The game is great and easily the best japanese fighting game experience for casuals. (Mechanically I prefer anime fighters though.) For once a Japanese game has all the bells and whistles instead of almost purely focusing on the multiplayer.
The cosmetics are what they are. At least it's not p2w but it's up to consumers to not spend if they don't agree with paying more in a game they already bought.
Edit: downvote me all you want but the truth is that street fighter 6 was a very big step forward for japanese fighting games in terms of what they offer consumers. The fgc hasn't had games that can truly appeal to and bring in new players so I can't help but be happy for it. The only exceptions would be NRS's games and smash.
I agree with everything you're saying. 6 is an excellent game for a multitude of reasons, but why stress the "Japanese" part? SF is the most popular fighting game series and pretty much always has been.
Capcom's aggressive monetization is killing my desire to play this game. There's so much I like, but they've made the monetization impossible to ignore
$60 title. Paid-for battlepass. Paid-for cosmetics. overpriced nostalgia bait. they're one step away from paid-for randomized lootboxes with rigged percentages, and monetary personalization.
We really should have seen this coming though RE4R had MTX, and that was a fully single-player title, no one talked about it though because the RE4 following is full of cult-like extremists.
I dont normally defend battle passes, but SF6's is pretty tame al things considered. It is cheap at 250 fighter coins(and you don't have to over invest in their paid currency as the minimum you can buy is 250), you complete the easy 30 levels and you get the 250 coins back. And comes with a ROM you can play in game.
If you compare it to Diablo 4's battle pass, it is really good. Still a battlepass though, and I do wish they just wasnt really a thing.
The cost of the avatar costumes though... that can fuck off. I was excited about the TMNT annoucment, but the prices are just atrocious, and are not micro transactions.
I don't mind adding cosmetics for money, but the base game should have included 10+ colors for each character. Having to buy colors 3-10 individually feels scummy. Not even the ultimate edition included the costumes.
Okay the prices for the TMNT costumes are ridiculous for world tour only cosmetics, but to say the monetization is impossible to ignore is a stretch. There's still a full game if you can handle not caring about paid cosmetics.