After reading more yeah it appears the only real bad thing is paying for a new character and everything else is just the same kind of stuff all Capcom games have been having just fine.
There is no “paying for a new character”. You can pay to edit your character’s appearance one time. You can also use easily earned in-game currency to do this whenever you want. You do not pay to “re-roll” your character
I mean it was hopium because they didn’t say it themselves, and Rockstar’s initial release dates tend to be late in the year, but with delays they then release early in the next year. Could be the same with this.
There doesn’t seem to be any new information in this article. With the new direction of Kotaku I’d take any “news” they share with a mountain of salt right now.
I dunno, early 2025 sure sounds far away but it’s one year at this stage - it’s not impossible and some level of delays seems realistic, but doubling their estimated remaining development time at this stage seems strange.
Seriously, go read that Kotaku article and realize that yesterday their EIC quit over the “new direction” the site is being forced into. I put zero stock into this “reporting”