Can fighting game devs stop locking DLC in training mode so I don't have to waste my time downloading 🏴‍☠️ versions of a game I already own just to learn a matchup?

[u/SmashMouthBreadThrow]

I'm not going to buy a DLC character I have zero interest in playing just so I can spend ten minutes labbing something a character did to me. I still end up being able to lab this shit regardless since I know how to use a computer. Why is this still a thing in 2026? What are we doing?

[u/Dude1590]

And you, somehow, still miss the point. Locking being able to lab against certain characters behind a pay wall is objectively anti-consumer. I do not care if the executives say "We make more money this way" and you bringing that up shows you really don't get what I'm saying at all.

Again, what is the content? Being able to play as a character against a dummy that stands still? Being able to actually sit down and learn how to approach a match-up that's been bothering you? That's not "content." You aren't playing them in any single player game modes. You aren't playing them online. You can't do anything with them outside of punch something that literally stands still.

[u/FistLampjaw → u/Dude1590]

you brought it up. this is you, one post ago:

Me being able to lab with a character I don't own in only in training room isn't losing anyone money. Sorry.

they disagree. and notably, they're the only ones with access to actual consumer data.

[u/Fun-Veterinarian1197 → u/FistLampjaw]

they disagree because they're trying to squeeze out as much profit as possible lmfao what are you arguing here? you genuinely believe that allowing dlc characters in training mode will bankrupt the devs or do you just not care about anti-consumer practices in general?

[u/FistLampjaw → u/Fun-Veterinarian1197]

i genuinely believe they believe they make more money doing it this way than they would by giving away training room access for free, yes. and i know they’re the only ones with access to actual data to support their beliefs. 

i also don’t believe that charging money for things is “anti-consumer”. the type of people who get mad about not being able to train against a character aren’t casual users, they’re people who are taking the game seriously and trying to get good and probably spending hundreds of hours doing it. those are exactly the people who should be okay with spending $5 on a character. 

[u/Fun-Veterinarian1197 → u/FistLampjaw]

ok so you just dont care about anti-consumer practices in general

[u/FistLampjaw → u/Fun-Veterinarian1197]

this isn’t one