I don't mind unlocking characters.
 
I also don't mind this either.

  Goddammit I better be able to transfer my save data over from SF4 to SSF4. I really don't want to get all those costumes/taunts/icons/titles again.    

That kind of blows. Hope they all have animated stories still. 

customization options would be really cool. I don't think they'll do it.

Maybe they can do it in a way that you have to unlock them for Arcade mode, to see more of the story, but they're all already unlocked for Versus modes?

I'm pretty sure the only game in which character unlocking was fun at all is in Super Smash Bros. Melee. In Brawl and 64 it was OK, but Melee's was the most fun for some reason. In any Versus or Street Fighter game(heck any kind of fighting game) it was tedious, frustrating and a waste of time. It sucks when I put in a game and want to play Morrigan or Dan or w/e and see I have to unlock them. 
 
@SuperfluousMoniker said:

" Having to unlock characters sucks. I still haven't bothered to unlock Seth or Gouken. 
 
@HitmanAgent47 said:

" There goes alot of the replay value. "

If you consider beating the game on easiest difficulty ten times 'replay value' then yes. "

I don't get what you ppl are trying to say, I just don't have xboxlive and I didn't sign up. Thats why I am not playing online for that game. I am playing challenge mode at least.
 
I am just against the whole xboxlive service and even if it's free for the pc version, I don't feel like signing up. If I had street fighter 4 for my ps3, I would play a bit online.

" I don't get what you ppl are trying to say, I just don't have xboxlive and I didn't sign up. Thats why I am not playing online for that game. I am playing challenge mode at least.  I am just against the whole xboxlive service and even if it's free for the pc version, I don't feel like signing up. If I had street fighter 4 for my ps3, I would play a bit online. "

I like unlocking.  GIves me somethign to do when I practice my movesets.  I agree that it should be fairly straightforward, though, and I think it should probably be possible to unlock characters by playing lots of multiplayer matches.  I think SCII or III did something like that where you got unlock points just by playing the game with friends. 

Not having to unlock character removes my main reason to play single player. At least Tekken and Mortal Kombat have semblances of stories you may be interested in.

That's kinda too bad, but it's also cool that I won't have to do it again.

Stop saying "ppl". Thanks.

" @Napalm: No, and stop telling me i'm wrong for my views about single player. That goes for everyone itt. I get it, I should play multiplayer and ignore the single player to be more like you ppl. I've been saying ppl online for years now, your not changing anything about the way I write, or the way I play street fighter games. "

I am glad that I don't have to unlock characters anymore but what I would like in SSF4 are character customization features like in VF5 or Tekken 6. Instead of paying for additional costumes we get to make our own.

" I am glad that I don't have to unlock characters anymore but what I would like in SSF4 are character customization features like in VF5 or Tekken 6. Instead of paying for additional costumes we get to make our own. "

" I just woke up and had a ton of replies, I haven't even had the chance to do anything else because of it and won't because I have to explain myself. Fuck it, i'll just sign up online because I have no choice and accept everyone is right the only way to enjoy street fighter 4 is online and not single player or challenge mode. They should also be scrapped. "

" @animateria:   I understand that he doesn't want it to be super crazy but I think he forgets that he controls what clothing items would go in the game. It doesn't  have to be as crazy as VF5 or Tekken 6 but some sort of way to make the character you play your own would be awesome. "

" @Napalm: No, and stop telling me i'm wrong for my views about single player. That goes for everyone itt. I get it, I should play multiplayer and ignore the single player to be more like you ppl. I've been saying ppl online for years now, your not changing anything about the way I write, or the way I play street fighter games. "

lol I am still going to main ken unless some balancing is done

Excellent.

" lol I am still going to main ken unless some balancing is done "

" I don't know if I like this. I always felt like unlocking characters was part of the fun. I can't see Jump Ultimate Stars taking up nearly as much of my time had I not had to spend dozens of hours getting the gems to unlock those characters.  "

" @AgentJ said:

" I don't know if I like this. I always felt like unlocking characters was part of the fun. I can't see Jump Ultimate Stars taking up nearly as much of my time had I not had to spend dozens of hours getting the gems to unlock those characters.  "

Fighting Seth, who has the most brokenly stupid AI I've ever seen, several times, and seeing those terrible "anime" cutscenes just as much was not what I would call "fun". "

It's just OCD, people have it and are actually demanding that things be locked upon purchasing a 60 dollar game. Go figure. "

Hell yes.

Excellent. Lazy bastards like myself are saved.