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Capcom Claims Resident Evil 5 Versus Mode Is Not A Key

The code for Resident Evil 5's versus mode feature is small, tiny for two competitive online modes. Seeing a 1.8MB file for Xbox 360 owners and a 351KB download on the PS3 led to discussion that the versus mode was not a new feature with its own budget as a Capcom previously commented.

Capcom Vice President Christian Svensson stands his ground and says, "Keys are 100K or less. It is not a key. We have said in the past, it uses assets from the disc (like levels, models, audio, etc.) but the code is new and does not exist on the disc."

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Dragun6196260d ago

So basically what your trying to tell me Capcom is that the content is there on the disc (like levels, models, audio, etc.) but the code is not? ...351KB to 1.8mb code and you couldn't release it as an update or a patch since you (Capcom) said the content is already on the disk?

Everywhere you look at it, it looks like a key to me.Seriously, all it does is reorganizes the content on the disk, set players pinned against each other, and places the Versus option in the main menu.
Heck maybe its already organized and they just needed to code up the menu for Versus which is reasonable as the DLC is 351kb to 1.8mb.

Capcom needs to stop with this DLC nonsense, I didn't see Activision charge for Zombie multiplayer mode even though they could have charged it as a DLC, they didn't, even Epic who released their 1gb Titian DlC pack for UT3, They released it for FREE. Seriously, And Street Fighter 4, WTF is up with charging me $4 for a key to unlock a Costume pack that is already on the disk...What the heck happened to just unlocking it for free by beating the game or something.
Capcom needs to revise their stragety on DLC and make Real DLC such as GTA4 Lost and The Dammed and Little Big Planet's MGS Paintinator Pack.

Bnet3436260d ago

If the assets are on the disc, then why the phuck charge for it? It's not like it cost money to make the Versus Mode unless you gotta pay the whole team to write a code which they didn't. Jesus christ what a bunch of morons. Phuck this man, I'm changing my avatar.

solidjun56260d ago (Edited 6260d ago )

Christian Svensson is full of bull-caca. Always has been and will continue to talk bull-caca from his mouth...errr...fingers.

"...it uses assets from the disc (like levels, models, audio, etc.) but the code is new and does not exist on the disc."

Ummmm...so the assets are on the disc and the code used is the "Key Code"? Hmmmm...that explains everything. EUREKA!!!

I think Svensson believes we are absolutely retarded.

KRUSSIDULL6259d ago

Christian Svensson sound swedish is this guy swedish OMG its so embarasing :(

KenAdamsNSA6259d ago

Maybe if you guys knew anything about code you would understand that 1.86MB is perfectly appropriate for the amount of stuff actually added. If you don't like the DLC, don't buy it. I agree that the "above and beyond the initial scope" quote was a bit lame, but Capcom did not withhold the content from launch OR create an unlock key for Versus mode.

Think about Microsoft's certification process, which takes a few weeks, as well as QA, which are both checks that basically ensure that the code doesn't break the game. You guys are making way too big a deal out of this. This isn't overpriced horse armor. This isn't even a $10 mode. It's a measly $5 for a different mode that Resident Evil has historically never been known for including. If you guys are all dissing Versus mode anyway (even though you've never played it and it's actually pretty damn fun), shouldn't this not even matter to you? You guys are really making a huge fuss over something that "sucks"?

What a joke.

IaMs126259d ago

Dude for one that should not count as DLC at all. If they wanted DLC they should have added new maps and other modes along in a big pack with versus mode on it, then that would be DLC. Not just the coding to turn it on, and show a menu, its ridiculous. Sorry MS but your DLC is not the future give us FULL games, and DLC should be EXTRA stuff like the Fallout 3 stuff or map packs ill settle for.

pixelsword6258d ago

...It's a key and probably tracking software.

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LONEWOLF2316260d ago

lol, you took the words out of my mouth....lol

So yeah, you me and everyone else can smell the BS from 1000 miles away.

yz2506260d ago

now that i am in this thread let me put on my timberlands, because i don't want to step into all this bullsh1t with my sock feet :)

noprin6259d ago

is capcom joking with us?

Kain816260d ago

Capcom you cant fool the customers like this

RareNimbus6260d ago

Capcom can't fool the customers like that. bullshit!!!

Darkiewonder6260d ago

So basically they were just finishing up the game now and making us pay 5 dollars more for the mode? nice one Capcom.

jay26260d ago

Someone needs to hack a disc, read the code and find out for us.

RareNimbus6260d ago

"someone needs to hack a disc"

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Best Selling Resident Evil Games US Revealed by Circana Data

Circana data shows Resident Evil 5 as the best selling Resident Evil game in the US, ahead of Resident Evil 4 remake and Village.

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SimpleDad91d ago

So the most successful RE is the one where a white man is killing Africans.
This can't be real.

bryght90d ago

i love resident evil from 2006

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Insider Reveals Cancelled Resident Evil Projects, Denies RE5 Remake

New leaks from Dusk Golem detail cancelled Resident Evil projects, including a Rebecca focused Revelations game, while stating no Resident Evil 5 remake is in development.

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__y2jb106d ago

Capcom's willingness to invest in experiments and scrap them sets them apart form many other developers (Nintendo have a similar methodology). Far too often companies push a game setting or game mechanic that is just not that good and the final product is middling or poor.

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No Resident Evil 5 Remake Announcement This Year as Code Veronica Remake Is Scheduled Next

Dusk Golem claims a Resident Evil 5 remake is not coming this year, with a Code Veronica remake expected instead.

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Neonridr130d ago

I mean 0, 1 and Code Veronica should be way before we get into 5 or 6.

Darkseeker130d ago

5 and 6 are so bad that even Capcom want to pretend they don't exist.

Levii_92130d ago

Dude Code Veronica is bad too but RE5 and 6 were mega successful and to me it makes much more sense for Capcom to do them instead. Nobody cares about Code Veronica except niche fixed camera era RE fans, i bet most modern RE fans probably don't know Code Veronica even exists. Based on all that i don't believe CV remake is coming but we will see i guess.

MehmetAlperTR130d ago (Edited 130d ago )

Actually RE5-6 was not Classic RE game.. They are not even Survival Horror game.. They are just an action game with coop and named by RE... And for me RE Code Veronica was masterpiece.. I remembered the first time i played it in Dreamcast.. It was absouletly excellent game. And specially for RE6.. I was quit from game after the camera shakes when Leon's kick to zombies.. There's a video about RE6 and they are telling the truth about that shitty game https://www.youtube.com/wat... here it is.. Enjoy it..

Neonridr130d ago

people are DYING for a Code Veronica Remake. Not sure who you are talking to, but the die-hard RE fans of the series are very familiar with every entry. That's what it means to be called a die-hard fan.

neutralgamer1992130d ago

Levii

I am sure If they were to remake CV that it 2ont have fixed camera angle. I hope whatever they do they take their time like RE2/4 remakes and not rushed with cut content like RE3 remake

Before they should do RE5 they should go back and remake earlier games. In a perfect scenario we would get CV and RE/Zero before RE5/6

Tapani129d ago

Code Veronica on Dreamcast was absolutely AWESOME.

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LucasRuinedChildhood130d ago (Edited 130d ago )

It makes more sense for them to remake earlier games like Code Veronica. RE5 is a good game though - it's not THAT different from RE4.

RE5 just doesn't really need to remade in general. The co-op element makes it tricky - you'd probably add more moments where Chris is by himself enhance the horror but some would want co-op to stay.

thesoftware730130d ago

RE:5 Was and still is a great game, with hands down the best Merc mode, that I still play from time to time with my brother.

RE:6 blah, I agree, it was awful.

Redgrave130d ago

Other than Code Veronica, 6 is the one ai want to see remade the most only because pretty much everything has to be redone; can't streamline that hot mess.

DarXyde129d ago

6 was pretty bad. 5 just tried too hard in being an action-oriented RE4.

In some fairness to Capcom, 5 was the first Resident Evil on then-new hardware for them (X360 and PS3). And it was pretty damn hard to follow up RE4.

Imagine everyone's surprise when EA of all companies dropped Dead Space.

Alos88129d ago

The first half of 5 wouldn't be too hard to do in the more grounded style the remakes have gone for, but the second half gets pretty silly and uncomfortable at parts.
6 is a wash. You'd have to basically make a whole new game to salvage that one at this point.

__y2jb129d ago

6 is garbage. 5 is excellent.

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_Decadent_Descent130d ago

Hopefully if and when they do a RE5 remake, they give it the RE3 remake treatment, because this is certainly one title that I don't want a faithful remake of.

gerbintosh130d ago

I need a Parasite Eve remake

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