those 3 spots can be filled with people that haven't grabbed a solid fanbase or aren't well known and can gain some recognition from this.
This is exactly my point. You're right. Noone is going to buy this game just for quinn, Bane or Catwoman ; but they're not going to buy this game just for Batman, Superman or the Joker either.
Yes, they will. People will buy for Batman, Superman, Joker, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Nightwing. These characters will drive sales more than any character announced so far. Combined, the rest of the announced cast will not generate the same buzz of Superman, Batman, and Joker.
People don't buy games just because there is one character on the roster who they are excited about. They buy them because there are a lot of characters that they are excited about playing. Which is why they need to put as many big names in the game as possible, it just so happens that most of the biggest names in DC come from Batman.
When did I ever say one character? Four characters instead of seven or eight is what I'm asking for and it will not make a huge difference omitting those 3 or 4 less Bat people. Also, there's toooons more big names than Harley or Bane: Zod, Brainic, Doomsday, Sinestro, Darkseid, Grodd, and that's just villains.
Just consider how good of a job NRS did with picking characters for MK9; In NRS we Trust.
You mean how they recapped the story of the first 3 games and added the characters from the first 3 games?