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Are licensed characters ever going to be purchasable with Iridescent Shards?

FilledPizza
FilledPizza Member Posts: 392
in General Discussions

How come all of the non-original characters cost Auric Cells? I also wouldn't even mind if they costed more than normal characters, but I'm also curious as to why we need to purchase them with real money.

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  • S_Panda
    S_Panda Member Posts: 539

    Because it costed/costs them more money to make / release than the original characters. (may actually be a stipulation of the licensing honestly) Alongside the normal 'creation/tuning' they have to pay license fees.

  • PistolTimb
    PistolTimb Member Posts: 1,413

    Short answer is no. There have been rumors about a Nightmare edition which would include every dlc, but that's still not confirmed. Either way you'll be paying real money for them.

  • Mjra
    Mjra Member Posts: 50

    Licensing fees are most likely why they need to be tied to real money purchases. The contract probably stipulates that a portion of money earned from the characters goes to the copyright holder. Since no money is earned from iridescent shards they're probably not allowed in the contract.

  • Fibijean
    Fibijean Member Posts: 8,342
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/792782#Comment_792782

    Basically this. They can give their own characters away for free, but not other people's. This is the same reason why auric cells are unobtainable without paying real money.