Capcom has responded to the latest news that 12 characters due to be released as DLC are already on the disc.

Street Fighter X Tekken will have Blanka, Cody, Dudley, Elena, Guy, and Sakura, Alisa Bosconovitch, Bryan Fury, Christie Monteiro, Jack, Lars Alexandersson, and Lei Wulong released as DLC.

According to Capcom, the descision was made to put the characters on the disc due to issues with hard disk space. “Instead of a massive download, there will be a much smaller unlock that brings the new content to the surface”, Capcom said.

We get the argument that Street Fighter X Tekken has a lot of content from the outset, but this is withholding content rather than anything else. If Capcom really wanted to they could always release the characters for free. We’d be surprised if each character came in at anything less than £1 a pop (we’d be shocked if it was that low), so that means you could be paying an extra £12 ontop of the initial £40 release.

Here’s the official statement from Capcom’s blog:

“By including these 12 characters on the disc, the idea was to ensure easy compatability between players who do and do not choose to download the characters when they arrive as DLC. For example, not buying costumes in the Street Fighter IV series means you will not see the costumes when playing another person who did buy them; on-disc characters avoid this issue and allow everyone to participate in the update without additional patches or hiccups. The update also saves on file size – instead of a massive download, there will be a much smaller unlock that brings the new content to the surface.

This move also furthers our desire to avoid a “Super” version of the game down the road. Everything you need to enjoy this game for months (and years) to come will be accessed by the retail disc available this week. When the DLC update does come, it will inject new life and excitement into the game by unleashing 12 new fighters into the wild.

SFxT has a ton of content on day one, then later this year we reenergize the whole thing with a hefty DLC update, without the need for a second disc. And while pricing details are still to come, I can at least say it’ll be a great value considering the size of the update – 12 new characters is pretty substantial, after all.

I understand the reaction, but SFxT is a damn fun game with a ton of content right out of the gate and more stuff – all designed to keep this fresh – to come.”

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