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TheSpore

TheSpore

Nurgle Chaos God of Death and Disease
Its sad really, the one IP that was likely to gain buyers has been ripped to shreds for the sake of a quick buck. Sorry, paint it any way one likes its is nothing more than a money scheme plain and simple. So we can argue about games like League of Legends, being F2P, but there system is admirirable IMO sure you can pay to get what characters you wanna keep, but they also change out those characters every week and then allow you to test out new ones as well, also you never have pay for anything the more you play the game the more points you earn and those points can be used to perma purchase characters.

Now we don't have too many details about how the way this game s going to work, but from what we have now it looks liek a nickel and dime scam and nothing more. KI is like its console DoA...
 
NapoleonComplex

NapoleonComplex

Worst Injustice Player
lol why is it bad to only have one character and download the rest? Unless you're a tournament player, you can just download the characters you want that way
 
Chuckychuck

Chuckychuck

Warrior
Killer Instinct had a mighty impressive showing and TYM lit up when it was revealed. I almost spit out my cola when I saw the footage because I was typing a message and then heard fucking "GLACIUS" so I immediately stopped what I was doing and looked at my monitor to see if my eyes could match what my ears had just heard. For this reason KI will sell well.

Now, given the business model that is chosen for the game MS is to mimmick the shocking success that is LoL. This game is cartoony with out dated graphics yet it blows StarCraft 2 out of the water and every other Twitch game and competitive game out of the fucking water. It has more views on an off day than most games have on live tournaments. It is not a bad business model because the barrier to entry is all but eliminated and 5$ a character is perfectly reasonable. The argument about not knowing which character you like is very weak because for 5$ you really can't complain. For those of you conjuring up an argument against thing, just remember that a lot of people buy things in every day life for 5$ and they are not sure if they will enjoy it (movie, rental, magazine, book, food, drinks, snacks, smokes, etc) and they don't think twice about it.

It may be tricky for some joints to setup Killer Instinct but others may already be ready for it. For instance, my local scene is very small yet the internet issue won't be a problem and there are other places who will man up and buy the necessary gear to run this kick ass game.

You never know once the company becomes aware of the offline tournament scene issues they may simply decide to release a Tournament Edition that is your 60$ for all the characters =)
 
Juggs

Juggs

Lose without excuses
Lead Moderator
It really depends on how much the characters are. Since the game is FREE to begin with, it might not even be much different in pricing to purchase all the characters as it would have been if you had to buy the game initially. This way, some of the casuals don't have to pay full price if they don't want to use some characters.

I'll withhold judgement until I know how much the games on XB1 will be, and how much the characters will be in KI3.
 
xWEBSx

xWEBSx

Too old for this Shit
AK Juggs said:
It really depends on how much the characters are. Since the game is FREE to begin with, it might not even be much different in pricing to purchase all the characters as it would have been if you had to buy the game initially. This way, some of the casuals don't have to pay full price if they don't want to use some characters.

I'll withhold judgement until I know how much the games on XB1 will be, and how much the characters will be in KI3.
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This.. Expect a price hike in games.. Unsure if anything has been said about this.. Put would guess $70-$75.. Now depending on the cast.. Unless they make new characters... $5 a character? More if it is just the main cast from original... Nothing verified here- just opinion/speculation.
 
K7L33THA

K7L33THA

Grapple > Footsies
I don't know why everyone is freaking out over this. We don't even have specific details yet. Perhaps it is more of a demo and you can buy the full game or character packs. Is this even confirmed? All I've seen is one IGN article. I'm going to wait until official details are released.
 
SwiftTomHanks

SwiftTomHanks

missiles are coming
The game is following a model similar to the popular moba game, League of Legends where you pay for individual characters. Regardless you can vs everyone with paying $0.

Source: http://kotaku.com/killer-instinct-on-xbox-one-is-free-for-your-first-cha-512655221

I've always thought the franchise was of poor quality. This, along with being an Xbox exclusive and developed by a studio with a lackluster track record and no history of fighting game all adds up to KI3 being simply a fan service game at best.

The question at hand now is how much will each character cost? Will the game total more than $60 if you want every character?
 
kabelfritz

kabelfritz

Master
before any other question, im still wondering how the xbox one will work on tournaments. it might cause problems that wont allow an exclusive title to be played competitive at all.
 
MorbidAltruism

MorbidAltruism

Get over here!
Yeah... that is a really bad system for the game in my opinion...

I think they will just release a full version later though. I cant imagine this catching on and being popular.
 
SwiftTomHanks

SwiftTomHanks

missiles are coming
Go ahead and close this thread too, because apparently you can't say anything negative about this game... But look at how inconvenient this is:

Since you can't bring game copies over to friends homes with Xbox one you now run into the problem of having to make your friend buy your character on their system if you want to go hang out and play in a casual setting. I'm not even talking tournament stuff right now.

This game is only going to work in an online setting. It literally is League of Legends the fighting game.

Who on Tym is interested in getting involved and spending money on a product like this? Honest question.
 
MorbidAltruism

MorbidAltruism

Get over here!
SwiftTomHanks said:
Go ahead and close this thread too, because apparently you can't say anything negative about this game... But look at how inconvenient this is:

Since you can't bring game copies over to friends homes with Xbox one you now run into the problem of having to make your friend buy your character on their system if you want to go hang out and play in a casual setting. I'm not even talking tournament stuff right now.

This game is only going to work in an online setting. It literally is League of Legends the fighting game.

Who on Tym is interested in getting involved and spending money on a product like this? Honest question.
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I am not interested. That is for sure.

Edit- At this point most people are saying negative things about the game... I haven't heard anything good yet.
 
Rampage254

Rampage254

Ayy Lmao
This game would have gotten a lot of sales if it was multiplat, and they just sold the game at a retail price with all characters. KI isn't alive, it was alive for the few moments when they showed the trailer, but since Xbox One is gonna flop, then this game won't get to live at all. So sad.
 
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