2) Street Fighter X Tekken
Offending money-spinner: 12 more characters
Street Fighter X Tekken was one of the first instances of a game having downloadable content already on the disc you paid for, and for many it’s still one of the most painful. What Capcom essentially did is (rather than releasing a game and later building an add-on for you to download and enjoy after you’d finished the main game) finished everything, put it all on the disc, and charged you again to unlock it.
On its own that’s pretty poor, like buying a meal at a restaurant and then being charged to use the cutlery – but at least if that restaurant advertised the fact they did so, you could make an informed decision about whether or not to eat there. Capcom’s most upsetting error was that they lied by omission. The characters were only discovered to be on the disc after Destructoid did some digging.
Sadly, this was over two years ago now, and it seems like rather than make gamers more savvy and publishers more respectful, quite the opposite has become the trend. Where’s my evidence of this? Turn the page and see for yourself.