Capcom strike a low blow - Street Fighter DLC

Capcom announced the DLC packs for Street Fighter IV yesterday. As you'd expect there are costumes for the characters. As you'd expect if you were a cynic who doesn't really like this whole DLC malarkey, there are multiple packs of costumes, each costing about £3!

4 different packs in fact, at £3 each, adding a not exactly cheap £12 onto the game price. Considering you only get 5 costumes per pack, could they not have just stuck them all into one bundle for a fiver? Or only had two packs at the £3 pricepoint, meaning fans don't have to stump up quite so much cash for stuff that really should be on the disk already - it's announced, they've got screenshots and the game's not out yet so chances are you're paying for an unlock key rather than actual digital content not already included on your copy of the game.

To be fair, they've bundled them sensibly, with all the girls together, and all the shotos together for example, so you CAN practically just buy the ones for the characters you like the most, but it's still a bit steep.

They have knocked up a free add-on called the Championship pack though, featuring new modes and other stuff, so that takes some of the sting out.

I know this is the way games are going - micro transactions are a fantastic revenue stream for games publishers, offering decent rewards for little effort - but I don't have to like it. And neither do you.

Unfortunately, I'm such a SF sucker that I know I'll end up buying them all. I mean, who can possibly withstand the allure of Blanka in a safari suit? And that, I guess, is precisely what keeps the DLC debacle rolling.

Yup, it's my fault.