Here’s what Tekken 8’s new in-game currency bundle pricing looks like and thankfully it seems fairly reasonable so far

Tekken 8 received a large update this week that not only added some balance changes, but also implemented the in-game shop. With this new feature, players can now use real money to purchase in-game currency that is then used to purchase customization items, emotes, and more.

With the practices and pricing we’ve seen so far from other AAA fighting games like Street Fighter 6 and Mortal Kombat 1, fans have been fairly concerned that Tekken 8 would follow suit here with their own in-game shop. Now that this new feature is in place, we have learned what the pricing for the in-game currency bundles actually looks like, and thankfully, things feel pretty reasonable — so far, anyway.

The Tekken 8 shop allows you to purchase all kinds of things for various aspects of the game. You can purchase classic costumes for some fighters, avatar costumes, avatar emotes, and more, though the initial offerings are fairly slim.

In order to buy these things, you’ll need Tekken Coins, and like Street Fighter 6 you can purchase these coins via set bundles available in-game. Also like Street Fighter 6, there does not appear to be a way to purchase only the amount of coins needed for the item you’re trying to buy, so you’ll be locked into buying bundles, then going back to the shop to choose what you want.

Now, one big complaint players have have about Street Fighter 6 is that the least expensive Fighter Coins bundle will cost you $4.99 and gets you 250 coins. Premium costumes, like Outfit 3, cost 300 coins each, so you ultimately are forced to buy the next bundle up at $11.99 USD just to be able to buy one costume of your choice.

Thankfully, Tekken 8 doesn’t follow this practice, and if you buy the cheapest Tekken Coins bundle you can buy a single costume of your choice without issue. In fact, you’ll still have some coins left over to spend on other in-game items in this scenario.

The biggest draw for Tekken 8’s in-game shop right now is its classic costumes, which are currently available for Jin, Kazuya, Jun, and Xiaoyu. Each one will run you 400 Tekken Coins, which means you still have 100 coins left over if you pick up the cheapest Tekken Coins bundle.

Below is the Tekken Coins bundles pricing breakdown:

As far as other items go, you can pick up things like avatar costumes, which also cost 400 Tekken Coins each, as well as firework emotes for your avatar. The emotes cost between 50 and 100 coins each, and though that does seem very affordable, it’s worth noting that the emotes currently available in the store have a limit to how many times you can use them — which might rub some fans the wrong way.

For 50 or 100 Tekken Coins (depending on the color fireworks you buy), you’ll get 10 uses out of the emote you purchase. That’s certainly not ideal and might be looked at as exploitive by some, but considering that the biggest offense we can see the Tekken Shop committing right now involves emotes, it seems like overall things are pretty good here.

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The developers behind Tekken 8 recently noted that these in-game purchases with real money aren’t meant to be money makers just for the sake of being money makers. Instead, the funds earned from purchases like this are being rolled back into the development of the game so that the team can develop and offer things like free modes down the road to keep the game fresh for the long haul.