Marvel Tokon Director explains why Phoenix Cyclops is DLC instead of base roster “From the narrative perspective, since he would be in opposition to the rest of the X-Men, we weren’t able to include him in the base game roster as part of the X-Men team, but we felt that taking this approach would allow us to show this new side of Cyclops to many players.” "From a gameplay perspective as well, I felt that designing him for battle we would be able to include these Phoenix elements in addition to the standard Cyclops abilities to [give him] that variety in his gameplay."

Street Fighter 6 Director Takayuki Nakayama explains why Capcom added 3 new characters alongside Tifa Lockhart in Season 4 “First, we hadn’t released any completely new characters since the autumn following the game’s launch, so adding new characters was a priority, Secondly, to strengthen the Street Fighter brand — not just Street Fighter 6 specifically, but the franchise as a whole — we felt that introducing new characters was essential and finally, the player demographic for Street Fighter 6 has skewed much younger; while the core player base used to be in the 35 – 40 age range, the largest segment is now between 15 and 25. We wanted to support these players by offering them a fresh experience, one where they can play with a sense of novelty and relate to the characters on their own level. That is the reasoning behind our strategy to bolster the roster with new characters.”