Sparking!ZERO is a financial nightmare

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero finally has a release date, and like a lot of fans, I was excited. For many, it has been an almost 17-year wait, and now that wait is nearly over. But then at the end of the showcase, what I had been fearing ever since the game was announced, had come to fruition. The dreaded season pass. The 164 character roster may only be a pipe dream for those who cannot afford it.

[@TheAtariBebop]

I don't drink, do drugs, I stay at home and play video games...yep my life right there haha, But I expected this due to this is just how games are Nowadays, especially in todays fighting game era, Grew up when you bought the game and got everything, still getting use to how things are nowadays.

[@IIIISai]

Staying at home is killing me this isnt life

[@kenkong007]

​​@@IIIISai As scary as getting out of your confort zone might be, you really should try out some new stuff if what you're doing makes you feel bad. I'm not telling you to drink, do drugs, smoke, party or any other stuff like that. There is way more things to do in life than that. I feel like the easiest and most accessible way of making that change is going to the gym, whether it is to workout, do cardio or even boxing. Us Dragon Ball fans are also really lucky with how much free motivation we can get lol. But generally, just try out some random things even if you don't expect yourself to like it because even if you don't, that unique experience will make it worthwhile, rather than living with the regret of not knowing whether or not you would have liked it. Go for a run, read a book, write a book, draw, paint, pick up an instrument, join a band, listen to some obscure genre of music, try to befriend some random guy you usually pass over, climb some trees, use a different path to go back home, get yourself a pet, dance no matter how cringe you think you might look doing it, try gardening, try some random sport no one's ever heard of, craft a super-hero costume all by yourself or build a rocket. Just live. You won't have enough time to do everything, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do anything. Already having wasted time doesn't mean you have to waste the rest. You only have one life and won't have another shot at it, so make sure you live it. (This also applies to video games between. Trying new types of games you think you would never like is the best way to find fun in games when you think it gets boring.)

[@Chawle-ol3fu]

To be fair , BT4 Is still bigger than any game previously + DLC is less expensive than a sequel. All those years back you had to buy a whole new game

[@princechris247z]

@@IIIISai go touch some grass then

[@IIIISai]

@@princechris247z u right 😪🤝, but jokes aside its hard to do anything without money these days

[@futuretrunks_]

I’ve been saving my xv2 dlcs money for sparkingzero 💀

[@gohan7088]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@roycemackin86]

Can’t spend $20?

[@roycemackin86]

$10?

[@G1sandG1rlsGaming]

​@@roycemackin86XenoVerse 2 has so much dlc that it costs almost 3 times the games price at release and yet has less than half the content. So no, I don't have $10 to spend on mediocre crap

[@roycemackin86]

@@G1sandG1rlsGaming the game been out for almost a decade bro. Everyone has dlc lmao

[@My_Master_Waves]

When they say 3 days early access, what they actually mean is that you get to start playing right on time when it's ready while everyone else is just blocked from starting the game when it's ready to be played.

[@gothamgymnast4638]

😂😂😂

[@My_Master_Waves]

@@gothamgymnast4638 modern gaming😂

[@soulciel]

Even worse, you are paying for playing a worse version than everyone else. A version without day one patch lol

[@jarvontayjohnson3289]

​@@soulcielnot every game needs a day 1 patch💀

[@soulciel]

@@jarvontayjohnson3289 yes, they do. It doesn't matter if they took the time to playtested it or not, there will be bugs and hotfix day one, even more in a game with online.

[@jackbmh2320]

164 characters is the base roster, the DLC adds on to that and you can get all 164 without pre ordering

[@Velocity_YT]

OK. Call me stupid, but I'm confused 😕

[@Cauricey]

@@Velocity_YTi think it adds onto the 164 or you can just get the 6 characters unlocked early instead of unlocking them thru the story mode

[@Velocity_YT]

@@Cauricey oh, OK. Now I get it. Thanks.😊

[@IIIISai]

Dlc is redundant as stoey mode gives xp, if they go bt2 route

[@VOAN]

Ha 30 to 50 of those characters are going to be just different versions of Arale, Goku, Vegeta, Fusion, Gohan, Majin Buu, Cell, Frieza, and Trunks. In truth there's really only around 60 characters.

[@TeamTowers1]

I'm pretty sure the 164 characters is the base roster, based on the wording of official sites and such. They did say it has the largest roster of any BT game and they wouldn't be able to say that if that wasn't the base roster.

[@Just1Dev]

Every transformation for them is a own character...so goku has like 15 slots...its the same char but with differend transformations...but they say its a differend character. So at the end the 164 chars are at the end like 30 chars in total....scam

[@rixked]

@@Just1Dev then Don't buy it it is that simple don't support the game if you think its a scam. but let me tell you this every single character has Different move sets different interactions and so on so while there are only "30" characters according to you.

[@TeamTowers1]

@@Just1Dev They also have completely different movesets and function differently.

[@Just1Dev]

@@rixked Yet its still the same charackter....Have fun watching the character select screen with one page only with goku and going to the next page with 20 slots with only vegeta. And have fun to pay 500$ worth of dlc's to get the full roster, which will be less than a 20 year old game like tenkaichi 3, which had all chars to begin

[@rixked]

@@Just1Dev 164 is the base roster not including dlc btw i dont know what kind of trust issues you have but maybe informing yourself a little before going on a rant which is held together by hopes and prayers

[@futuretrunks_]

i can be the poorest homeless man im still buying it

[@secretshadowdiver]

BROKE PHI BROKE UNIVERSITY

[@PhilipMarcYT]

Good for you. I'd just feel bitter that I'd pay $70 and still not have all of the content like in the old days.

[@Interlink.]

​@@PhilipMarcYT fr

[@brandonsole2614]

Premium collectors edition secured 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@ismaelbouissef4436]

​@@PhilipMarcYTyou have 4 months to save for the ultimate quit whinning

[@DragonBall-Manga-1984]

I basically live on 300 dollars a month so I'll probably only be able to play this as a Pirate. I don't drink, do drugs, I stay at home and play video games and Watch Anime, KZbin, Twitch...

[@BmwMe-uh9sy]

dat means ur a loser

[@redgrave4492]

I don't think dlc characters for fighting games are a bad thing, there's hardly any fighting game these days where the base roster is enough for the entire game's life cycle. The alternative is we go back to the devs releasing the same game for full price with adding a few characters and a balance update. If they're intentionally holding back ready characters that's scummy. But I think in this case, you pay to unlock them early, Gogeta and Broly will probably be unlockable in story mode.

[@Easmodx]

For the season pass I'm pretty sure they mean you'll get those 20 characters automatically as they are released, the only ones confirmed finished for now being the Super Hero androids. They aren't going to have a full roster of 20 DLC characters readily available from the start and I don't think they mean withholding base game content as a season pass either.

[@Bardoku]

I know the game is expensive, but after waiting 17 years, and also knowing the way dragon ball games are in the sense of always getting updates years after release (ie. Kakarot, FIghterz, Xenoverse 2). I think it's definitely worth it.

[@maorfahima7315]

Technically also breakers but who cares

[@WeakestHater]

"Always getting updates" You mean dlc right?

[@RANDOMGUY5050]

The 164 roster is in the base game. The dlc is adding 20+ characters to that

[@twobrosincorporated]

Thank you for mentioning what a lot of creators don’t. As much as I hate to say it, this is Ubisoft’s pricing plan. It doesn’t matter how much content is there, this is a ridiculous price.

[@Reivaz88]

Dude it's 70$ for the standard game, that's the average price of a game, why are you acting like it's a big deal

[@Dragonjack66]

I'm pretty sure that the 164 roster is still the base roster but the dlc's just add on to it, at least that's my perspective

[@JamaalDaGreatest]

You're right.

[@king666mikey]

Your tripping about the cover art it goes hard 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@yodudeyo100]

It is ridiculous how expensive gaming has gotten!

[@Enigmo1]

just take in the fact that Tekken 8's base game price was cheaper than this game's base price...how? bandai namco just know they can take advantage of mentally stunted dbz fans

[@thedestroyer5794]

@@Enigmo1it’s not cheaper at all 💀. It’s the same exact price bro

[@FrancisYorkMorganFBI]

has it? prices have remained the same for way to long. at times they even went done. a 60$ game in 2004 would be the 99,76$ today, if you adjust it to inflation. (hell i remember some games going for 70 in the ninties like "street fighter alpha 2" if you need an example.) a 70$ game today would cost about 42.50-ish $ back in 2004. you are literally paying less than back in the day. the reason why we have so many microtransaction is literally because there is a need for more revenue. some people see a big game like alan wake 2 or spiderman 2 and think that they easly make their money back. they barely do. alan wake as of may this year still hasn't turned a profit and from the last sony hack we also know that spider-man 2 barely made profit. dead space remake one of the best games last year was a flop as well. yet we have people getting angry at EA for not greenlighting a remake of the seond game. why would they? it's a failed product. it's a luxery hobby that over all remained really cheap.

[@yodudeyo100]

@@FrancisYorkMorganFBI Look at Baldur's Gate 3.

[@Bluewolf22222]

@@FrancisYorkMorganFBI thank you for understanding how gaming companies work

[@yungblade7]

I hate the fact that they added a season pass

[@Bluewolf22222]

Oh boohoo modern gaming is doing the stuff it needs to survive, grow up

[@bluudevil4483]

​@@Bluewolf22222 Indie games

[@Bluewolf22222]

@@bluudevil4483 indie games are an exception

[@uq2671]

Totally agree gaming used to be unlockable now its pay to unlock 😢 I miss old gaming days

[@TheKreator98]

You can unlock things in the base game it's already been confirmed, you're paying to get some characters off the bat, early release and a few other bonuses.

[@cheaple393]

Sparking zero is also unlocking things by playing, the pre-order bonus just means you can do it slightly earlier. And no, you dont need to pay extra

[@Dakisan22]

It‘s already confirmed that you have to unlock most of the roster in Sparking Zero

[@jodigga7]

Bro there are 160 characteres

[@VictorAp12]

​@@jodigga7 bro, I've been saying that to everyone, but no one understands it, sparking zero will have 164 characters in the BASE GAME, I just don't understand why people are complaining so much, this game is a lot better than the previous tenkaichi games, of course it will have many dlc's, but you will start playing the game with 164 characters and with a great story mode

[@rixked]

It'd be an exaggeration if i say games nowadays aren't expensive, but as a game developer myself i can fully understand it. Games nowadays need a lot of fancy animations, graphics and performance just to keep up, with the current market of games, or it'll be labeled as trash, lazy and many other negative adjectives. And it's always a stretch when people say that games nowadays are more expensive than games in the past because duh, graphics get better, time developing the game increases while games in the past could've been coded in a year of two but now because it needs to follow high standards set by the gaming community it takes a lot of time which should be self explanatory. And next thing the video was ok in my opinion but you mainly focused on the characters which is literally not the only thing in the game because it has almost endless possibilities It has a story mode starting at Z and ending at Super which is much more than any game ever did (it is only focused on 8 characters tho which is acceptable ) but that is not even all in addition to the classic story you also have the possibility to play what if sagas which to my knowledge is a first. Next you're able to do custom battles and the customization is almost "endless" thus only limited by your imagination and you are not even chained to only create you can also use the custom battles others have created. In conclusion to my chunk of text please don't judge a price of newer games some are justified unlike Ubisoft games but from what I've seen from sparking zero the 70$ price tag is more than justified if we consider all the stuff that we get and stuff that we will get after the release. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4iTf6yOd5tljNUsi=gb9S5RYK4AxVqzcG link towards the game mode explanation video

[@bmackley9805]

The games been in development for 5 years, and I will likely get value for money out of it, so I don’t care

[@jun-oj9ex]

My only problem with sparking zero is that it’s $70 dollars we can’t except them to add all the dlc characters in the base game

[@phantomsruin3454]

The cover art is 🔥🔥🔥 the art was done by Shintani the same man who gave us the Broly movie art style. Plus the ultimate edition cover art being just mui Goku is sick too. Imo you missed the mark with calling it bad.

[@TheJonas973]

Idk, I'm kinda bummed about getting the Ultimate edition because tbh the standard game has the best cover imo. Regardless, they are both probably the best covers for a DB game since the og BT3.

[@phantomsruin3454]

@@TheJonas973 I agree totally that the normal is better tbh, but both are sick imo

[@Rankingz_95]

She hates the cover act because it's super and she hates dragon ball super

[@TheDanielk4]

While I usually don't condone these Pricings, I would lie if I said I didn't expect it. Bandai Namco knows how much this Game Series means for a lot of People Worldwide. On the other Hand 164 Characters is a lot. That is way more than even the usual Dragonball Game. Hell, Xenoverse 2 had around 90 Characters at Launch.

[@Sean-sn9ld]

Inflation where I am , has been 20% since the lockdown... But prices have gone up over 100% >.> Sick of it really doesn't make any sense

[@AniPlugMedia]

Alright, a few things: - The Season Pass characters aren’t included in the base roster (164) and I have no idea how you could think otherwise - XV2 still doesn’t have a Complete Edition (because it’s actively getting supported) You “didn’t have to pay” for more characters back in the day because, instead, you paid more for sequels that, more often than not, were essentially a balance patch + around the same amount of characters as a Season Pass and a half.

[@Rankingz_95]

Exactly...all she does is complain the miserable bint

[@AniPlugMedia]

@@Rankingz_95 Relax

[@Rankingz_95]

@@AniPlugMedia No

[@lethyadon1182]

Agree with everything you said. The last few seconds about DLC cut deep and brought me back to the good ol' days of ps2 and BT3. Then the PS3 came out and online with wifi was built in.

[@Qballiz2kool]

You realize that the 164 characters IS the base roster count right?……..and the dlc characters coming down the road are just going to add onto that count. And the early unlock of characters is exactly what it says it is, you get the 3 versions of Gogeta (super) and Broly (super) as early unlocks, (you’ll be able to play them the second you turn the game on.) meaning you’ll be able to play them earlier than you would if you didn’t pre-order, because you then don’t have to unlock them like you normally would. I really don’t understand how this is so hard to understand…

[@ThatGuy-en2nn]

She made it pretty clear she wasn't sure...

[@Return2TheLiving]

A $60 USD game in 2006 would be about $94 USD with inflation these days. The game being $70 while pricy is still technically providing you a game cheaper, with the season pass and such would like provide you a similar price to that $95ish range. BT3 provided us a roster of a little less than a 100 characters this game is promising significantly more with or without the game pass. I would hope and assume we are getting more functionality compared to the predecessor or bare minimum the same. Another issue I see with people complaining about the price is that in 2006?7? When we got a video game it was like the ONE we got for 6 months or a year maybe we’d get some used games or smaller cheaper titles but for many people in our age group, and even adults at the time gaming wasn’t ever supposed to be “I dropped $50-70 every month on a game”. The accessibility of buying games online and being able to see whatever everyone else has so easily makes us live in a “I need to have it” society. Gaming historically has never been cheap and one could make the argument that we live in are where gaming has the lowest bar of entry. There are some awful predatory practices in gaming that should be criticized certainly but if you take the time to run the numbers and assess how consumerism has changed in the industry you’ll see a net positive for gamers in “affordability” but the habits of gamers and purchasing games has increased significantly. In that era you’d be amazed if you saw a friend with more than 6-7 games in his collection. Now a days you check someone’s PSN library you’d be surprised that would be the low end of people’s collection (even ignoring small titles / free titles/ PS+ titles)

[@My_Master_Waves]

Gaming has become bigger than ever. In the past, a dbz game would sell 1,8 mill in the span of 3 years after release. Now, any random db game sells over 1 mill in the very first month and over 3 mill in a year before any price drops. Yes the inflation means they sell the game a tiny bit cheaper than in the past, but they are also making 64 times more money than in the past, so there's no need to defend whatever they are doing. Dbz games are highly profitable and are outselling games like tekken and streetfighter by a lot.

[@freezasama5802]

Yes your right steam made gaming a lot more accessible selling lots of games for cheap prices allowing players to have hundreds of games that didn't exist back in the day

[@Yujitame]

I still play BT2 which is my favorite. Been playing since its release which soon will be 20 years and im not bored of it yet. The game is fun which is the most important part of it and what i fear will happen (as it usually does with most games) they will make this game more competitive and probably (I HOPE NOT) add seasonal characters you have to buy and not unlock >.> Also the community will be toxic 100% F that

[@omegabossking]

Yes BT2 is also an amazing game. I never played it back in the day when released but play it now most days because of a KZbinr called ZeroAnnihilated.

[@angelgarzia8319]

I’m saving 10$ a week so by the time it comes out I’ll have enough for the ultimate edition 🔥🐉

[@Maddogtheiced]

You should be good by August then

[@midoustyles2610]

@@Maddogtheiced yep same for me 2 I should be fine by aug

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

Yeah, you have something that's been on a lot of some of our minds who haven't said it much publicly thanks.

[@eljhon18431]

Hey, I agree that a lot of games these days are designed with season passes in mind. I don't mind paying for DLC when it's worth it, like the Fromsoft Souls games. But I do miss unlocking things through gameplay in older games. One thing I don't miss about the old Tenkaichi games is having to buy three different games for almost the same experience. I started with Tenkaichi 2, then got Tenkaichi 1 because 3 was too expensive. I'll never miss having to buy those games three times, almost always at full price. I'll take Sparking Zero with its season pass any day.

[@finley9317]

And you can still unlock things through gameplay in sparking zero

[@remessey2000]

ngl, i happily paid the $118.17 for the ultimate edition, I was saying months beforehand i'd pay 200 dollars if i had to, and when the time came, I was going to get the collectors edition, but the $200 price point was too steep for me and I realized there was no way I'm spending $200. I've been waiting around 13 years for a tenkaichi 4, so the 118 I paid is good enough for me, I get DLC & some bonuses, can't wait to play the game

[@Z.o.e_R.o.d]

Man the way this game looks soo freaking amazing even if it was price I 100$ for the standard I would’ve bought it…I’ve been waiting. 13 years

[@saifhussain9701]

@@Z.o.e_R.o.dfax same here, thing is my ps5 slim is the disc edition/version for a reason I’m a collector which is why as enticing as it is for me to hurry up and pre-order I am gonna wait until it is on sale so I can cop and grab the disc version of the game I can’t resist getting the box art too

[@hqTheToaster]

How many of you three work for Bandai Namco or SONY?

[@jorniel6363]

@@hqTheToaster I see a lot of comments saying that they are gonna preorder the 100+ edition of the game. Im pretty sure nobody wants to be told what they should spend their money on but like you can just wait if the game is good or not before you buy it yourself instead of spending 100+ dollars on a videogame that isnt even out yet. Like the game isnt gonna go away anytime soon so I highly reccommend to just wait a bit. Me personally Im hyped for the game but Im just gonna wait and see if it lives up to the expectations and if not Ill buy it on disccount.

[@maorfahima7315]

@@jorniel6363good choice but you did contradict yourself with the money advice

[@deff1044]

The way you are deliberately ignoring information provided by the official website is so funny to me.

[@harleyzeth]

Like what

[@kermitwithamustache3885]

Such as?

[@rixked]

​@@harleyzeth its mostly just the game modes that you have access to episode battle which is basically the story with if scenarios and custom battles where you can create your own battle scenarios and share them with other sparking zero players well multiplayer should be obvious also she forgot how detailed some maps are with cutscences destroyable objects weather changes and so on and forth

[@rixked]

@@kermitwithamustache3885 its mostly just the game modes that you have access to episode battle which is basically the story with if scenarios and custom battles where you can create your own battle scenarios and share them with other sparking zero players well multiplayer should be obvious also she forgot how detailed some maps are with cutscences destroyable objects weather changes and so on and forth

[@harleyzeth]

@@rixked She didn't overlook that stuff lol

[@TheAnimatedGamer]

I think at the end of the day its going to come down to....how much content will be in the game at launch

[@TeamTowers1]

164 characters at launch, I really don't think the complaints about DLC are all that justified in this case.

[@freezasama5802]

It's highly likely no GT, OG db and Z movies in the roster as they will be dlc which is a real shame

[@TheAnimatedGamer]

@freezasama5802 I wouldn't rule that out because they've already shown the majority of the super cast (the important ones at least) Gogeta (super) exists so that would mean his Z or GT variant will be in meaning Shenron or Janemba will follow suit after

[@freezasama5802]

@@TheAnimatedGamer it's confirmed that the Roster will have everyone from beginning of Z to end of super so good luck fitting them in when you have all the Z and Super characters taking those slots

[@TheAnimatedGamer]

@freezasama5802 movie characters are apart of Z though again the full roster is not shown yet

[@CaptainCJ97]

The editing on this page is awesome

[@scoffeex1740]

The days of buying a game and owning that entire game aren't over There are still some gems left like Metroid and Zelda games, Elden Ring and any indie game really

[@XxSpirothKurotamaMOONLIGHTxX]

they really need to tone down the prices like damn at least make it $60 max, jesus.

[@blackbrotha578]

Love your content Hidden, your channel deserves way more subscribers.

[@sayianprincevegeta7969]

I completely agree. It's sad to see where we're headed with the gaming industry.. There's not much reason trying to fight it either because SO MANY people will continue to pay for unfinished games, with crappy season passes slapped on them, and they don't care that they'll never own any of it in the all digital future.

[@Reivaz88]

How is this game unfinished without dlc? Dlc is at most a luxury that most people will or won't get, the base game already has more characters than any dragon ball game before it, Including xeno 2 with all its dlc, and if your someone that likes the graphics and the gameplay then it's just a higher value version, and that's just the base game so I don't get your point. The game is complete without dlc and you don't need to get it, it's more complete than any game before it

[@sayianprincevegeta7969]

@@Reivaz88 If you don't already understand it, you're not going to understand it with further explanation. You do you 🙏

[@Reivaz88]

@@sayianprincevegeta7969 I agree with not owning shit that's bad, but this implies that the game is incomplete without dlc, it's not. You don't need a couple characters so why are you acting like without it the game is missing crucial parts and it's incomplete.

[@ImRaging7F]

Your probably the only youtuber ive heard have a problem with the dlc and season pass. Im with you, the money doesnt bother me as much if its actually dlc. What are you getting for your money with these dlc? Movie characters i understand but what purpose would you have to get gogeta and super broly early? What would a season pass even be needed or used for? Its a single player game with some online features?

[@hurricane7727]

That's not a Fighting game then. Because Fighting Games have 2 player versus in every game

[@WishfullDev]

Glad someone is talking about it

[@Gardi93]

I think something to consider is that the original tenkaichi was released in 05 at $60 and then we paid for a full price game in 06 for another $60 and again in 07 for another… you guessed it $60. Now we pay $70 for a fighting game and then DLC over the span of years rather than having to buy a full price game every year.

[@Triangle-2121]

Is the ultimate edition to expensive? yes Am i still buying it? yes

[@Camisthenics]

Chads who like it when games get extra content🗿

[@Caspyrr]

Hidden,this is more of what we need in the gaming community. The more we give into the hype and impulse purchasing of these egregious prices for less content the worse it’ll continue to get. I’m literally in the process of making my first video back in a long time to talk about the new Call Of Duty and the hype around it, as well as the new American football games. We’re paying more for so much less, and the average person can no longer afford it. What’s even worse is larger content creators buying into the hype. It’s a lot easier to be hyped about a game when you’re getting flown out to demo it and you don’t have to worry about that next paycheck. Keep doing you, I’m excited to see your analysis of this game

[@Reivaz88]

This is such a weird take, they're doing the same stuff they did 8-13 years ago except putting more effort in now. And you act like it cost more, games hardly cost more than then used to, in the mid 2010s they averages like 60$ so I don't understand your complaint. I know our currencies are probably different but I'm curious how it is for you. For me a 60 -> 70$ difference isn't that big, and we're getting better games. This game is more complete in its base game than xenoverse is with its shit ton of dlc. And with 40 more characters at launch than xeno 2 has with all its dlc. I don't understand your point. The standard edition in 70$ for a higher quality game than when we were paying 60$, and just like before you have to pay for dlc if you want more stuff, your acting like the game isn't complete without the dlc when it's more complete than any game before it

[@trevonboedigheimer8179]

Honestly. I'm keeping my salt shaker until October 7-11th. Deluxe and Ultimate editions are okay to me tbh. But that DAMNED ABOMINATION of a Collector's Edition really pissed me off. Im so tired of getting modified statues and cheap merch for DB games. Like come on!, over $200 USD for A Metallic Bookmark and Trading Cards?!. It becomes more and more real that this could be the evolution of XV2's constant milking of profits with DLC for another decade... And I can only hope to Lord Zeno this wont be the case...😮‍💨

[@trevonboedigheimer8179]

And the PC Edition's contents aren't my main reason for thinking this way, btw. The Season Pass and the first pack being related to DBS: Super Hero (a movie that's nearly two years old now) is such a lazy move for the devs that it only means "Give us more money" to me. I may buy Ult Edition just so I have it all. But Collectors editions should provide more than just recast/re-molded merchandise made by Bandai and Season Pass codes...

[@maorfahima7315]

@@trevonboedigheimer8179it’s also in the deluxe edition

[@swtorbro5974]

Its just 70 bucks and season pass is probably customzations or something and dlc is normal for developer's to keep bringing content

[@capricus6009]

I mean, I have been waiting 17 years for this game. This will be my first time ever buying an ultimate edition. Also base game will release with more characters than Tenkaichi 3 so it's not like you are not getting a whole lot of value for $70.

[@hammy6968]

Same here. First time getting the highest edition for ANY video game.

[@theunchartedcore]

See I usually agree with this, I never buy anything above the standard edition and I've only preordered 1 game in the past decade. When a company listens to fans and goes above and beyond like this I literally do not care, I already preordered the ultimate edition for 110$ usd.

[@TheNewKombatMaster]

You don't have to spend all your money at once for the ultimate and/or collector's edition, you can just save up for them before they come out.

[@postingrandom4320]

Still think about it spending like almost 200 in a game then later what?

[@TheNewKombatMaster]

@@postingrandom4320 fair enough

[@dragoon1090]

I also thought this was ridiculous. I pre-ordered it the other day.

[@LCVeloso]

I agree with everything except the cover art take… IT’S LITERALLY THE BEST COVER A DRAGON BALL GAME HAS HAD IN YEEEEEEEAAAARS 😫😫

[@maorfahima7315]

Even with 144 characters in base and 164 with dlc??? Because it isn’t true 164 is base

[@om58499]

Heck look at the comment about how many people just accept price increases

[@user-dx7fz3xb1f]

Fr

[@chiefsosa8450]

It's really sad if you think about it. The people who worked on this game will not be the ones compensated by the immense success, it will be the higher ups in suites who made sure there was dlc before the game even released.

[@therealhero15]

The standart game is 70$ which includes everything in the base game all 164 characters and all the modes. The only dlc that's been confirmed is for DB Daima and DBS Super Hero. Everything else is base game

[@om58499]

@@therealhero15 ok still not paying $70 for any game no matter what it is $60 is games standard not $70

[@therealhero15]

@@om58499 if you're complaining about 10$ then you're really scratching the botom of the barrel for complaints

[@batboythecool]

We finna be broke unable to replace our broken controllers 😭

[@Idkitzjushdc]

What gets me is that it’s 70.00 USD now. But that’s for almost any and all games that come out nowadays which I hate. I’m still buying the game regardless but I wish the starting price was 60.00

[@VidalSuperNinjaGaming]

Hey love , big fan of your Dragonball videos , was trying to see if you had any other social media pages connected to this one that I could give a follow to .

[@catalyst9808]

I literally even bought the game Twice! I bought the 210€ editon for the figure and then the standard edition again to have it as a digital game. Also the prices are normal... every game costs 80€ and up to 100€ including the Season Pass. Nothing new here. It's been like that ever since the PS5 was born.

[@ghosthugcentral3820]

I will admit, I can definitely see the gripes of the money. Hell, I live paycheck to paycheck but I will still buy this game. As for what the Gogeta and Broly are, yes they are an instant unlock and they are already in the game via the base trailers we have gotten show casing them in their many forms. As for what the dlc means, to be fair we have seen nothing of Daima because it doesn't exist yet so we can safely say that its not gonna be a "they are already in the game they are withholding things from us" type of situation. The game is going to have 164 characters on launch and with 184+ from the three dlc. What the third dlc is after Super Hero and Daima, no clue. Who is the mystery character? No clue. We only know this guy has never been in the budokai series before so thats like...tons of characters. I will agree, the three days early thing is meh. We don't know much about the other special things they are adding like what does Shenron do or what does Super Shenron do, I'll be willing to wait out for more info on it in another interview or something. October is still pretty far away. And not too mention this game is bringing back its story mode, I know another way to go through all of dragon balls story for the 16th time hooray, but this time they let us choose and alter the story. SSJ Goku against Great Ape Vegeta, Krillin and Goku vs Raditz instead of Piccolo. All interesting things they have shown us and with how the models look with each new trailer, its got me interested. Originally I did want to go for the premium collectors edition but after seeing whats going on my xbox store its looking like a no go. The ultimate edition is probably what I will settle on, better than just passively going for Xenoverse DLC over and over again only to have nothing to do for months or even years at a time. And yeah, I agree on the Fighterz DLC, 8 bucks for one character...I'll wait for a sale dog lol. All in all, this game seems huge and with Goku's english VA saying he had 60 to 80 hours of voice lines recorded...I am interested. However, I will wait a bit longer before pre ordering now. Maybe after the next trailer. The statue looks hella cool though, would be excited to actually have it but budget is budget. Also the cover arts not that bad, could be worse.

[@chandlerstevens8612]

420 friendly I drink only in social situations which is rare but this is felt

[@PLAYER42_ready]

I just hate how greedy companies are getting. “Oooh, we should make the BASE game over $100 and if you preorder it you can play the game less!” “What if we make the digital deluxe almost $200 and give them every character in the game but because we’re lazy we’ll push those characters off till later and make it DLC and say that they’re getting it as a bonus for wasting their money!!

[@Chrisaveri]

Paying for greatness

[@StarTheProtag]

Now obviously there's gonna be DLC for a video game, but I don't like the idea of paying $70 for a game no matter how much content is packed in it. But I'm also worried that they might pull the same shitty move they did with Xenoverse 2, Kakarot, & Breakers. They need to stop adding micro transactions into these games. It's hella scummy and greedy.

[@SaucisseMerguez]

I love the movie characters, and GT ones too, i hope they are included..

[@Jnwboss]

Ouch…hearing a whole 20 characters are associated with a particular pack is pretty wild. I’m with you on that i seriously hope it’s on top of the base roster and not “its only this many if you get the DLC”

[@brandonsclips7741]

I get what you're saying, but games like this and other fighting games are the only games I'm okay with there being seasons and DLC. More characters means more reason to come back and updates. Fighting games are like the only genre where this fits. Back in the day you'd buy a fancy version a year later with more characters and essentially pay the same amount you're doing now. But I also get you're speaking from the perspective of a New Zealand er and it's really expensive over there. And games in of themselves are expensive so even if I don't agree I get that it just feels expensive and sucky for what it meant to entertainment

[@Ramble1234]

I'm not trying to justify it, but video games have always been an expensive thing. Just look at prices from the 90s and brand new games reached the $90 mark on the SNES.

[@AdventVFX]

you mean a sequel like the older tenkaichi games where they had noticeable improvements and new characters, there's just no excuses for bad practices dont try to justify it. The whole industry stopped offering whole experiences once they realize they could make you pay for it via dlc with very minor exceptions like a lot of single player focused games.

[@brandonsclips7741]

​@Ramble1234 Oh for sure. Games are weird because they used to be SUPER expensive. Then they went down to a regulated price of 50, and have slowly gotten more expensive. Still technically a good "value for dollar" proposition since you can pay 60-70 once and get hundreds of hours out of a game, but I get that people are tight now adays and would never be grudge someone for thinking this is a hard buy. All these games coming out in October and my wallet will be hurting.

[@brandonsclips7741]

@@AdventVFX If I'm being honest with you I'd rather pay for the game once, and choose to buy DLC seasons and have the game be suported 2, 3 years on it's own then we get a sequel. Not have to buy a new game every year.

[@TeamTowers1]

Also most the DLC characters are from something that won'e even be out when the game releases.

[@LucasZukas]

My interpretation was the 160 was the base roster and more are being added w dlc

[@JamaalDaGreatest]

Yes.

[@RaiginAnimator]

Yea that’s definitely it. They did say Base roster which means before dlc. I personally don’t mind DLC like if you have a complete game then DLC Is great for a game. Like in smash every new dlc trailer broke the internet but I don’t have any and smash has been an awesome and complete game for me

[@sovietninja6865]

Honestly people should just wait until Christmas or after. I know it’s a couple of months but I guarantee you can probably get the game with dlc packs for $60 compared to paying $110.

[@Ramble1234]

LITERALLY

[@Osai1234]

Probably not as soon as Christmas, that's a few months past it's release date

[@EstaviusMarx]

They don’t discount often - in fact in Australia I’ve yet to see a discount years later on many Bandai Namco db products.

[@277Shadow]

@@EstaviusMarxin America you can find a Bandai sale quite often on the game store. Every 2 weeks xenoverse 2 goes on sale along with kakarot

[@sovietninja6865]

@@EstaviusMarx in the US it’s always discounted. If the game is coming out in October it will be on sale by Christmas.

[@thevegetor5985]

You are most certainly welcome. I appreciate your videos. You are a fantastic content creator. I can't wait to play this one, but we'll see how it is.

[@MKKillr]

All she does is complain

[@thevegetor5985]

@MKKillr have you watched any of her videos? Of course she doesn't like everything about anything, but she certainly doesn't spend the whole time complaining.

[@MKKillr]

@@thevegetor5985 she doesn't talk about the game at all other then the price. She's an old school boomer

[@thevegetor5985]

@@MKKillr yes. She doesn't talk about the game that is not out yet. And she does talk about the price it will cost in order to talk about the game. Shocking.

[@markusmitchell8585]

Im not gonna lie I pre ordered this then I remembered this was a fighting game so I canceled my pre order.

[@johnsteves9158]

I hardly ever buy new games, still happy with my BF4, fortnite, Fallout 4 and old Rockstar Games. So I'll pay alot more than $60 for the full DBZ Sparking Zero experience. I'm honestly so happy to have a new Tenkaichi game.

[@PlatypusKing10]

I gotta say I’m very confident 164 characters will be available in the standard edition. The DLC characters will be marketed separately I’m sure I’M SURE

[@HT_Tony]

I live in Kansas and Jesus Christ why does your stuff cost so much more than ours, basically everything in the video you aaid the price of was 1.5x the price here (except the base game)

[@yoyochan6668]

GT and all movie characters gonna behind a paywall

[@hurricane7727]

I remember in Dbz Budokai 3 they were unlockable Secret Characters you get in Dragon Universe.

[@forza8719]

It is expensive and prices have gotten out of hand… but if there were one game that deserved it, hopefully it’s this 😩

[@Truekingr6]

I'm dropping 270$ for the collectors, I haven't missed a collectors edition since they came to the USA

[@fingerflipbullets5111]

It's all good I love your honesty. It's the reason I tune in and watch your video, also looking forward to new uploads. And I agree with what you're saying.

[@awesomedbzkevon]

I find it strange to complain about the price and dlcs. Like dlc hasn’t been in the gaming industry for over a decade. The game also comes out 4 months from now. Nobody is telling anybody that their obligated to get the game. You have months to save up 70 for 164 characters on a game that is massive in scale compared to its ps2 predecessors

[@nukedukem614]

That's a lot of money

[@nathaniel3867]

DLC is extra content that should have been added for free but because the company wanted to make more money they’d priced it as separate. Corporate Greed is real but damn it I love Dragon Ball so I bought the Ultimate edition. I susually get Ultiamte edition or premium editions for my games because I don’t wanna have to pay for any extra content

[@reggitopia]

164 characters is the base roster don’t worry. Also DLC isn’t inherently a bad thing it extends the life of my favorite games. Let’s not act like DLC = Unfinished product, the game is certainly complete with the biggest launch roster of any DB game and stunning visuals. I understand the money standpoint but that’s also a two way street, games are 100x of times more expensive to make than in 2007 sometimes games aren’t financially viable without DLC

[@ToniCiprianiX007]

Gotta up my bread to buy multiple copies of one of the greatest games of all time, Sparking Zero!!! Have to support the GOAT

[@EmeraldTaurus96]

I'm just gonna wait for a steep sale to get everything. I stopped getting big budgeted games at full price years ago. Thank god for steam sales and Bandai Namco puts games on sale frequently.

[@vulfreyde]

Same. I never buy games at full price. I can wait pretty much for any game, especially with the backlog that I have. Was hyped for The Witcher 3 in 2015, played it in 2017. Same goes for FF7 Remake. Came out in 2020, played it only after it was discounted on Steam at the and of 2022. And will wait for Rebirth the same way. I can wait years if I have to.

[@TheExtraordinarySaiyan0709]

See this Is why Hidden Is one of my favorite KZbinr’s because she Is honest with her viewers that and she Is hilarious but, she Is right gaming use to not be so costly. Now a days you might as well take out a loan to even game. Same goes for IRL things as well.

[@TeamTowers1]

While she is honest, the crux of her video is based mainly on a misconception by her. Most evidence suggests the 164 characters will be the base roster. Hell most the DLC characters will be from a show that won't even be out when the game releases.

[@Moddingskylands]

still gonna buy collectors edition 1 day before release to get the exclusive pre order character

[@lil7xxgaming851]

Do it come with digital and CD ?

[@lil7xxgaming851]

Or you get the CD case with a code?? ☹️

[@Moddingskylands]

@@lil7xxgaming851 you can choose on the bandai namco website whether you want your collectors edition to come with the disk, or with a code inside the steelbook

[@maorfahima7315]

@@lil7xxgaming851no you get a cd I believe

[@lil7xxgaming851]

@@maorfahima7315 I hope so , cuz PlayStation love to remove games

[@GlimmerAR]

I think there are some ways to get the game at a lower price, like talking to a friend from a third world country where the prices are lower for them (on Steam only I think). You send him money and he buys it and sends it as a gift to you. Like me I bought the ultimate edition with 70$ (40$ less).

[@Alien_on_earth69]

It is sad that gaming has come to this but it’s just business nothing personal I do wish gamers could come together

[@MajinRose17]

Wait Biden effecting NZ prices too?!? We're fucked .

[@NoIdeaShane]

Kinda! Tbh though it’s mostly related to overall global inflation, corporate greed, Covid and some natural disasters impacting inflation here. Plus the new government in NZ decided to go against advice from economists and borrow money for tax cuts that only really benefited landlords, so now it’s going to grow inflation more lol. 😂

[@kage1573]

I see your points but I have to disagree because 70$ is the price for all PS5 games recently while last gen games were 60$ which is a slight increase due to it being a next gen game and the other editions include a large amount of content while also paying for multiple dlc which are additional characters outside of the 164 roster which is a large amount of dlc as a whole. I wouldn't say dlc means that a game is incomplete because it is content that they couldn't fit into the game at launch because of both time and budget and had to add these characters later especially something like Daima that will possibly come out after the game which is similar to a 8 year old game like Xenoverse 2 that included characters that included characters that came out after the games launch which added more content to the game which isn't that much different from needing to buy new versions of the same game or yearly sequel ls with minimal updates in order to play characters they couldn't play in the base game.

[@carterparson3401]

It still has 164 in the base game and the dlc adds the 20+ characters

[@dragonballgacha]

for me, people have been waiting for this game 2 months longer than I've been alive! (BT3 released in Japan in October 2007, I was born in December 2007)

[@GamingwiththeReaper]

I'm trying to be super positive here. But i think the season pass is 20+ characters in addition to the 164 included in the base game. And you can unlock Gogeta and Broly by playing through the story, they're just early unlocks, there was another game that did this, it was either a Dragon Ball game or a Naruto one, i can't remember which. There's also an anime BGM pack mentioned in the japanese version of the pre-order site, which is a big yikes, but i knew they were going to charge for them.

[@justa_secret_man199]

No it's the worst I've been waiting the longest time for this game just to realize it's only from new games gen gamers and I'm old gen so when the game comes out and be super sad because I can't afford it it's already like $75 here and then $400 Xbox on top of that like man that sucks 😔

[@greninjaofthehiddenwatervi1026]

Yeah it's fucked up I was looking forward to this game on PS4 but it's only for PS5 😢

[@maorfahima7315]

Yea this is more of a consequence of not buying the new console even 4 years after release .and the game is way to much for a ps4

[@shootingwish]

This is exactly the reason why i dont buy consoles anymore

[@maorfahima7315]

@@shootingwish I mean you could say the same for pc because you do have to update sometime the hardware

[@shootingwish]

@maorfahima7315 yeah but they last a lot longer than console life spans, and you don't have to replace the entire thing.

[@PlusUltraMan]

I do dislike the 3 days before everyone else thing because that honestly just means you can pay more to play the game on time rather than late since that means its overtly going to be ready for wider release in that same timewindow

[@ChristianTucker-94]

Oh snap whoa I will buy it if I have it soon if I have to it's worth to me I been waiting for a while and long time!

[@alexbell762]

Gaming in general is a expensive hobby if anyone has a issue with it FIND A NEW HOBBY, sorry but we live in 2024 you are getting 164 the most characters we’ve had in a dragon ball game for 70 dollars BASE GAME if you want to add 20 plus more characters then you will be paying more but you do not have to

[@postingrandom4320]

Shouldn't have to find another hobby because companies are greedy there should be a limit in general

[@alexbell762]

@@postingrandom4320 any hobby you do when it becomes expensive you find something new? What are you talking about? This makes zero sense. YOU decided to get into a hobby that you’ve seen become more expensive by the decade

[@alexbell762]

@@postingrandom4320 70 dollars for a game that people waited 17 years other than back in the day you spent 60 for 3 years straight with less characters than what we have now. You need to understand inflation and how market works.

[@alexbell762]

@@postingrandom4320 gaming is a LUXURY, don’t forget that next time you want to complain on pricing

[@VOAN]

Fighting games nowadays are a big scam. Back then you buy one full game and you had the entire roster and a few unlockable characters all in the full game. Nowadays you buy a fighting game, you get a lacking base roster, a season pass that locked away most of those roster and if you want the complete roster you had to wait for the definitive edition or pay as the dlc releases. It's a money making scheme, then there are the cosmetic, costumes, skins, mods, stages, and musics as well, some which cost real money.

[@maorfahima7315]

The dlc isn’t even close to most of the game.second, the game looks to have more than a enough content for a base games

[@user-vs4qn3xr2t]

Usually a deluxe edition is bad choice of money but when you consider what you are getting for the higher tear it the best bang for your buck. $1.50 per character is cool.

[@LionofDawn]

This is pure greed on Bandai Namco's part. None of the DLC's in Xenoverse 1 and 2 were worth the cost. And i got them all because for some reason i kept hoping that the next one will be worth it, and because i ain't got much of a life. And i'm guessing the game is gonna be censored. Even though the tenkaichi series barely had blood, we can't have the characters looking too injured IN A FIGHTING GAME..... And since gamers today are soo complaisant, we are not likely going to get any sensible price reduction at least in DLC's, or have the game be faithfully uncensored like the anime originally was.

[@maorfahima7315]

It won’t didn’t you saw the trailers?

[@flashboy1060]

This is gonna be my first boudkai game, and im just gonna get it for my birthday💀

[@visoredgruntR34]

Her: "I don't drink, do drugs, I stay at home and play video games" Me: QUEEN!!