Is There a Particular Reason behind All of these Game Collaborations?

[Sxton_Hrdcastle]

It used to be pretty rare (I think?) to see collaborations between different fighting games. It seems like it is starting to become a trend with all these X vs. Y games. You have Star Wars in a Soul Calibur Game, Kratos in a Soul Calibur and Mortal Kombat game, Street Fighter X Tekken (and Tekken X Street Fighter), Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and presumably Soul Calibur V will feature guest characters from another game. It seems like this kind of thing is becoming a trend for fighting games in the recent age. Not saying that it is good or bad, just saying.

*Quite frankly, if Capcom is feeling so generous with collaborations then would they please give me my Capcom vs. SNK III lol.

 

[LP]

Though some may claim it's for the fans, I think it's a mix of things. Not only do you open the game/genre up to others who may not routinely dabble in it, companies are able to garner more publicity for their respective company/game/characters. So, in the end, I think it's business strategy.

 

[Sxton_Hrdcastle]

Yeah you're probably right. I don't think that many companies have enough confidence in their product (other than BlazBlue and Virtua Fighter) to put out a stand alone fighting game in this generation without some sort of business strategy or special attraction attached to the game.