This is something I been thinking on the past few days, we were all used to have annual KOF game. Some say that was good, some say it was bad idea. But the point was that we were getting 3 games base on story and 1 which was usually a gameplay perfection based on the preview 3 games systems. Making that 4th game the one with the most characters and tournament worthy.
But times have change, SNKP can't pull a yearly KOF anymore, yet SNKP and most fans still wants them to continue with their stories. But as we know, throwing out a game in 2 years is not a good choice, so I was thinking that SNKP should start doing some of the following ideas:
1. KOF XIV should have a story mode that is long and SNKP should make sure to have a good and balanced system as a fighter.
2. SNKP keeps doing 3 games for stories, which might end up been or not tournament worth. Hoping each time that SNKP will not die due to the low sales of a certain iteration.
3. SNKP goes DLC on the story, releases KOFIV and releases every 6 months new characters, new story and game fixes to keep the game feeling like yearly KOF, while doing money in the road. Then maybe after the 3 Story DLCs they release a KOFIV "insert name" Saga complete edition.
Hopefully they go for a 2 to 3 year cicle KOF game, which will include story and a well rounded gameplay system and lots of characters. That way we can keep playing XIII for a while and have it for tournaments. Because as we know, having several "must play" KOFs is not helping the community that much, since some people don't want to move to the newest version for X or Y reason. But having a KOF game every 2 to 3 years, might help and maybe most people will migrate to the next one with less problems.
So what do you guys think? What might be your best solution? KOFXIII seems to be turning into a great fighter with a great story mode. Just like XI, but can SNKP keep it up and will people wait that long for the conclusion of a saga?