Street Fighter X Tekken $39.96 Wal-Mart B&M (YMMV depending on price changes)

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Just marked down Street Fighter X Tekken for $39.96. The price change was downloaded to our Telexons today, so will be YMMV on the Department Manager's side if they did the changes or not.

My store doesn't carry the LE so don't know if that dropped.

This could be a future universal drop, but I checked Amazon and our own website and it hasn't dropped yet.

Edit: If anyone gives you a hard time with the price, just let them know It's in their department 5 price changes. It's a rollback so it may or may not be a permanent price drop. Amazon and Gamestop have yet to take action on 4/4 6:30 Eastern.

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Read the posts. I said I got mine at the porter ranch store in CA.... My friend also picked one up at the santa clarita.
 
Still full price at my Wally. Already have it so didn't investigate further.

[quote name='GalvatronType_R']Not gonna buy this or any other Capcom game or "DLC" new, will buy either used or trade via GameTZ. Capcom deserves not a single cent of my money.[/QUOTE]

The irony of such short-sighted statements is that people buying used games is exactly what has given birth to this DLC cluster that we are having to deal with now. It's funny to me that people are so willing to bend over for Gamestop ($5 off the brand new price for a used game, really Gamestop?) but don't want to give the developers a "single cent". Gamestop is just a gaming pawn shop... they don't create or add any value to the games we love. When the used game market is dead, and it just about is, Gamestop is the one who will have killed it with their greed.
 
[quote name='Kazuya']Still full price at my Wally. Already have it so didn't investigate further.



The irony of such short-sighted statements is that people buying used games is exactly what has given birth to this DLC cluster that we are having to deal with now. It's funny to me that people are so willing to bend over for Gamestop ($5 off the brand new price for a used game, really Gamestop?) but don't want to give the developers a "single cent". Gamestop is just a gaming pawn shop... they don't create or add any value to the games we love. When the used game market is dead, and it just about is, Gamestop is the one who will have killed it with their greed.[/QUOTE]

April 1 was last Sunday.
 
i have to disagree. A lot of people don't buy new games. They do indeed add "value" because they constantly mark down stuff to sell it so if you have some patience you get more games for your money which is basically the definition of "value" Anyway they are great for me because they hoard tons of used games and i can pick up 10 copies of something for cheap after a game has been out for a while, especially with their sales. I have a 10 x360/10 tv setup for parties.

[quote name='Kazuya']Still full price at my Wally. Already have it so didn't investigate further.



The irony of such short-sighted statements is that people buying used games is exactly what has given birth to this DLC cluster that we are having to deal with now. It's funny to me that people are so willing to bend over for Gamestop ($5 off the brand new price for a used game, really Gamestop?) but don't want to give the developers a "single cent". Gamestop is just a gaming pawn shop... they don't create or add any value to the games we love. When the used game market is dead, and it just about is, Gamestop is the one who will have killed it with their greed.[/QUOTE]
 
[quote name='astr0boy']Just did some research into the DLC characters and Blanka is a DLC character. WTF BLANKA?! The same lovable green guy since SFII is a DLC toon now.

Damn it crapcom

I dread the day I see Ken is offered as a DLC character...[/QUOTE]

I look forward to the day where Ken and Blanka aren't in one of these games at all.

[quote name='KrayzieKMF']Hopefully the SE drops soon.[/QUOTE]

I own the SE, and I recommend skipping it. It's nothing special, and all you get are special edition exclusive gems that will eventually be free DLC. The coin bank is a decent addition, but I haven't had the patience to even put it together.

Good game, but yeah, Capcom are moneygrubbing twats.
 
[quote name='specialist']I look forward to the day where Ken and Blanka aren't in one of these games at all.



I own the SE, and I recommend skipping it. It's nothing special, and all you get are special edition exclusive gems that will eventually be free DLC. The coin bank is a decent addition, but I haven't had the patience to even put it together.

Good game, but yeah, Capcom are moneygrubbing twats.[/QUOTE]

For me due to SFIV I hate Ken. Having to battle 5000000 flow chart Ken's in a row before I ever fought any other characters online was infuriating. I had no problem beating these guys because they all had the same strategy, which I learn to beat way back in SFII. At that point I just gave up online for fighters, if I wanted to fight the same guy over and over using a script I'd fight the computer on Hard.

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Saw this and Darkness 2's Limited Edition dropped to $40, I was shocked to say the least and not knowing about this DLC shenanigans with SFxT I'm glad I didn't buy it on the spot. Also, I saw Bulletstorm's Epic Edition recently rollbacked to $15, wtf and a Crysis 2 LE for some low price. They're just giving it away now. Of course they'll still carry a million of that but they never carried Naruto: UNSG.

LEs are really getting commonplace, at least these first-print ones. I keep seeing tons of Rage, Bulletstorm, Crysis 2 and Darkness 2 ones. Hell, BB was selling the Anarchy Editions for $5 this past month. Really makes you hate yourself if you buy it day 1 (which would be my father for Rage, and Bulletstorm for me).
 
The Newport News, VA Walmart had it stickered 39.96 on the shelf. I didn't get it due to the DLC issue and won't get it at all unless it's $15 or less. I usually buy most games but I feel like Crapcom is ripping us off on this one.
 
[quote name='samone']The Newport News, VA Walmart had it stickered 39.96 on the shelf. I didn't get it due to the DLC issue and won't get it at all unless it's $15 or less. I usually buy most games but I feel like Crapcom is ripping us off on this one.[/QUOTE]

Capcom's only mistake was not keeping the DLC a secret because they're not the only developer that plans and makes DLC ahead of time. They're no better or worse than most other companies. They're just too dumb to keep the illusion for the customer that somehow placates them. What we're seeing here is that customer perception is more important than the reality of game development. (i.e. ignorance is bliss) If the game came out as-is with the 38 in-game characters and no sign of DLC, even if done, no one would be complaining about being ripped off. There's an acceptable amount of content for the core game compared to most other fighting games. People just feel they deserve everything that gets made before the game goes gold, which is an arguable point. If Capcom hides this on their servers for 6 months, releases it then, people would be singing their praises for adding content to the game, just as people beg for after the game is released.
 
Capcom couldn't hide the DLC, its on the disc and hackers are always playing around with the contents on discs to see what there. If someone else had outted the DLC before Capcom then everyone would be even more pissed (accusing them of hiding things to fool the consumer).
From all the research i've done there are multiple statements that this game will be the only disc based release they have (so no Super SFxT or Ultimate or Alpha or any of that stuff). They planned to offer the 12 characters after the Vita version came out (as they are on Vita and they wanted Vita to have something to entice players).
Their reasoning for putting it on the disc (harddrive storage and downloads times) were moronic but I am not discrediting the game for a poor marketing decision.
Its a good game and i'm going to get it at $40.
 
[quote name='Daviddenton3']
Their reasoning for putting it on the disc (harddrive storage and downloads times) were moronic but I am not discrediting the game for a poor marketing decision.[/QUOTE]

I have tried to read this statement a million different ways and it makes no sense each time. Do you get personal enjoyment out of downloading things or something?

Like an earlier poster said, the only thing they did wrong was including the DLC at all. They should have just sat on it, waited a couple of months, lied and said they just started working on it and anticipate it will be finished a few months, and then released it (and you'd get to download it too, even more excitement). Even though it's the exact same end result, the moronic legions who are bashing Capcom now would be lapping it up.

People have been paying $15 for 4 Call of Duty maps for years now. After all this time, I'm pretty sure it's no surprise to anyone that these maps are always going to follow the game's release, and it goes to follow that they are developed along with the game. Why do we never hear that Activision is holding back maps that should have been part of the release? It's not like Activision says, "hey, that MW3 did better than we thought, so we made some more maps for you". The only difference? Not on the disc. Capcom will learn.
 
[quote name='BobbyTastic']Saw this and Darkness 2's Limited Edition dropped to $40, I was shocked to say the least and not knowing about this DLC shenanigans with SFxT I'm glad I didn't buy it on the spot. Also, I saw Bulletstorm's Epic Edition recently rollbacked to $15, wtf and a Crysis 2 LE for some low price. They're just giving it away now. Of course they'll still carry a million of that but they never carried Naruto: UNSG.

LEs are really getting commonplace, at least these first-print ones. I keep seeing tons of Rage, Bulletstorm, Crysis 2 and Darkness 2 ones. Hell, BB was selling the Anarchy Editions for $5 this past month. Really makes you hate yourself if you buy it day 1 (which would be my father for Rage, and Bulletstorm for me).[/QUOTE]

I bought Rage Anarchy Edition and Bulletstorm Limited Edition just because they were $5. Lol.
 
[quote name='Daviddenton3']Their reasoning for putting it on the disc (harddrive storage and downloads times) were moronic but I am not discrediting the game for a poor marketing decision.[/QUOTE]The primary reason was to avoid splitting the game's user base when the characters were eventually offered for sale. Also, last I heard is that Sony charges the publishers based on the amount of bandwidth their content uses when it's transferred to the user's system. Sending an unlock key involves fewer fees than sending entire characters.
 
[quote name='Thrinn']The primary reason was to avoid splitting the game's user base when the characters were eventually offered for sale. Also Sony charges the publishers based on the amount of bandwidth their content uses when it's transferred to the user's system. Sending an unlock key involves fewer fees than sending entire characters.[/QUOTE]

Yeah this makes sense. It's little bit annoying to play SSF4 and not be able to pick Yun (who I main) because someone is using SSF4 vanilla.
 
That's 10 dollars too much for me, considering the on-disk DLC that's still there.

Some of you don't get why people are pissed about the on-disk DLC at all.

Reasonable people don't mind paying for DLC that takes time and money to create after a game has been out for a few months to maybe a year.

When people see hackers playing with Elena before the game has even been officially released, that's when we have a fucking problem and rightfully so.

There's a big difference between the two. This shouldn't be too hard to understand, if you'd take a break from parroting Capcom talking points peppered with the typical snide and pissyness that's prevalent on the Internet.

HaHa...Like that's really gonna happen :roll:
 
[quote name='jwg']Reasonable people don't mind paying for DLC that takes time and money to create after a game has been out for a few months to maybe a year.[/QUOTE]

"Reasonable" people know that all DLC is planned alongside the main game in 2012. Your scenario is a fantasy, although I can see why developers want to make it seem this way when you're dealing with such an entitled consumer segment as video game players. What does when the content is created have to do with anything anyway? You aren't entitled to something simply because it was created before the disc was pressed. You are entitled to what is advertised as being on the disc at the time of your purchase. On the PS3, you get 43 characters for your $60. If you don't think that's a good value, then don't buy it. I'll wait for you to give me the list of games that give you more characters out of the box. Do you honestly think Capcom would have made those extra characters if they weren't going to sell them? You wouldn't have gotten them anyway. I'll say it again, if Capcom had left them off the disc and just pretended they made it after the game, you'd be none the wiser... even though nothing would be changed. Nothing.

Do you really think all those Call of Duty maps are created after the game was developed? Give me a break. They've been doing those for five years now. I'm pretty sure they are planned out long in advance and developed right alongside the main game. Why aren't you crying about this as well?

It's laughable to me people are acting like they have some legitimate moral or ethical grounds here. You just want everything for free and don't want to give the developers any money.
 
Personally, I'm still upset with Capcom over MvC3, I may have been a bit naive and nostalgic at the time I purchased it since to me this franchise has always been a new game, new story, etc. So I was really excited to play this long awaited continuation of the series, but after they announced UMvC3 I was livid I couldn't just add DLC but rather had to buy a new version of the game to get the full experience. At the time, I just didn't consider they would treat it like the Street Fighter series. Lesson learned.

Street Fighter X Tekken is the first fighter in a long time I didn't just pick up at release and I'd be lying if I didn't say it kills me to wait. I do enjoy playing a good fighter, but since I felt betrayed for picking up MvC3 CE at launch I'm going to be waiting until it is around $20-$30 or until there is a "complete" version of the game announced. Honestly, if they would have just release a complete game with everything unlocked on it at launch for $100 I would have probably picked it up, even if they just had an timed release unlock code for the content in the box I would have probably have done it. Throw in a keychain or a sticker or something and there you go Capcom. Sold.
 
[quote name='Monsta Mack']It's not extreme YMMV. I did the price change myself, It's dept managers that aren't doing their DAMN JOB. *sigh*

It's not a clearance markdown, It's not regional, It's nationwide.[/QUOTE]

You're right. Went to Wal-Mart to buy some groceries and went to the Electronics section and saw the new price of $39.96

Then again, you got posters bitching about Cashcom business practices. Kinda like the same thing when Gamestop sells gutted games as new and Nintendo not catering to the core audience anymore. The nerd rage has gone a staggering high.
 
[quote name='Kazuya']"Reasonable" people know that all DLC is planned alongside the main game in 2012. Your scenario is a fantasy, although I can see why developers want to make it seem this way when you're dealing with such an entitled consumer segment as video game players. What does when the content is created have to do with anything anyway? You aren't entitled to something simply because it was created before the disc was pressed. You are entitled to what is advertised as being on the disc at the time of your purchase. On the PS3, you get 43 characters for your $60. If you don't think that's a good value, then don't buy it. I'll wait for you to give me the list of games that give you more characters out of the box. Do you honestly think Capcom would have made those extra characters if they weren't going to sell them? You wouldn't have gotten them anyway. I'll say it again, if Capcom had left them off the disc and just pretended they made it after the game, you'd be none the wiser... even though nothing would be changed. Nothing.

Do you really think all those Call of Duty maps are created after the game was developed? Give me a break. They've been doing those for five years now. I'm pretty sure they are planned out long in advance and developed right alongside the main game. Why aren't you crying about this as well?

It's laughable to me people are acting like they have some legitimate moral or ethical grounds here. You just want everything for free and don't want to give the developers any money.[/QUOTE]

False. Not all DLCs are planned ahead. Dark Souls is an example.
 
[quote name='Loonknight']Personally, I'm still upset with Capcom over MvC3, I may have been a bit naive and nostalgic at the time I purchased it since to me this franchise has always been a new game, new story, etc. So I was really excited to play this long awaited continuation of the series, but after they announced UMvC3 I was livid I couldn't just add DLC but rather had to buy a new version of the game to get the full experience. At the time, I just didn't consider they would treat it like the Street Fighter series. Lesson learned.

Street Fighter X Tekken is the first fighter in a long time I didn't just pick up at release and I'd be lying if I didn't say it kills me to wait. I do enjoy playing a good fighter, but since I felt betrayed for picking up MvC3 CE at launch I'm going to be waiting until it is around $20-$30 or until there is a "complete" version of the game announced. Honestly, if they would have just release a complete game with everything unlocked on it at launch for $100 I would have probably picked it up, even if they just had an timed release unlock code for the content in the box I would have probably have done it. Throw in a keychain or a sticker or something and there you go Capcom. Sold.[/QUOTE]

Took the words right out of my mouth.
 
[quote name='OGHowie']Anyone know if it's still this price? Might have time to go get it today.[/QUOTE]

Yea. Just checked like seconds ago and had sticker for 39.96 but I had to pass
 
[quote name='Thrinn']The primary reason was to avoid splitting the game's user base when the characters were eventually offered for sale. Also, last I heard is that Sony charges the publishers based on the amount of bandwidth their content uses when it's transferred to the user's system. Sending an unlock key involves fewer fees than sending entire characters.[/QUOTE]


A mandatory patch to download the characters and then an unlock key would have solved that problem. But that involves thinking and such on capcoms part.
 
[quote name='tinman_licks']I got the special editions for 35 at target. Try there[/QUOTE]


Whas that part of the tiger woods screw up or is that the price. I got 10.00 e credit from buyingthe witcher 2 dark edition can I use it in store?
 
[quote name='yesidoknow']A mandatory patch to download the characters and then an unlock key would have solved that problem.[/QUOTE]

Microsoft has a 4MB limit on patches for the vast majority of games. The only exception to this rule that immediately comes to mind is the ~15MB patches for CoD games, a far cry from the 150MB+ that would be involved sending all those SFxT characters.

Sony charges companies for the bandwidth used to send content over PSN. Capcom could either pay that fee out of the goodness of their heart. There's also a chance Capcom could just pass that cost on to consumers, in which case those would bought the DLC would then have to float the bill for the bandwidth they used as well as the bandwidth used by people who didn't buy the DLC.
 
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[quote name='yesidoknow']A mandatory patch to download the characters and then an unlock key would have solved that problem.[/QUOTE]

Microsoft has a 4MB limit on patches for the vast majority of games. The only exception to this rule that immediately comes to mind is the ~15MB patches for CoD games, a far cry from the 150MB+ that would be involved sending all those SFxT characters.

Sony charges companies for the bandwidth used to send content over PSN. Capcom could pay that fee out of the goodness of their heart or they could just pass that cost on to consumers in one form or another.
 
I'm not going to argue about the Limit size because I know nothing about it. But the fallout 3/NV DLC was way bigger than 4mb, and I'm sure there are others.
And either way, they're passing the cost on to us.
 
[quote name='yesidoknow']I'm not going to argue about the Limit size because I know nothing about it. But the fallout 3/NV DLC was way bigger than 4mb, and I'm sure there are others.[/QUOTE]
From what I found the 360 versions of the Fallout 3 patches were under the typical 4MB limit and the New Vegas patches fell under the 15 MB exception that I mentioned earlier. Again, that's not nearly enough space for SFxT to push new characters through a mandatory patch. There could be a game on the 360 that has done exactly that, but if so it's one that I'm not aware of.
 
so sony has an agreement with namco for extra characters and they are bringing it to the vita? why not bring it on ps3 instead? i would rather have it on xbox, but if it's going to be on either a console or handheld, then i would rather have it on ps3 than not having it on any console at all.

who plays a fighting game seriously on a handheld? i have ssf4 on 3ds and i play it casually. i would think sony would sell more copies if it was released on ps3.
 
[quote name='frpilot']who plays a fighting game seriously on a handheld? i have ssf4 on 3ds and i play it casually. i would think sony would sell more copies if it was released on ps3.[/QUOTE]

Having the DLC characters unlocked from the start provides some incentive to buy the game on a platform that isn't exactly ideal for fighting games. If the PS3 was equal or superior to the Vita version which launched six months later, they'd be looking at even less sales for the Vita version.
 
[quote name='Thrinn']Microsoft has a 4MB limit on patches for the vast majority of games. The only exception to this rule that immediately comes to mind is the ~15MB patches for CoD games, a far cry from the 150MB+ that would be involved sending all those SFxT characters.

Sony charges companies for the bandwidth used to send content over PSN. Capcom could pay that fee out of the goodness of their heart or they could just pass that cost on to consumers in one form or another.[/QUOTE]
150+? The characters are on the disc. It would be a 1mb unlock code

[quote name='frpilot']so sony has an agreement with namco for extra characters and they are bringing it to the vita? why not bring it on ps3 instead? i would rather have it on xbox, but if it's going to be on either a console or handheld, then i would rather have it on ps3 than not having it on any console at all.

who plays a fighting game seriously on a handheld? i have ssf4 on 3ds and i play it casually. i would think sony would sell more copies if it was released on ps3.[/QUOTE]
the characters are coming to the PS3 and the 360
 
[quote name='Havok83']150+? The characters are on the disc. It would be a 1mb unlock code[/QUOTE]

He was suggesting that providing the DLC characters via a mandatory patch rather than the on-disc approach Capcom took might have been a better idea.
 
[quote name='gepet0']Whas that part of the tiger woods screw up or is that the price. I got 10.00 e credit from buyingthe witcher 2 dark edition can I use it in store?[/QUOTE]

I'm not sure. I got the resident evil game the week prior and the next time I went in they had tekken. Lucked out I guess. It is pretty fun playing fat mega man. Can't figure out the gem system tho
 
[quote name='Kaiser499']I wonder if I can find the Special Edition anywhere for around $40.00[/QUOTE]


This was taken from post #2867 of the Target Clearance Thread:
[quote name='white3er']I picked up the following today:

Black DSI Pokemon bundle - $104.98
Xbox 360 Street Fighter vs Tekken Limited Edition - $34.98
PS3 Street Fighter vs Tekken Limited Edition - $34.98 (They had 6 left)
Xbox 360 Dead space 2 $8.98 (was marked $20.98)
Xbox 360 Driver San Fran $11.98
PSP MLB 2k11 - $5.98[/QUOTE]
 
I'll keep everyone posted if this goes up or down in the future, I usually work 5 days a week and check price changes every two days.

I'll make more posts if I see anything interesting. I won't post YMMV if It's a universal Wal-Mart rollback/price change.
 
[quote name='Kaiser499']I wonder if I can find the Special Edition anywhere for around $40.00[/QUOTE]

Sold out everywhere around me in SoCal. You can use the inventory locator online.
 
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