{"id":27951,"date":"2024-03-01T17:59:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T08:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=27951"},"modified":"2024-03-01T17:59:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T08:59:17","slug":"20240301-27951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240301-27951\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekken 8&#8217;s microtransaction model disappoints many \u2013 here&#8217;s why\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bandai Namco\u2019s Tekken team announced the launch of <strong>Tekken 8\u2019<\/strong>s in-game shop on February 29. While many find that The Tekken Shop\u2019s pricing is reasonable in comparison to other titles with similar monetization models, the coin system and limited-use items have not garnered a positive response.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Care to fight in style?<br><br>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TEKKEN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TEKKEN<\/a> Shop is now open in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TEKKEN8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TEKKEN8<\/a> \u2728<br><br>The first available items are:<br><br>\ud83d\udc55 UT\u00d7TEKKEN free customization items<br>\ud83d\udc57 4 Legacy alternative costumes<br>\ud83d\udc6f 4 Avatar Skins<br>\ud83c\udf86 8 Fireworks<br><br>The TEKKEN Shop will be updated monthly with new items! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ibwTNsTcM\">pic.twitter.com\/7ibwTNsTcM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TEKKEN (@TEKKEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TEKKEN\/status\/1763232726579134633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tekken Shop contains UI customization items, legacy costumes, avatar skins and effects that can be purchased using the in-game currency, Tekken Coins. New item updates are planned on a monthly basis, and the shop is currently running a UNIQLO collaboration campaign that includes free items.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While acknowledging that Tekken 8\u2019s store does better than that of Street Fighter 6 or Mortal Kombat in terms of skin prices, users were not happy to find out that the shop does not allow you to purchase the exact amount of currency needed for one skin. Avatar skins cost 400 Tekken Coins, but the closest Coin Pack to this is 500 coins (equivalent to $4.99), leaving you with a \u201cleftover\u201d 100 Coins.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Tekken\/comments\/1b30mue\/i_was_one_of_the_people_defending_bamco_now_i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Players<\/a> have deemed this a somewhat dishonest way to nudge users into making more purchases, commenting that the practice basically \u201cturns the 4-dollar skins into 5-dollar skins.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another point brought up is Fireworks \u2013 limited-use avatar effects. Fireworks can be purchased for 100 Coins and have 10 uses in them. Aside from the fact that they are limited-use even though they are paid, users have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Tekken\/comments\/1b30mue\/comment\/kspmxdf\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expressed discontent<\/a> with how they appear to be a way to \u201cburn\u201d leftover currency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Patch v1.02.01 is now available on all platforms and servers are back online \ud83e\udd4a<br><br>With this update comes the TEKKEN SHOP, free in-game UT x TEKKEN collaboration customization items, balance adjustements &amp; more!<br><br>Full patch notes here \ud83e\udd1c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H7iTfoCby1\">https:\/\/t.co\/H7iTfoCby1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VvNDjAM1Wj\">pic.twitter.com\/VvNDjAM1Wj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TEKKEN (@TEKKEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TEKKEN\/status\/1763117981901435143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial announcement of Tekken 8\u2019s plans for monetization was, as is often the case, controversial, especially given the game\u2019s $70-dollar price tag. However, amongst the backlash, the developers, including Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada, spoke out to reassure players of the intentions behind the monetization, stressing that it is not a way to profit off players but a way to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Harada_TEKKEN\/status\/1760182225143009473?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">battle growing development costs<\/a> and keep the game up to standard. While these comments did dispel some concerns, the shop\u2019s currency system has once again caused doubts in the community.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tekken 8 is available for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1778820\/TEKKEN_8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10006270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS5<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/tekken-8\/9ppsm14vkclw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox Series X|S<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While its prices are comparatively reasonable, Tekken 8&#8217;s in-game shop is being criticized for its coin system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":27954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-27951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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