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Resident Evil Will Return To Its Roots

Capcom has listened to fan feedback following Resident Evil 6 and knows that the series must return to its roots going forward, even mentioning the possibility of a reboot.

These comments come from Capcom’s Masachika Kawata, a long-term producer on the iconic survival horror series who spoke to IGN in London while discussing his latest project -- bringing last year’s Nintendo 3DS title Resident Evil: Revelations to Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 3 and PC.

DaThreats4095d ago (Edited 4095d ago )

Capcom and SquareEnix listening to their fans?

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Nitrowolf24095d ago

ugh haven't heard that before Capcom. Both these companies are right there when it comes to listening fans and giving them the opposite of what they "listened" to, or at least what we thought what they meant.

viperman2404094d ago

I highly doubt their listening to the fans. It just seems like they are, we have seen time and time again that these companies barley listen to the fanbase.

Only reason it seems like they are, was due to all the backlash and low sales from RE6. Thats capitalism I suppose.

knowyourstuff4094d ago

Capcom isn't smart enough to return to its roots, they have no clue why they were successful or what it is about their winning formula that they've abandoned. If they knew what made past RE games big sellers they would be applying those aspects to current RE games, yet still, RE 2 and 1 are still the top 2 best selling RE games for a single console. RE 5 was at least a competent game when it came to shooting, and had amazing graphics, which is why if you combine the PS3 and 360 sales they actually make RE5 the best selling RE ever at over 8 million copies at just retail.

Capcom just needs to make the game competent again. No more stupid quicktime events, and bad game design decisions like bosses that take no damage until an invisible line has been crossed, or until a random point in time. RE6 had strong initial sales due to fan excitement and hype, and the loyal fanbase, but it still hasn't hit a total 4 million units across all consoles. When your sales are cut in half you need to reflect and realize your game design was crap, and actually listen to the negative reviews, as hard as that is for most people.

Revolver_X_4094d ago

@knowyourstuff

You dont like RE6, fine. You apparently "dont know your stuff." RE6 has sold 4.5mil, not shipped.

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/...

Official numbers provided for investors

Donnieboi4094d ago

Who said anything about Square? They still suck.

Root4095d ago (Edited 4095d ago )

Funny, they said the same thing after RE5...look what happened.

If they reboot the game Chris, Leon, Jill, Barry etc will be gone and never seen again :(

xXBlondieVanHarlowXx4094d ago

Barry has been MIA for a while anyways T_T
I watched RE5(movie) just to see Barry. He was awesome :D

Movie sucked though... badly. Barry shows up while Chris is off in some test tube somewhere. *facepalm*

Pozzle4094d ago

I'm still boggled that the movies have basically turned Wesker into a good guy. Who the hell thought that having Alice, Leon and Wesker team up would be a good idea?

....oh, that's right. Paul W.S. Anderson. D:

Bumpmapping4095d ago

Finally! Now drop the price RE:Revelations and we will forgive you for that atrocity called Resident Evil 6.

ShaunCameron4094d ago

Didn't they announce that RE:R is gonna be $50?

DarkBlood4095d ago

CHRIST IM HAVING A HEART ATTACK THIS CANT BE REAL lol :P

animegamingnerd4094d ago

still gonna have a lot of doubts don't trust crapcom

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Dragon's Dogma 2 continues Capcom's hot streak on Metacritic

Dragon's Dogma 2 continues Capcom's hot streak of favorably reviewed games as the studio lands first on Metacritic's top publishers ranking.

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Capcom Is 'Aware' of Dragon's Dogma 2 Frame Rate Issues on PC

Responding to a query about frame rate problems from IGN, Capcom said in a statement that performance issues on PC may be linked to the heavy amount of CPU demanded from NPCs in the game.

"In Dragon's Dogma 2, a large amount of CPU usage is allocated to each character and dynamically calculates the impact of their physical presence in various environments. In certain situations where numerous characters appear simultaneously, the CPU usage can be very high and may affect the frame rate," a Capcom representative told IGN. "We are aware that in such situations, settings that reduce GPU load may currently have a limited effect; however, we are looking into ways to improve performance in the future."

just_looken28d ago

What a load of bull there blaming the npc load for there poor performance? the new hitman games has way more going on beyond that they are saying any pc cpu is not powerful enough?

In the article it is also stated a ign reviewr got motion sickness playing ps5/pc version but still enjoyed it? like wow if that was me i would knock it down alot and asked for a patch asap.

So those about to play thank denuvo get a barf bucket if your on pc play 720p because like cites skyline its going to be a unoptimized cpu mess.

Man those on series s/steam deck/rog ally rip :(

just_looken28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Just putting up a pcgamer review

"its janky has bugs poor performance need lots of updates 89/100"
https://youtu.be/WKjZKfAivh...

Gameing bolt unstable frame rate rate below 30fps but that is great??????
https://youtu.be/s9rnh2250X...

Man have we dropped that quality bar for acceptable performance/optimization

a person's view on performance using a high end pc
https://youtu.be/nL9EvGTPbA...

andy8528d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Am I hearing that right, that reviewer with a 4090 is getting drops into the 20s when there's several NPC on screen. Sorry but there's zero excuse for that. BG3 had hundreds at a time on screen and that's a pretty game. What an absolute piss poor engine

just_looken28d ago

@andy

Yes the is correct but every review is giving it a past and or saying that its great that the performance is like the first ps3/xbox one game.

2012 20-30fps 2024 20-30fps dragons dogma keeping things the same reviewers like that apparently

just_looken28d ago

IGN put up a video showing the 4090 struggling aswell as console performance all versions are like the first game with fps issues.Remember dlss 3.0 can almost double your fps like that cyber punk video so without dlss on your looking at 30fps on the most powerful gpu that is out right now.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Cacabunga28d ago

Capcom where is Deep Down???

Tapani28d ago

@andy85 At launch BG3 dropped to under 30fps at the final chapter on 4090. I played the game at launch and had that experience. And that was with a 5800X3D. Everything watercooled and fine-tuned CPU/GPU and memory at 32GB with good timings, and a fast SSD etc.

just_looken28d ago

@tapani

I am sorry are we comparing a AA game with a small budget with alot going on 24/7 to a AAA game funded buy the billion dollar capcom?

You are right yes but that was patched and that team loves there community but if the first dogma said anything we should expect a patch or 2 but that is it.

andy8527d ago

@Tapani indeed but that was hundreds of NPCs. Not a few. It's piss poor

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lellkay28d ago

Can they be aware of the need for 60fps on consoles plz

just_looken28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Oh no kidding that "pro" model better have a 60fps mode.

But that ps5 pro PSSR will no doubt be a hold back as i see very few devs make a fsr/dlss/pssr game like really sony why did you spend millions to make upscale tech on the 6800 when amd already has fsr 3.0 just sitting there.

I remember the ps4 pro patches that dwindle over time yes new games had the modes but they were not standard and that was without the base ps4 using another upscale tech.

Edit:

In tldr form devs now make fsr upscale for ps5/xbox PSSR upscale tech on ps5 pro game then dlss/fsr upscale tech pc version and we also have intels xess just insane workload

Eonjay28d ago

'Oh no kidding that "pro" model better have a 60fps mode.'

Perhaps but only if Capcom addresses the issues first. substantially more powerful hardware is struggling.

Furesis28d ago

I mean it's not helping but this is something more than that. Plenty of games with denuvo that work fine

just_looken28d ago

That could be also taxing for sure sense the ps5 also supports that dreadful drm

This is also running off the RE engine remember those re vids with the denuvo drm on/off

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MrDead28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Project Zomboid a simple looking isometric game has a similar problem as the Zombies are CPU heavy. If this is the issue GPU tweeks won't do anything, you need less calculations per NPC or more static NPCs

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH28d ago

Well that’s just great…looks like I’ll be holding off on buying this on PC until it’s fixed. If I wanted low frame rates I’d just buy it in console smh…

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Capcom Boosts Starting Salaries in Japan by Over 25%

Capcom Boosts Starting Salaries in Japan by Over 25%! Strategic move to attract top talent and align with industry trends amid economic inflation.

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rlow142d ago

Well there is a lot of laid off talent out there. Very smart of them to target that. Plus if it’s in Japan, that’s a great place to live.

aaronaton42d ago

"Won't someone think of the shareholders!!" wwwaaaahhh

Eonjay42d ago

It funny with this news, their stock price took a small hit. But you know what... thats like too damn bad. We have to stop letting shareholders run the industry into the ground.

FinalFantasyFanatic41d ago

Seriously, you have to spend money to make money, I think some companies and share holders forget that, If you don't pay enough, you can't attract the best talent, or possibly even enough staff for the company to function properly.

Eonjay42d ago

I really approve of Capcom for doing this and will show my appreciation by supporting them. There are a few Capcom games I need to get... and this includes Dragon's Dogma 2. Support companies that support the people working in the industry over shareholders! REMEMBER: Shareholder's don't make games!

Darkegg41d ago

25% sounds like a lot, but it's from $1,560 to $2000 per month. That's $24,000 a year. Unless u became a monk, that is below poverty line.