Tekken 8's Tekken Shop Will Include Both Paid and Free Content on PS5 | Push Square
Tekken 8's upcoming Tekken Shop will include both paid and free content, Bandai Namco has confirmed, with the premium stuff using a currency called (creatively) Tekken Coins. The Tekken Shop will be refreshed monthly, and the developer insists the move is more about keeping the competitive fighter fresh with customisation items than for grubby monetary reasons. Still, there's no reason why it can't be both.
Announced during a recent Tekken Talk Live stream (thanks, MP1st), chief producer Yasuda Esports announced some of the features coming to the Tekken Shop, apparently trying to get out in front of any backlash: «So, we hear that some people have some kind of allergic reaction when they hear 'shop', but it's more trying to update the game and keep it fresh with new customisation items.»
Mr Esports suggests that the format will follow that of Tekken 7 and, like the previous title: «We tried to refresh the game and to provide a better experience overall, rather than just trying to make money off of those individual items.»
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Do you believe Bandai Namco is setting up the Tekken Shop to keep the game fresh, to get that sweet, sweet microtransaction money, or both? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Recurrent revenue. I would guess if they really wanted to be greedy they'd keep new characters behind season packs. Depends on the competition because SF6 is doing free character drops while MK1 is doing paid character drops.
Edit: turns out SF6 also charges for characters. buy an annual character pass to get all 4. ugh.
The thing is, they're going to continue to update and add content to the game for years, so they need a strong revenue stream to justify it.
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