Sorry, Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Is Disc-Only, You Can’t Upgrade Via DLC

By Spencer . July 20, 2011 . 5:41pm

Capcom just announced Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 which has twelve new characters, spectator mode, and balance tweaks. The game is slated to come out in November, but what about people who bought Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. Will they be able to upgrade to Ultimate by purchasing downloadable content?

"Right now, we’re only thinking about releasing a disc version," said Ryota Niitsuma, producer, in an interview with Siliconera. I asked Niitsuma-san for more details and if there was a "data" issue like Super Street Fighter IV.

"Given the development schedule, there wasn’t enough time to work out all of the details to release it as downloadable content, as well. Also, for the reason you mentioned, there is so much data in the game it was easier to go this route," Niitsuma answered.

When Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 comes out for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 it will retail for $39.99.

http://twitter.com/maskeXD André Maske
Yep, I’m joining the boycott to Capcom.

http://twitter.com/ModelKBT Metabee
Me 2!

http://www.facebook.com/jake.seybold Jake Seybold
Count me in!

http://twitter.com/ModelKBT Metabee
F your fighting games Crapcom bring us Legends 3!
http://www.blackxino.blogspot.com Xino
will it have a Non Assist Mode?
eilegz
waiting for arcade edition….
http://www.facebook.com/people/Rodrigo-Martínez-Tapia/535388770 Rodrigo Martínez Tapia
$19.99 or GTFO…
http://www.facebook.com/whoiscorwen Justin Whiteaker
That’s good for me because I want it all and would pay $100 for just Nova.
http://twitter.com/AceOfCakez Ace
Man, that MvC3 beta was the most expensive beta I’ve ever been a part of.
http://twitter.com/Madleeroy1979 Leeroy Posey
My body who brought MVSC3 should recieve a Free Copy of Ultimate MVSC3 or a refund.( A refund is out of the Question)
Who am I kidding, Buying the game anyways, hell with this one we get a DLC of The Alpha Arcade Edition in another year 6 new characters.Hopefully a version of Megamen will show up.
Kitestwinblades
I’d personally would love to see the megaman legends Roll and megaman. how the heck can you add tron for the SECOND time, keep these megaman themed stages, and NOT have those too? We’ll have Data and Servebot before them at this rate. I dont care what anyone says, I’d take megaman and roll over zero and tron anyday.
http://twitter.com/Vanpan110494 Sentoro Katarashi
Thank you very much for pissing me off even further Capcom! Not only did you cancel Mega freakin’ Man Legends, but then you have the NERVE to release something like this when the original hasn’t even been out for at least a year, and then won’t make it as DLC either, forcing people to, ONCE AGAIN, pay for an upgrade if they want their online gaming community to be intact! I will not be made a fool, so I give up on buying ANYMORE Capcom games. Mega Man games? Hell, Keiji already quit Capcom, so yeah I’ll buy those. Street X Tekken? Yeah sure! I’ll get the Namco one. Big freakin’ deal! Monster Hunter and Resident Evil? Don’t worry! I won’t buy those anymore because you’ll probably do some crap to those games, too (Example, Resident Evil Mercenaries 3DS! YOU CAN’T DELETE SAVED FILES!!! THE F***?!?!?!)! This proves that Capcom cares about money WAY more than the fans, but if you want more proof, look up about Mega Man Legends 3 and prove me wrong! I give up! I’M THREW WITH CAPCOM! They’re dead to me! Play with someone else’s emotions and S H A M E O N Y O U!!!

WilliamJasper
it’s very disappointing indeed. this is certainly like a pattern. first sf4, which cost $60 at first, but then comes ssf4. if you have the original, you can’t face the people with the newer ver. lets say you get that version, then, hello? ssf4ae comes, and the same rule applies (yeah i tried it). they think we are dumb, but eventually they’ll figure it out and realize we have other things to spend our money on then just their games and upgrades. we are not rich! >:(

Tokom23
“Given the development schedule, there wasn’t enough time to work out
all of the details to release it as downloadable content, as well. Also,
for the reason you mentioned, there is so much data in the game it was
easier to go this route,” Niitsuma answered.
WTF? There wasn’t enough time my ass! How can you have the BALLS to say
“This game will release in November” and then say that loads of fudge?!
Maybe if you would’ve RELEASED THIS GAME LATER we would’ve have it as
DLC! You are named CAPCOM, but that thinking CAP is now getting tight on
your heads, isn’t it?!I’m going to Capcom and cause some trouble! WHO’S
WITH ME?!

http://twitter.com/Vanpan110494 Sentoro Katarashi
I’ll get my gun.

WilliamJasper
Don’t worry.
*Gets rocket launcher*
I came prepared. >:3

SerendipityX
This is just pure BS…no buy.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Vitonofrio-del-Rosso/1170175361 Vitonofrio del Rosso
sorry we won’t include it via dlc..
sorry i won’t pay AGAIN after say 7 months? for another game wit 8+ new charas..
Lordphantomhive
Sounds like they’re also shutting down the servers when UMvC3 comes out.-_- The owners of the original are really getting screw.
http://temalyen.livejournal.com/ Steve
Maybe it’s just me, but when I read the headline I thought, “Who the hell would expect to be able to upgrade via DLC?” Seriously: The idea never occurred to me at all.
Not sure if I’ll buy it, regardless, because I got bored of MvC3 after a few weeks and now can’t remember the last time I played it. Then again, I’m the person who bought every upgrade of SF2 on home consoles I could. (And also bought SF4 and SSF4 and Arcade Edition.) So maybe I’m sort of biased here.
MrSirFeatherFang
I think Capcom (even though they were and still are milking dlc A LOT) are the only ones that would not like to see the age of cloud gaming and/or digital content in general take over the industry.
Sadly, I feel the same, but for different reasons (not to make a profit of the same game with more improvements that should have been included in the first place…)
http://twitter.com/Vanpan110494 Sentoro Katarashi
Nah. Not really biased. Got bored with it soon too, even though I was ruining people with my Storm and Chun Li, but not only is online full of rage quitting spammers (who can STILL do that, don’t see a correction of that if they quit, THEY LOSE!!! Their “penalty” doesn’t even work well anyway. My brother tried it and I watched, there was NO DIFFERENCE when he went back online while on penalty), but the lag is also unbearable. I mean, it’s not just people with unfortunate connection, but if you want to face someone who is, let’s say, currently at Japan, and you live at freakin’ California, then there’s no way to fight well cause there’s gonna some frequent pauses, or just annoying no-button responses (Yes I tried this too). I didn’t see ANYWHERE in the information of the update about them fixing that. I don’t know about you, but I will not get this. Wasting money on a game that doesn’t have the very important features to keep the game FRESH AND CLEAN, oh but wait, they had it on the PSN version of MVC2?! Come on now, Capcom!!!
Also, they STILL DON’T HAVE MEGA MAN IN ULTIMATE MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3, because they said, “We had a lot of requests from fans for Mega Man or at least one of them
to be in the game. Out of all of the requests we got for Capcom
characters, he just didn’t enter the top part of the ranking.
Unfortunately, he didn’t make the cut.”
Are they blind or are they just idiotic?! Wake up! You just said you had A LOT OF REQUESTS, so how in god’s name can he NOT BE IN THE TOP?! Do you hate your mascot or Keiji that much (no, Keiji, the creator of Mega Man, was not treated well in Capcom)?! You didn’t bring out Mega Man, but you guys had the so called THOUGHT of putting in Red Arremer (or Firebrand), who wasn’t even WANTED, but what the hell…..they STILL PUT HIM IN THIS GAME!! AAAAAAAH! *Nerd Rage*
(Note: Their Arcade sucked, too, which I didn’t see them saying that they fixed either, so that’s a definite no. I’m getting Arcana Heart 3, getting Mortal Kombat with Freddy Kruegar, continue to play Blazblue CSII and Tekken 6, then later on King of Fighters XIII to keep me satisfied of missing good fighting games).
…..Kay. I’m calm. Done with my rant. Finished and disappointed in Capcom. Characters like Bulleta (Baby Bonnie Hood in Darkstalkers), Sakura (Street Fighter), and/or Karin (Street Fighter Alpha 3) would’ve been nice, but I’m not gonna rant about them. I have a headache now. Bet if Capcom’s reading this, they’re probably laughing their asses off…..Don’t care anymore. Given up on Capcom. Going to sleep. Good night…..

WilliamJasper
*applause* that was beautiful. Really….*sniff*

neo_firenze
Why are so many people whining that they wish the new content was DLC to MvC3? At $5 a pop (same price as the MvC3 DLC characters, or MK DLC characters if we’re lumping in the competition), the 12 new characters alone would come to $60, and that’s just characters. I’ll gladly pay $40 for the added characters, along with new stages, online system improvements, and gameplay tweaks.
Besides, having it on a disc will take less HDD space and I won’t have to worry about the servers ever going down if I need to redownload DLC. And you can sell a disc second hand if you get tired of it, a benefit you don’t get with DLC. Heck, you can sell your MvC3 disc and put that money toward UMvC3 if you want, reducing your expenses even more over the alternative of paid DLC for new content.
This actually seems like a significantly more consumer-friendly option – I’m truly baffled at the negativity. Can’t explain nerd rage on the internet, I guess.
http://www.facebook.com/jake.seybold Jake Seybold
It’s a load of BS that Capcom is releasing this as disc only. They better change their minds and make at least DLC optional. But to make matters worse, if we want the first MAJOR updates/patches we have to pay $40!!!!! I say boycott Capcom! If people want to be stupid enough to go out and buy the game again fine, but to have the gall to force every customer who already bought the full version (I bought the Collector’s myself!), this is a kick to the privates! We are in a day and age where digital content is where the money is at, GET WITH THE PROGRAM CAPCOM! This isn’t like the PS1 or PS2 where online updates and DLC were a thing of the future, it’s here, now, give it to us that way!

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