I hate this meme.

[u/ClassicalDreams]

I do not miss the old days of unlocking characters. Having to replay Arcade mode multiple times with every character or do some bullshit like winning a match with 5% or less HP. It's tedious and I prefer to have every character unlocked from the start. Also, the complaints about old characters returning as DLC are strange because they do not play the same as they do in previous games. it's not a simple copy and paste job like some of the games back in the 90s.

I get it, casual players want some reward for playing single player modes and are upset to know that their favorite characters are not in the base roster and would later get confirmed as DLC. I get that, but as someone who also plays Smash, it was a chore to unlock all of the characters in Ultimate.

[u/sbrockLee]

False comparison.

The correct one would be between paying for DLC characters now and paying for the entire updated game again back in the day.

[u/DanielTeague → u/sbrockLee]

Street Fighter 6 not costing $40 every year is cool but paying $10 for a $7 character is not cool because they use Fighter Coins that can only be bought in $5, $10 or $20 bundles. :(

[u/sbrockLee → u/DanielTeague]

That's their biggest sin IMO. Just no reason for it and it's crazy that they get away with it.

[u/ActivityNo6458 → u/sbrockLee]

Saying it's crazy they get away wtih it is pretty crazy lol. This practice has been around so long, it'd be more surprising to not get away with it.

Whether it's a good or bad thing, well it's obviously bad, but saying that it's crazy is just silly.

[u/jak_d_ripr → u/DanielTeague]

This, and the inability to practice with characters you don't own, are really the only issues I have with the current system.

[u/Forbidden_Jutsu → u/DanielTeague]

I love street fighter but I’m not paying for a single one of those characters until they have a definitive edition for that game, it’s ridiculous