Moonsault Slayer@VolSkimmer
Tekken 8 Producer Michael Murray explains how DLCs are selected while stressing that popularity is so much more than "if this post gets 100 upvotes they'll add Dr Bosconovich back"
"One character might be very popular with people who draw fan art or cosplay, but we really want people to also actually pick up the character. For example, Lei Wulong, a very popular staple of the franchise and everyone's like, we need Lei to make it a proper Tekken, but did people actually play Lei when he was in the game? Not so much. So please, I'm not saying Lei is never going to be in Tekken 8. That's not the point. It's one thing that we do have to consider is of course people will be happy when they're in the game. We really prefer it when the character has an audience of players that actually use the character when they're added. My mind's not made up on Lei, again, on the record”