Bandai Namco’s Tekken 8 has recently come under fire for its upcoming in-game store, which will launch between late February and early March. Although paid cosmetics do not confer any gameplay advantages, the addition of in-game financial transactions has upset some, especially in light of the direction Mortal Kombat 1 and Street Fighter 6 have taken.
Speaking on Twitter, the game’s producer, Katsuhiro Harada, said:
“Development costs are now ten times higher than they were in the 1990s and more than double or nearly triple the cost of Tekken 7. Even Fight Lounge servers are expensive to maintain. . In the past, there were not many specifications, and it did not offer multiplayer.
“In addition, they did not have such high resolution and high definition. Now, a lot of people want to play and support the game for a long time. Keeping the game up to date costs money for this reason. Citing “changing times” and “increasing costs,” Harada added,
“The economic situation and everything else is changing” and that if nothing is done, “the game will simply stop working in a few months.”
