To OP, sorry but I don't know comics well enough to recognize like, any of the characters you have there. Those guys all look pretty cool, though -- I can see a game with those characters being pretty badass just on looks alone. Thing is, they probably wouldn't pursue something like that without a lot of instantly recognizable faces like Injustice has.
I wouldn't mind seeing an even biggerbetter Injustice (that was a damn fun game) but I'm not so sure about tying it in as another MKvsDC. I never hated the idea, but at the same time, MKvsDC is the only MK game I never bought. Plus, they've already played out the crossover story. It would be better if MK and Injustice just followed their own ways.
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Injustice made MKX take about twice as long as it should have, and more or less killed all the mainstream momentum that MK9 had recaptured for the franchise. Which sucks because MKX looks great, and every bit as good, if not better than 9, but is evidently not doing as strong with preorders as 9 did. Not that I think it will fail by any means, but... more momentum and more sales may have meant things like more DLC? Who knows. *Shrug* Still too early to tell conclusively anyway. But regardless I did NOT enjoy waiting this long for a new MK game.
If they want to have a second team develop an Injustice sequel alongside a new MK, be my guest. Though I highly doubt they will, as releasing two fighting games close together is competing with yourself. But I for one, don't want a new DC game AT ALL if it means replacing or delaying a new MK game.
I'm not sure that Injustice really hurt the Mortal Kombat series. It took a while to get the next game out, sure, but you brought up a good point about fighting games competing with themselves. MK9 has some decent staying power now that it's made the tournament scene; it seems like it's okay to let a strong title like that have a while to sit in the spotlight and give players plenty of time to get comfortable and establish themselves with it before one-upping it with the next one -- especially since MK tends to really shake up the game with every release, you don't want to do that too often.
MK9 may be four years old but it remains fresh in the memory, because fighting games have a longer lifespan than games in other genres that have less replayability. The only compelling reason to pump out more MK games faster is to keep the story moving; the reason you need nine Assassin's Creed games in seven years or four Arkham games in four years is because a single-play story has a limited shelf life before you need something new. That invites some frustration with a fighting game because you don't want to keep running your own games off the map just to further the story.
Alternating between MK and Injustice or another original game allows them to keep making games at a consistent pace (and keep making money) while allowing each individual game its time in the sun. And the longer wait does make the next announcement sweeter. I'm not exactly looking forward to another 3-4 years before the next MK, but I'm pretty sure that I'll enjoy whatever else comes out of the pipeline in the meantime.
As for "losing momentum," again, MK9 didn't exactly go away. It was still in Evo 2014, and no one is ever going to just forget that Mortal Kombat exists. If anything is holding MKX back, it's the new generation of consoles, as was pointed out in another thread. A lot of more casual gamers still aren't on board for the price tags and controversies of the PS4/XBO, but don't want to dive in for the last-gen version and end up paying for the game twice when they do upgrade. (That was the dilemma I faced, until I ultimately upgraded.) By contrast, the last generation was well established when MK9 was released and consumers were probably more comfortable.
