I don't know if it's me just being busy with other issues right now, but I was expecting to get back on the twitter horse if KT came back to us with a mediocre solution to the hair situation like they inevitably did, but instead I found myself feeling too depressed about it to get mad like before, tbh (might also be due to other factors though, personally). I haven't checked to see what the level of backlash was on twitter, I kinda am treating it like a no-mans-land since I decided to log off a few weeks ago (got sick of twitter a week or two after they said they were going to do something after the backlash).
But then, they didn't really give me much time to muster up the power to try helping them understand things once more, did they? I wasn't expecting this tbh.
I see 3 possible scenarios right now (kind of consolidating some things others have already said):
1. KT's "fix" for the hair colour dlc was only to try to save face, at least with some easy fans I guess, but really the backlash had them decide they were done dealing with the franchise and now they're pulling the plug on the series, for who knows how long. Could we be back in the post-DOA4 days again? I don't think it's too unreasonable to think that. From a purely business perspective, they don't need the base series anymore to milk the franchise, they can keep doing that with VV (kinda looks like they're milking its corpse that way though, imo), and throwing around Honoka/Marie/Kasumi/Ayane as usual.
2. KT was always planning an end to updating vanilla DOA6 like this just as they did with DOA5, atlthough in DOA6's case they decided to stretch things beyond a year, maybe planning to coincide a DOA6 Ultimate release with PS5/XSX. It'll be a few months of nothing and then a DOA6U announcement. The argument against this is those empty character slots.. I could have sworn it was pretty much a given there was supposed to be more coming to DOA6, right? Or was there really nothing concrete to indicate that besides empty spaces on the select screen?
I have said it before and I'll say it again, I'd be fine with a DOA6U if it justifies its self in terms of fixing all or at least the majority of issues with DOA6 and being a good deal in terms of on-disc content.
3. KT decided to pull the plug on DOA6 to rethink their strategy with the DOA series, which could mean the next entry will be DOA7, not a DOA6U, maybe finally realizing they had something good with DOA5 and clearly squandered all they had gained with DOA6, and think it's worth giving it another proper try.
I hope it's the 3rd scenario the most, but I'm sure most people will see it as the most unlikely one. I think I have it right in that we were all hoping for KT to get their act together and fix DOA6, not just kill it. Or at least, not kill the series. Maybe DOA6 was too far gone in one way or another. They may have to start again from scratch if there's a chance for things to get on the right track again. All I know is, I'm tired of seeing all my most favorite classic game series die. If it really is dead, then fine, maybe it's for the best, but I have to take it as a sad, empty victory.
