Footage appears online of people in the US playing the Japanese game Resident Evil 7: Cloud Version, revealing some problems with it running on the Switch.
The president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, was in New York this week to sell his company’s big holiday line-up. But there was plenty more to talk about, too.
Why would the head of Nintendo hope for an N64 Classic.
You literally have the power to release one.
The streaming-only version of Capcom’s survival horror hit can only be played via the cloud – but how well does it really work?
I’ve played cloud games on PS Now and it’s a serviceable method of playing games.
I’d rather have a standalone release for the Switch, but hey, its Capcom. Maybe they are just testing the water with this in Japan.
After a surprising reveal just a few days ago, Resident Evil 7 Cloud Version launched on the Japanese eShop this week. It comes with a significant caveat about save data, however. In that the saves are not stored on the system itself, but rather on Capcom's own internal servers.
The issue here is that Capcom is making no promises with regard to this data. The company says that after the 180-day ticket expires, there are no guarantees that saves will be preserved. While that somewhat makes sense, oddly, Capcom also warns that the same even goes during the play period that you’re paying for.
Capcom finds new ways to screw up even when they’re doing alright like it’s a force of habit
Are you serious? Not being able to keep saved progress is absolutely ridiculous. Please don't buy this game. We don't want this mentality to spread.
lol.. could you imagine. The game is in the cloud, but we aren't sure about the save games.. :P
Appears to be only for Residents. Evil.
It's a Japan-only game with servers only in Japan. Obviously the experience is going to be crap for people in the US.
Cloud-based gaming having issues...what a shocker /s
It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that it's a Japan-only release at the moment that requires an internet connection, and therefore probably connects to a server in Japan? Surely that has nothing to do with it...
RENTident Evil 7 LOL! Atleast for Switch owners