Will Dragonball Fighterz DLC Ruin the Game’s Sales?

Will Dragonball Fighterz DLC Ruin the Game’s Sales?

Robert Knuckles

Worth Buying Anymore?

At this year’s E3 anime fans and fighting game fans were very excited for Dragon Ball Fighterz. It bought the swag of Guilty Gear and Marvel vs Capcom 2 but the recent news of their season pass has gotten a mix reaction and it brings the question will the season pass ruin the game’s sales or maybe even the hype?

For those who don’t know Dragonball Fighterz is the latest fighting made by Atlus. Dragonball Fighterz has many different versions. There’s the standard edition that's $59.99. You have Ultimate Edition that's around $109 and you have the most expensive edition and that's the Collector's Edition that’s $139.99. The Collector's Edition comes with the game, a Goku statue, a steelbook and a collectible box.

Just last week it was announced that Dragon Ball Fighterz will have a season pass that cost $34.99. This comes with eight DLC characters that are coming out post launch. Now we’ve a huge mix reaction. One of the reason why gamers are mad is that the Collectors Edition which is the most expensive version doesn’t come with the season. Now it never said in the Collector's Edition description that it will contain the season pass but normally when you buy the most expensive version of a game contains all DLC characters but this one doesn’t. It makes buying the Collector's Edition kind of useless to buy but the Ultimate Edition does include the game, an anime music pack and the season pass.

Another reason why gamers are mixed is because Bandi already announced DLC characters before the game was even released. Gamers feel as though they are getting ripped off because they are paying more buying the game then the season pass when possibly the DLC characters can already be in the game at release.

I’m not going to lie when I heard about the season pass it actually pulled me back from buying this game. I mean $34.99 for eight DLC might be expensive for some people and we also don’t know who the DLC characters are. For all you know you pay for the season pass and you might not even like all DLC characters.

This latest news might hurt the sales for this game. I mean sure Dragonball Fighterz will be at tournaments and it will be supported but game developers really care about their sales. Let’s not pretend they don’t. It’s also good to see gamers standing up and not allowing this. They want to put their money into good use. Now I’m sure Dragonball Fighterz will be a fun game but all this different versions and the season pass has really put gamers on hold from buying this game. We’ll have to wait and see what happens in the future. Dragonball Fighterz comes out Jan. 26th 2017.