Vote On Whether Resident Evil 5's New Content Should Be DLC Or In A New Box

31 Comments Posted October 5, 2009 - By Patrick Klepek

Vote On Whether Resident Evil 5's New Content Should Be DLC Or In A New Box

The additional content announced for Resident Evil 5: Alternate Edition at Tokyo Game Show, which has Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine teaming up for a prologue mission against archenemy Albert Wesker, is coming to both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. In Japan, Capcom will be issuing a brand-new box with the additional content , but no decision has been made for over here. Why? Because Capcom isn't sure whether it should release a new package or downloadable content.

"Bsed on the success of the RE5 'Versus' downloadable content, as well as digital-only titles like Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and Marvel VS Capcom 2," said Capcom head of public relations Chris Kramer on the Unity blog, "we know that the demand for DLC in the west is huge. More and more, gamers in North America and Europe want content immediately and are less inclined to be tied to boxes and packages."

In a freshingly honest move, Capcom is asking gamers to vote on its website. It's unclear how much influence the vote will have on the overall decision, but given Capcom USA's embracing of digital distribution in the past, if an overwhelming amount of gamers would like to purchase the content through a download service, it seems likely to happen.

The company did pull a similar move with Bionic Commando Rearmed, asking gamers to vote for what price they would pay for the downloadable remake. Capcom picked the price gamers voted for.

"Once we get it all sorted, we'll report back with an official announcement," said Kramer.

Go vote!

Tags: PC Gaming, PlayStation 3, Videogames, Xbox 360

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X02

It should be both as a download and as physical media. The former is good for people who want access to and want to play it immediately or don't want to further their houses and apartments with more 'stuff.' As for releasing it it stores, they should. There are a lot of people who don't have access to nor play online and it wouldn't be profitable (or downright neighborly) to alienate that part of their audience.

Posted: October 5, 2009 3:02 PM | Reply | Report

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RRODisBack Show Hide(15 Replies)

I blame M$ with their ODST $60 scam for this.

Posted: October 5, 2009 3:03 PM | Reply | Report

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ProudFilipino

DLC Plz

Posted: October 5, 2009 3:11 PM | Reply | Report

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backerman

Better be DLC.

Posted: October 5, 2009 3:21 PM | Reply | Report

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Blue_Vortex

I agree with X02

Posted: October 5, 2009 3:25 PM | Reply | Report

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Blue22

Do like Fallout 3 did, Put out both and call the disk "Game of the Year" if money is not an issue

Posted: October 5, 2009 3:26 PM | Reply | Report

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ShadowAssassin88

DLC would be best I think.

Not really worth the waste of a case, pretty cover art, CD, and annoying plastic warp stuff that comes with it just to add one mission and other small add-ons for the already existing game.

Posted: October 5, 2009 3:30 PM | Reply | Report

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ThaSaltShaker

I hate you Capcom. I'm never buying another resident evil game again!

Posted: October 5, 2009 3:30 PM | Reply | Report

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IcemanMX

@Blue22;

That's going to be kind of hard to do considering that RE5 is nowhere near "Game of the Year" contention.

I think your suggestion is a good one, but they may have to call it "Special Edition" instead of "GOTY Edition."

Seriously, what self-respecting (and unbiased) gamer is going to name RE5 game of the year?

-M

Posted: October 5, 2009 4:17 PM | Reply | Report

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batmanboy11

I voted for the DLC option because I would like new content but I don't really want to pay $60 to get it.

Posted: October 5, 2009 4:23 PM | Reply | Report

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JTHMROCKS

I could really care less. I bought versus because a friend persuaded me too. We played it for one day. Waste of money.

Posted: October 5, 2009 4:28 PM | Reply | Report

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Bulbachar

I already sold my RE5 game. After what they did with selling us content that was already on the disc, I doubt I ll buy another Capcom game for a while.

Posted: October 5, 2009 4:29 PM | Reply | Report

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ninerfan209

DLC? Lets talk about fixing this garbage game RE5. Up to this point I was always a huge RE fan. RE5 absolutley killed it for me. I wanna know how it ends just not waste the time to actually play it.

Posted: October 5, 2009 4:49 PM | Reply | Report

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ZombiekingX

I vote for a new RE, 5 was just terrible.

Posted: October 5, 2009 5:37 PM | Reply | Report

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DPsx7

I don't have the game yet, I'm waiting for a used copy. Anyway it all depends on how much content there is. I'll always prefer a disc copy so anyone wanting DLC is wrong. Discs are far better. If it's small then DLC is ok because the media costs more than the game itself. On the other hand if it's large it'll eat tons of disk space.

Posted: October 5, 2009 6:02 PM | Reply | Report

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Live2Game_Game2Live

Im on the middle side with having it as DLC. If the reviews are good I will DLC it because I like the lazy factor. If the DLC is bad its still DLC = DontLikeContent. RE6 = Bring back the real zombies PLEASE. I dont like the ones that can talk and work.

Posted: October 5, 2009 6:10 PM | Reply | Report

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masterps3

Aw sick another edition to a game I've already beaten....I'm ganne wait about a year before I buy any game now.

Posted: October 5, 2009 6:15 PM | Reply | Report

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StrongestSaiyan

What I'm wondering is just how much new content there is and what the price on a new box would be. Full price would be ridiculous from what has been mentioned, and so far there doesn't seem to be enough to warrant buying the game over. From just what I've read I'd have to go with DLC.

Posted: October 5, 2009 6:28 PM | Reply | Report

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fluttzie

were is the option to add the new content to RE6 in stead of adding it to RE5? i would much rather have a sequel then having to pay for an already released game with a couple add ons. and this way we don't have to download anything and waste hard drive space. It's a Win Win solution!

Posted: October 5, 2009 7:04 PM | Reply | Report

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residenteviljill10

DLC and no motion sensor crap

Posted: October 5, 2009 7:41 PM | Reply | Report

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