that is my point. no one can seriously believe they did not have the ability to put it into the first game.
they explained that when they went to put Spectator mode in after everything had been done it would make it crash. The would have to restart the whole process to get it to work. Instead of delaying everything they put out the best they had at that time.
How much time do they have to wait before they can improve on what was already done? If they had waited a year and called it MVC4 would it have been ok?
By adding characters, levels, and modes they had to spend numerous hours and dollars, so in order to provide that to the public they need to charge for it. This is how retail works. Anytime someone sells a service or product they must charge. Overcharging obviously happens but in this case, it hasn't. If anything, the the first version of MVC3 was over priced.
Look at it this way. Street Fighter 2 cost about $30-40 (ballpark figures) when it came out however many years ago. Then SF2 Turbo came out for the same price shortly thereafter. Following that SSF2 came for the same price again. All of these versions had a couple more characters and a couple more maps yet still charged full price.
Now, 15-20 years later (give or take) the same thing is happening, EXCEPT, you are getting way more than a couple characters and maps and paying 1/3 less than the original price. Speaking from an economic standpoint, Capcom has made huge improvements over their strategy in the past two decades.
Would I rather they produced a perfect game right from the start? Absolutely! Is that likely, especially with everything going on in Japan? Not only is it unlikely but its unreasonable. Everything can be improved upon with time and money. If you don't want to pay for the improvements or think that its a scam, then don't. It's irrelevant either way though. The game is what it is and costs what it costs.
Now back on topic....
I cannot wait for Hawkeye, Nova, Ghost Rider, and Nemesis! This new version is gonna amazing and ten times more fun that the first. Being able to use some of Marvel's greatest characters is awesome and I'll fork up the few bucks it costs to do so as soon as its available!
It would be great if people could stick to talking about the game from now on instead of calling out other people and ragging on capcom. We're lucky a mod hasnt been in here yet and closed the thread entirely.