Street Fighter X Tekken characters can be accessed without DLC

3/5/12 8:40pm

Update: I have placed Capcom’s official position on the DLC at the bottom of this post.

Some users over at Shoryuken have already begun to dissect their early copies of Street Fighter X Tekken and have found a number of reveals. The biggest reveal is that Elena and Dudley along with many other characters have been accessed on the home console versions. We previously reported this, but now have access to the video. It looks like for Elena, the Poison character select was altered and revealed Elena. Here is that video.

As to the specifics behind characters like Sakura or Dudley, I am not sure how they were accessed at this point. Here is a short video showcasing some of their team-based Super Combos.

They are still pumping out more and more videos, so be sure to head over to Shoryuken and get your fill. Street Fighter X Tekken comes out tomorrow.

Capcom's Official Response:

“The character information and files were intentionally included on retail versions of the PS3 and Xbox 360 game to save hard drive space and to ensure for a smooth transition when the DLC is available, allowing players who choose not to purchase the content the ability to play against players that did… More specifics regarding pricing, dates and other additional exciting DLC plans for Street Fighter X Tekken will be shared at a later date. As a reminder, the retail version of the game will be the only disc-based version consumers will need to own and all future upgrades will come from post-launch DLC.”

» Source: http://shoryuken.com/2012/03/05/street-fighter-x-tekken-elena-gameplay/
» Tagged In: #capcom, #DLC, #Dudley, #Elena, #sakura, #sean hinz, #SFxT, #shoryuken, #street fighter, #Street Fighter X Tekken, #video

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g1 DISCUSSIONS

SideSmash

March 5, 2012 - 9:00pm

I'm actually pretty low on HDD space. I still don't approve of this.

campid

March 5, 2012 - 9:48pm

Same here

Sideqazxsw

March 5, 2012 - 9:49pm

Ditto.

otakuya

March 5, 2012 - 8:54pm

good, cuz I'm REALLY low on hard drive space *sarcasm*

Lloyf

March 5, 2012 - 8:46pm

wouldn't it have been smarter to just not print those characters on the disc, then release them as actual dlc? Either way, they're charging full price for an incomplete/locked game.

AkumaTh

March 5, 2012 - 8:52pm

"The character information and files were intentionally included on retail versions of the PS3 and Xbox 360 game to save hard drive space and to ensure for a smooth transition when the DLC is available, allowing players who choose not to purchase the content the ability to play against players that did…" In short, no it wouldn't.

Appel

March 5, 2012 - 8:45pm

their statement actually makes a lot of sense. not all players will buy all characters but this way you can still play against them. HOWEVER! they did spend time developing them while they made the main game. and since the characters are already done and on the disc you might as well be able to use them. so while the statement does make sense, they are still freaking evil for making us pay for content that is already done and that we already own.

Kaibaman41

March 5, 2012 - 9:25pm

I don't know if Sean saw my post on the characters purposely locked on Disc or not and linked the Capcom Unity Blog on their official statement...but Capcom locking the characters in purpose is not fucking cool. While their are still people that will try and claim we being pissed at Capcom for this is inexcusable for this...just let them bash us for being pissed,in the end they'll be broke for buying the DLC characters and blindly defend Capcom for anything...without Keiji at Capcom,the company is falling apart and its sad.