The Resident Evil 2 remake has finally been revealed at E3 and people couldn’t be happier to see fan favourites Leon S Kennedy and Claire Redfield back in action in one of the best survival horror games of all time.
I’ll admit I was personally worried about this game after Resident Evil VII released last year and for good reason, with the drastic move to first person and things within the game not feeling like a classic Resident Evil game, although better then the stuff we got in Resident Evil 6, I was worried the game would impact the development of the remake. Thankfully after seeing Resident Evil 2 in action it’s clear that this isn’t the case and the game looks like a true evolution of the franchise completely updated for 2018, or 2019 when the game finally releases on January the 25th next year. This has shown me something I already knew and I would personally argue to the high heavens about when it came to Resident Evil VII, that Capcom are quite capable of making a Resident Evil game in this day and age which feels like a true sequel to the old classic games we all know and love. You might think I’m hoping the success of the Resident Evil 2 remake early next year will impact the development of Resident Evil VIII so they can ditch first person and make a true looking sequel, however at this point it’s not that easy.
It’s clear that the success of Resident Evil VII has split the fan base and even brought in new fans that never liked what Resident Evil was before the change in perspective. At this point, despite my own personal feelings on Resident Evil VII, it would be selfish of me to want changes that could possibly upset new fans of the franchise. Ultimately it seems like we are at a stalemate and Capcom won’t be able to please everyone, where the selfish part of me would just like them to take the new first person changes and apply them into another horror IP, I mean old fans were here first right? The more open minded part of me would like them to at least give players the choice between the two perspectives. It’s a hard choice at the end of the day and we all know that when a developer tries to please both audiences it can go horribly wrong resulting in everyone being disappointed.
So what can Capcom do? It seems to me that the answer is right in the front of them and is something they have already been working towards, a concept 16 years in the making, going back to the first Resident Evil Remake released in 2002. Back then the remake of Resident Evil didn’t just give the game a new lick of paint or improved on little tweaks to make the game run better, Capcom served up an expanded version of the original game. New areas were added, changed puzzles to keep the game fresh and even an expanded upon lore which brought in Lisa Trevor, a new enemy within the game, along with back stories on her father’s involvement with the mansions construction. Whether you see it or not Capcom essentially created a new timeline or altered Universe parallel to the original games and with the remake to Resident Evil 2 it seems they’ll be continuing on from that.
There’s never been full confirmation by Capcom that the games set after the remakes were based on their timeline; we all just assume that games like Resident Evil 4 or 5 for example follow on from the original games. The Leon S Kennedy in Resident Evil 4 is the same version we saw in the original Resident Evil 2 or the Chris Redfield from Resident Evil 5 is the same character from the original Resident Evil, not the remakes. This opens up the possibility that Capcom can officially separate the two timelines where the remake versions can be taken in a new direction if they choose to do so and in turn this could actually be used to please both audiences. The original timeline could continue to go first person with Resident Evil VIII while the remake timeline can stick to the old classic, third person Resident Evil formula cherished by older fans.
Think about it for a minute, with the first remake it was self contained, the changes didn’t affect anything else found in the original Resident Evil 2 and so on because it was self contained within the mansion but with the upcoming changes found in the Resident Evil 2 remake they could end up contradicting things we saw in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis considering they both take place in Raccoon City during the same time frame. When Capcom finally remake Resident Evil 3, and they will let’s be honest, they will most likely correct inconsistencies they made during the Resident Evil 2 remake and I’m sure there will be moments during Resident Evil 2 where we’ll scratch our heads and think things like “but this didn’t happen in Resident Evil 3” or “I wonder why Jill and Carlos didn’t come across this?” but it won’t matter once the Resident Evil 3 remake comes out as Capcom will have fixed these issues to make Resident Evil 3 fall into the altered story created in the Resident Evil 2 remake.
So where does this leave us in the future? Will Leon still end up in a rural part of Spain to save the President’s daughter while fighting off cultists that are infected by a mind controlling parasite? Honestly who knows but if Capcom want to successfully utilise the new Universe they’ve created to its full potential then the best thing they can do is to fix any mistakes that sent the series down into its downfall. Now don’t get me wrong Resident Evil 4 is one of the best games I’ve played and is fantastic addition to the franchise but the introduction of the Las Plagas did not help the future of the series as they moved further away from normal Zombies to fully aware enemies that could use guns. Personally if it was up to me I would do Code Veronica for Resident Evil 4 but instead of Leon telling Chris where his sister is to save her Leon decides to do it himself. It would be a pretty good move for the future of the series as the Las Plagas would have been dropped, the third person survival horror experience would still intact and the best thing of all that Wesker would still be alive and didn’t die in a stupid volcano while steroid Chris punches boulders. Not to mention Jill or the original surviving STARS not having a part in Weskers death but instead a new character like Sheva who has no history with him. I could go on about Resident Evil 5s problems but that’s a story for another day.
So in conclusion to this blog post, if Capcom want to be smart about this and want to please both audiences they have amassed over the year’s then maybe making the Resident Evil remake games a separate Universe from the originals is not a bad idea. Both third person and first person Resident Evil fans could then be pleased in the upcoming years and everyone will then have something to look forward to. It’s a great opportunity and it would be a sad site to see Capcom not pick up on it.
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re-evaluating exclusivity 💀
PS players will need to go back to pretending to dislike Xbox games
Or meaning since it’s doing so good they might just do everything day 1.
They didnt say re-evaluating their multiplatform approach.
🤣🤣🤣 Xbox is so dead. I know you scared🤣🫵ӿ 97;
Even when the topic is strictly Xbox he can't stop talking about PlayStation. Xbox has basically become the hate of PlayStation... and not much else.
Hurt over video games 🤣🤣
Lmao we all grew and got jobs but apparently you stayed home broke 🤣🤣.
Man I love loyal dogs like you. MS kicked Spit and slapped you around but you still come back on all 4s.
Good little boy 🤣🤣
My only question is what games are PlayStation gamers gonna play now? They don’t really come out with new games anymore. I’m looking forward to wolverine, but after that then what?
Lmao
There’s no way after everything it’s going back, the damage is done
What you are seeing now is the new management telling what the core fanbase (aka…you) want to hear so they are pumped full of hope and are more likely to invest in the next Xbox console
When Phil took over after the awful Xbox One reveal he did the same thing, he told people what they wanted to hear for damage control.
It’s crazy people are getting suckered into this again.
FWIW..... wasn't the new management speaking to the other staff.... not so much us (regular folk)?
And you'll now go back to again thinking exclusives suddenly matter, that multiplatform is no longer the future, or that revenue from multiplatforms doesn't matter, like all you flop flopping xbox grifters lol.
The whole post just sounds like the previous phil corpo slop talk to me, whole thing reads like a nothing burger lol.
“re-evaluating exclusivity”
She also said this.
“The model that got us here won’t be the one that takes us forward.”
I don't know if they have a model anymore it's flipped so many times since the xbox one reveal
There's a bunch just like him but that's what happens when some rely on dreams, hope and wishful thinking. lol
"pretending"? Bro gears hasnt broke 1mil on ps5, and starfield hasn't passed 200k, Hellblade 2 was even stated to be a financial disappointment in sales on its own console, let alone ps5. Im not saying people don't like them, but they certainly aren't setting the community on fire, Forza may be different tho
Xbawx is ''re-evaluating exclusivity''... Translation: After throwing all sort of crap to the wall to see if something sticks but clearly nothing worked, we, including our lord ''in charge'' Phil came to the conclusion that exclusives indeed do matter so please forget if we ever said otherwise.
Yup, I feel it in my gut, next gen belongs to xbox, PS6 is cooked...
Someone can’t sleep after those 5 million forza games PURCHASED by PlayStation owners🤣 🧌 💥
Well with the decreased price of gamespass even with cod off it there is no way it is profitable given the cost of making their 1st party games (not if you actually include that cost in gamespass costs which they typically dont but should) they will just make a loss without the sales on
If they go back to exclusive games it at least shows that they are finally getting it. They would be turning down immediate money for something that will potentially workout in the long term.
Only issue is they've already opened Pandora's box. A lot of their base has moved to PC or jumped to PS. So will be a long road to get back on track.
We have been saying this from day one exclusives are a must if you are going to be selling hardware look at Nintendo and Sony before Jim Ryan. That's the proven formula. You had some that were deluded and blinded by loyalty accepting that multiplat was the future and that MS was merely getting ahead of where the industry was headed, but at least they can finally see the light and agree with what everyone has been saying for a decade+
True, blame it on the rabid fanboys. MS can do no wrong and spinner this multiplatform move. While the actual fans moved on.
I feel like with the new Xbox coming they are hoping to bring back those old fans and then if it goes well. Bring back exclusives.
If the new console is performing like series x and one. Naw they staying multiplatform.
Actual fans dont move on... they can add to their hobby while waiting for the next new release. If you believe what you typed then I guess PS fans moved on too.... you know, since its been a Sahara for 1st party games this gen.
Funny world where Sony is pro consumer and Xbox is not? At least according to what you loyalists have been saying all this time 🤭
@itveds For how many years have you been doing this sad stuff? For how many years have you been creating fake accounts to troll? For how many years have you always been cl vnn
Pathetic incels with nothing better to do than argue over a box... Because they don't have any good games to play on theirs, obviously. If your precious box is so special, why don't you shut the fuck up and go play it?
I think it's too late, xbox sales were diving even before ABK, they got even worse since then even long before the full multiplatform push. I'd be surprised if they even went back to timed exclusivity at this point, Helix is basically a PC and is going to be expensive, they already struggle to sell cheaper xbox consoles, it will be low volume and they'll have a very small 'console' base to sell to, which has already been conditioned to just play via gamepass anyway.
I don't see them removing PC from the equation. Considering MS has a heavy enough investment in the PC market, it would be foolish to abandon them. I could see them taking away games from PlayStation or ensuring they are timed exclusives at the very least. Say what you will but if Call of Duty ends up becoming a timed exclusive to Xbox machines, that would hurt PlayStation, don't pretend like those games don't sell millions.
They would lose out on a lot of CoD sales tho. Doesn't PS make up most of the sales?
Their lifeline of solely the Xbox consoles is dry. Good-Great games on a 1st party scale can't be made at a loss so willingly - sent to the Xbox to only sell limited copies.
They invested billions scooping up studios and need to start making returns.
Sucks that nearly every company is publicly traded and have to be so shareholder biased but that's how it is.
Their words are strong but it'll take time to see what their actions accomplish. Lowering the cost of Game Pass and taking CoD off of it was a good clear start.
More like, allot of their base just played game pass. So now they need to encourage them to start buying again.
Despite all of that, it's clear that Microsoft's Xbox division is broken beyond repair.
PlayStation is currently draining money on flop after flop. It's Sony that needs to re-evaluate their strategy
Wonder how much money was lost on perfect dark, hellbalde 2, 300 million lost revenue
by putting cod on gamepass. The recent Jason schrier news that Xbox has cancelled dozens of projects, spent 70 billion just to see Xbox sales further collapse and gamepass see little growth.
The fact is this has been PlayStation's most profitable generation and they are making loads of money and selling plenty of consoles and games. While MS won't give you any sales figures or profit numbers for Xbox, says it all really.
It isnt. But I dont think they mean in 'games', rather, footprint.
They own the OS but as far as gaming is concerned, Steam dominate. I imagine the VAST majority of people who use the Xbox app/launcher are PC gamepass subs. No ones buying their 3rd party PC games through Xbox PC.
Insider Gaming writes: "Marathon was one of the best-selling video games in March 2026 in the United States. On Wednesday, Circna released the best-selling games of the month, and it featured six new releases along with two games returning to the top 20 after previously falling out."
Is it April fools day again?
The game is dead.
EDIT: the numbers are fudged. “digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox weren’t included in the data”
well it's not on Switch / Switch 2.. so their number would be zero.
The game had a decent launch however the userbase numbers are dwindling on Steam.
“ Is it April fools day again?
The game is dead.
EDIT: the numbers are fudged. “digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox weren’t included in the data”
Does it hurt you to hear a SONY game was BEST selling ?
You gotta let go of those OBCURED feelings 🤷🏿
I mean the only reason MLB was the best selling title was because it was multi-platform. Likewise with Marathon. Will ring true for MS games. Only Nintendo titles are truly flexing their muscles when they chart as they are only to be found there.
It's kinda funny how this Obscure guy lives rent-free in your head. lol
Does Phil also live there?
It's kinda funny how this Obscure guy lives rent-free in your head. lol
Does Phil also live there?
I’m sorry did you wrote something smart ?
Or are you trying to to be funny because you failed at both
Now kid run to mommy legs the grown ups are talking.
Don’t bother writing anything I will not respond to a bratty child like you
Yeah sure, yet the player count is no where near what they want for a AAA game with so much money behind it
Why people are trying to spin this game like it’s done overly amazing is baffling to me.
It won’t even be a blip on peoples radars by the end of the year .
You must me typically wrong cuz those Steam chart numbers (AKA where the game sold the MOST) is less than what Hunt has, and Hunt didn't cost $500 million to make lol
It would be a good opportunity to get Jill back in the timeline, although any kind of confirmation of her whereabouts would be nice. REmake 1 didn't change up the canon in any way though, aside from adding to the history behind Spencer Mansion, which doesn't actually affect subsequent games. I expect this remake will do something similar by expanding on the story elements of the second game, but nothing that will affect RE3 and beyond.