The way you are thinking it isn't how thing work, it's more than 3 months, the game must be ready to print on Disk and and then the whole distribution for the different Market and Such, this alone would take 2 months easy, so in this whole Lap time yes, it's definitely feasable to create content like Game and Costumes, also for the game mode it will depend on what it is exactly, it could be something for 1 month just like it could be for 6 months.
I hate and i'm against locked DLC too of course, but not all DLCs policies works that way, there are other examples, and not just in Fighting Games of DLCs that only brought good stuffs for the games, to make it even better with more contents. I agree that some companies use this a greed, but not all companies work that way. & like i said i won't have problem, and even appreciate it if a game i like get a 1 Year Support at least, especially if this game is from a franchise that get 1 Canon Game about each 5 years at least.
But in the end i kinda agree with in Characters and Stages that should be for free from everyone (or like purchasable with In gama Money). I think the best thing they could do in that matter is to make Gameplay related stuffs for In-Game currency and at the same time they'll add a lot of Purchasable Cosmetics Stuffs like Costumes and such. But i don't know a Fighting Game will ever do it. Only Game that made a similar concept is Street Fighter V, but it still kept Bashing by reviewers and people in the Internet, while the same people keep on prising games like MKX and soon Injustice 2 while those games have DLC characters and Stages that you can only get by paying real Money as opposite of SFV.
& look at Soul Calibur V Status? I don't know about you guys, but for me the game was clearly rushed at the End, and the bottom character selections was just to fulfill some blackholes, in that situation for me they should've do one of those thing:
- Cancel the game Until Fall so they can release the game they wanted to.
- Or, add a Season pass that would give you 4 Characters that they could've start working on after the Release, i would take those over having the game with that many mimics and some cheap clones.
An BTW Harada said after the delay for Tekken 7 from Early 2017 to June is was because in the past, they rushed some of their games, and in the end it wasn't a good decision, and i'm sure here he was referring to SCV. Well at least they're aware about that mistake i would say.
& You should know on how business work, you don't even realize that the Anime Games are taking more and more import place in Bandai Namco companies. Am i the only one that realize that since Bandai fused with Namco that all those Bandai Anime Games are taking more importance than Namco games like Tekken, Soul Calibur, and such? & i really, really don't want this to become even worse. Beside the fact that Season Pass would brought me extra contents for the game and 1 year support, and also if giving Soul Team 100 Bucks instead of 70 each 5 years, and limit the risk that SC franchise would die and the Soul Team would be split in Bandai Company to work on some other Silly Anime games, i'm glad i'm doing so. (But in the end if i don't see value in their DLCs i won't buy them, just like i didn't bought any of SCV DLCs. & like i said, i really wish i could have find some valuable thing as DLCs to support the game i love). Anime Bullshit isn't the reason why i love Video games, Video Games are new Stories, innovative gameplay, charismatic and original Characters with thei Background Story and such. If Bandai Namco think think that playing a Sayajin is the reason of Video Game being awesome, then hugg no comment. (even tho BTW i'm a DBZ Fan, the Anime & Manga i mean, the games? I can't care less)
Also you should see it by yourself on how 2D Games are rising, remember that it wasn't always be the game, and there was time where 3D were the biggest games and the most popuar in the industries SC, Tekken 5 and VF4), if you wanna survive any market, you MUST adapt. Why do you think still no sign about Virtua Fighter 6? Why do you think there no one for Soul Calibur 6? and Why do you think Tekken 7 make sure to milk Arcade players for 3 years before coming in console? Franchises need Money to keep growing & evolving, it's not anymore PS1 or 2 Era where you can take risk on releasing big Budget games that could not sell. If you think a new Soul Calibur game can survive today with just releasing the base game without Season Pass/DLCs Support in the Social Media Era we're living in then i'm sorry but i think you don't get it. And Post Launch Characters is the best way to keep on doing Marketing for Game that was already out and also making sure it will be at Evo more than One. (SCV everyone forgot it exists after its release except the super hardcore fans, and remember SF4? People still kept talking about it many years later, and it's gonna be the same for SFV, & if you think SF4 would have stayed so long in the people mouths and Evo if it hadn't that many upgrades.... 'cause no, it wouldn't have)
