In light of the recent controversy with Capcom and its decision to include paid DLC characters on-disc for Street Fighter x Tekken, Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada has told Edge that Namco will never allow players to pay for additional characters.
Harada states "This isn’t really directed at Capcom, I have always said this, but I see the characters and their move sets as chess pieces - they are essential items necessary in the game and we would never sell any of those individually."
Whilst not ruling out the possibility of allowing players to pay for such content as vanity items, he reiterated the fact that players should never be made to pay for characters.
By Jake Galouzis