Actually yes they are. Before no, now? yes. When Capcom started selling SFV within the same week of release people were highly disappointed with the lack of content from the game itself. It's as if the game was worth $30. However when the DLC characters started to come..the sales of the game and community started to expand, DLC is always the phase of spending money and exposure because it brings something new to the table. SF consumers (especially for SFV) will get hype off of anything DLC+update related because the original game itself lacked replay value aside from online where it was more or so focused towards getting players for competitive gaming. Just look at the poorly done story mode that looks like it was done on Microsoft Power Point, terrible...though the DLC content manages to make some of them forget. A powerful trick by Capcom that usually works too.