The question I wanted to ask, but never got a chance to at FinalRound.
If the Tekken 7 console release is an utter failure, will future Tekken become an arcade only game?
As customers, we speak with our money. That is the disconnect I have with this whole situation. If we buy Tekken, we support this entire model and it going forward. If we band together to boycott Tekken for these practices in the hope for change, Tekken will simply end for us. Bandai Namco will simply cover their ears to the complaints we make. All that matters is how much money they make.
I am going to try to attend as many Tekken Tour events as I can, but I worry about the arcade players also going to the events. I think it will only be a matter of time before someone loses it and curses one of them out for being able to enter the event to freely take our prize. No where in the rules bars them from playing, so it is a wonder if a non-arcade player will win any of the Tekken Tour events (if none show, I am sure Markman will enter and beat us all, so I see no hope).
My heart saddens for those outside the Tekken Tour that also have no arcade. However, I feel like America is getting scourged for not having Tekken 7. Getting whipped, tortured, and embarrassed. Arcade players come one, come all to steal the dreams of the American Zoo you so call. Have no mercy on these unprivileged animals.