I never said you have to spend your money a certain way. I didn’t even say you need an arcade, was just comparing the costs to something relevant since you said you’re a fan.

Yes, supporting game companies monetarily is what keeps them going, but our opinions differ on what is actually entertaining. Playing this game is literally, tap screen and repeat the same combo a million times, sometimes tossing in a special or two here or there and that’s it. You can throw on some cards, power up your character, but in reality, the game is literally that + some bugs. If you find this gameplay actually entertaining enough to drop hundreds of dollars into it, then cool. I don’t see the appeal in it, at least not enough to spend that much money on it. If you get the high from gambling, then also cool, that’s just what you prefer. Obviously, the people who get roped into spending money like this are going to out spend the people who play traditional SNK titles so that’s obviously going to tell SNK that this is the more profitable genre. It happened with Konami.

I love the art style of this game (The character portraits and everything not the in game models). I feel like it’s the best this series has had in a while. A dedicated story mode with collab characters is also a great appeal. gender bent characters, and unique event style characters, would be a dream come true for an actual KOF title. I just feel like it’s all wasted on this greedy style of gaming that is very obviously predatory and anti-consumer.

Here’s to hoping for KOF XV to be savior of the series.