I will gladly buy any DLC Suzuki comes up with regarding Shenmue.
The more success they have the better.
While I see your point, it does concern me still. I've bought multiple copies of the game to help out and I fear that they will either:
A. Remain Incomplete & have to buy into the Season Pass (Which I will be doing anyway)
B. They release a Complete Edition & then all my prior versions will be redundant.
Overall I'd rather
Option B still as I hate the idea of not having all the game on Disc, which is why DLC is always such a bummer for me. Usually I'm happy to sell my Standard Editions when a Complete Edition comes along but obviously with
Shenmue III I've bought multiple Editions on KS which sort of lose their value.
This is becoming an increasing issue within the industry, I say if you're releasing DLC release a complete Edition later down the line - & Not cheap out with putting the content on codes, like
SpiderMan did recently!
NeatherRealm Studios seem to be on point with this, all their
Mortal Kombat &
Injustice releases eventually get a Complete Edition - Which I happily purchase when available - Awaiting
Mortal Kombat 11's CE for next year!
The only way to future proof these scenarios is to back up your console data. I recently snagged a 2nd PS3 Console at a charity store & have been backing up all my games updates - You can do this by pressing Triangle on the game and
Check for Update. I've been through nearly 200+ games this last week and now have all the online updates for each game stored! Next I will back up the data on a HDD and feel at least a bit more content that I can't lose my PS3 data - Because if these servers go down their down for good! & All these games will remain unpatched and ruined.
Pardon the rant, but these scenarios are what play in my mind whenever I hear about a game having DLC, I fear the notion of future proofing that content years down the line. So in hearing that
Shenmue III has DLC it makes me very edgy.
Also ontop of that if this DLC isn't readily available at launch and the story DLC is not set after the main game, that means my initial playthrough is going to be an incomplete experience - Anyone who has played
Final Fantasy XV will understand my frustration with that! I'm not going to Re-play the game to experience DLC that is set mid-way within the games story -
Kingdom Hearts III seems to be doing something similar & while I enjoyed the experience with the game, I am so down with that game now.