Its like beating a dead horse with you guys and the whole capcom is greedy this and they suck this gen that....

I mean dont get me wrong we are all entitled to our own opinions but Im old enough to remember capcom back from NES and super NES days (dont know if your that old) and to be honest they arent really doing anything different now that they hadnt done back then....well...except for contracting western game developers. This gen is really nothing new, its just that Japanese games are starting to show their age and the developers either cant adapt or dont want to.

I mean you guys DO know there are like 50 billion different versions of street fighter 2 dont you? Lol. Now they just call it DLC.

Hello VileandVicious.

Aaahh another old school gamer like moi. I have been gaming since I was about 7 I think making it 23 years of gaming.

I do remember Capcom from them days and I remember the many iterations of sf, sf2, sf2t, sf2:ce, sf2:hf, ssf2, ssf2t etc

The reason why I blame them now more than before is because of the following:

1) in those days, the games industry was not as big as it is today. Things were very different and the gaming industry was slowly coming up. You could forgive Capcom then as they were releasing arcade and console games with fans always wanting the arcade version in their homes, hence the many versions and releases.

You can also argue there was an innocence about it as everyone was excited as the arcade culture was different. Fans didn't care as long as they got a new edition in their homes and Capcom was happy doing this. There was synergy!

2) It was difficult for developers to hear the out cry of fans and their opinions etc so it is again difficult to blame them for not hearing us.

3) technology has changed, gaming trends have changed (arcades have died down dramatically and consoles have taken over the main bout) and beat em ups have changed. I'll give you an example below:

Mortal Kombat: £35 you get: 27 playable characters, free alt costumes and colours, 2 death moves per player, interactive backgrounds, variety of backgrounds, story mode, arcade mode with individual stories, versus, tag, challenge mode, bonus round mode, the krypt, training mode, online and more.

Soul Calibur 5: £35 you get: 28 playable characters, story mode, edge master mode, Arcade mode, versus, online and character creation.

Super Street Fighter 4:AE: 2 versions and £90 (£40 for SF4, £30 for SSF4 and £20 for SSF4:AE) for later you get: 39 characters, arcade mode, vs, training, replay theatre and challenge mode.

In terms of content and replay value, SF gives the least for your money. Fans have pointed this out over and over but it has fallen on deaf ears.

RE has turned into an action game.

DMC has been destroyed (looks like a great game but not a DMC game). They could have easily made it a new IP.

Standard things are being turned into dlc such as colours and vs modes.

Yes, not much has changed in terms of milking, but before they had an excuse, but now they don't. Now I can argue that they are ignoring their fan base, ignoring gamers and choosing to milk the shit out of anything they touch.

Ignorance and arrogance is also key to this. Not once have they looked at rival beat em ups and said, "shit guys. These lot are releasing tons of free content for free. Considering fans are complaining about the milking of their teats, shouldn't we stay competitive and also give more content?"

might seem a bit like a rant, but in the end you can't exploit people who pay your wages and hope they remain loyal and keep funding you. Eventually you will be left on your own.