Super Street Fighter IV Will Be $40, Capcom Explains Pricing

We've known for a while that Super Street Fighter IV would be retailing for less than a full-priced game, but Capcom has recently the official cost - $40. Capcom's Christian Svensson recently spoke to Gamasutra, where he elaborated on the decision.

"It's $40. We had two choices, and the economics didn't work out on one... No matter what, we were fracturing the userbase, and we had to start from scratch," Svensson said. "The other part of this is frankly we were putting in so much new content, we thought that a platinum play wasn't the right play anyway. So, going $10 above Platinum/Greatest Hits pricing was sort of a nice compromise. And we haven't announced it, but for those who have purchased and played Street Fighter IV on the system that they play this on, there will be a nifty little special set of things that those people will have the option of enjoying that others won't"

So basically, for $40 we'll be getting new stages, 10 new characters, greatly enhanced online support, and even some unannounced bonuses for those who own the original. As can be expected, there are some outspoken critics on message boards and comments that claim it's overpriced. However, it's important to keep in mind that Street Fighter II went through two reiterations on the SNES, and both were full priced (which was $60+ back in the early 90s). I personally think it's a perfectly fair price. What about you...will you fork over the $40 without argument, or do you think it's a glorified, overpriced expansion pack?