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Capcom Defends Priced Resident Evil 5 DLC

by Nick Breckon, Mar 13, 2009 11:30am PDT

Following backlash from fans, Capcom has defended its decision to put a price on two upcoming competitive multiplayer modes for the just-released Resident Evil 5.

The modes, Slayer's Rule and Survivor's Rule, will enable four-player Versus multiplayer in the game for $4.99, or 400 Microsoft Points.

Because the DLC will be released within the next few weeks, and appears to not include any content beyond the modes themselves, fans have argued that the pack should be free--as in the case of the free patch enabling online functionality to the existing Mercenaries mode.

"Although Versus mode makes use of the assets that exist in the game, the functionality is not currently in the game and is above and beyond the initial scope of Resident Evil 5," said Capcom to CVG.

"We have never included a Versus mode in Resident Evil before, and as well as the costs of development of the feature, there's also additional bandwidth costs associated with it," the company added.

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all this discussion is a mute point. people will vote with there money. im glad they made co-op merc mode free. the days of getting free mods and add-ons for your games(pc gamers) are gone. deal with it. it cost money to make games for triple A titles. people think software development is easy or something. its not, and RE5 is an acheavment in software development.

Now complaints about certain gameplay issues (turret fight giant, being attacked by tons of melee and ranged units in an open area, etc) are well founded but are over blown. These types of issues are no stranger to the RE series, but they are ALL still great games. Well title series at least. They can't all be the awesomeness of RE2 or RE4.

Mar 16, 2009 10:29am PDT

all this discussion is a mute point. people will vote with there money. im glad they made co-op merc mo... : deathagent2001

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Man, the japanese sure are clueless when it comes to DLC. And their games are turning into rubbish too. How the world has changed.

Mar 13, 2009 12:07pm PDT

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all this dlc bullshit is fucked up.
fuck you capcom.
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Mar 15, 2009 10:52pm PDT

all this dlc bullshit is fucked up. fuck you capcom. ....................../´¯/) .................... : bluesteele

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By: BaronVonSnakPak x Show Full Post

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i dont care about dlc, what i care about is a patch that fixes sheva.

Mar 15, 2009 1:42pm PDT

i dont care about dlc, what i care about is a patch that fixes sheva. : BaronVonSnakPak

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complaining is a waste of time. show capcom how you feel by not buying the damn thing. theyll get the message.

Mar 14, 2009 12:15pm PDT

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complaining is a waste of time. show capcom how you feel by not buying the damn thing. theyll get the mes... : jarek99
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- im not buying RE5 until it hits the bargain bin and will probably buy it used. I didnt like the demo ... : X-GOUKI

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completely awesome how they say it wasn't an intended update but yet there is an achievement already in the game for killing your most (something or other) enemy. GG!

Mar 15, 2009 12:07pm PDT

completely awesome how they say it wasn't an intended update but yet there is an achievement already in ... : angel5465

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Just hope they don't pull another move like they did with Steel Battalion's campaign servers. One day upped and decided they didn't want to run them anymore and shut them down :(

I miss that game and the 40 button 2 joystick 3 pedal monstrosity of a controller.

Mar 15, 2009 11:45am PDT

Just hope they don't pull another move like they did with Steel Battalion's campaign servers. One day upp... : clawz

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You just KNOW they're going to pull this shit with SFIV's tournament mode.

Mar 14, 2009 4:15am PDT

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You just KNOW they're going to pull this shit with SFIV's tournament mode. : tohm82
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- Well they said it was going to be free but I would put it past them. It still chaps my ass that they rele... : mc-fine

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How come people aren't more concerned with what a fucking joke a deathmatch in RE must be? What with trudging around and stopping to shoot and taking turns flailing with your knife.

Mar 14, 2009 7:11am PDT

How come people aren't more concerned with what a fucking joke a deathmatch in RE must be? What with tru... : badspot

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By: Makenxero x Show Full Post

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You guy can whine about this sort of thing all you want, but like it or not the market supporting it. For every one of you, there's probably 20 or more people who will buy it without question.

Mar 13, 2009 11:55am PDT

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  - And yet many PS3 and Wii owners would pay, if only they could, to get a similar service. I know I would*.... : nudel
  - you are right, BUT unlike pc gaming, consoles have not had years and years worth of free add-on via patch... : X-GOUKI

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By: Iwannaacura x Show Full Post

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Look at all the bullshit with Megaman.

I couldn't imagine what kind of crap they would do if a MarvelvCapcom 3 ever came out.

Mar 13, 2009 11:44am PDT

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Look at all the bullshit with Megaman. I couldn't imagine what kind of crap they would do if a Marvelv... : Iwannaacura
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  LOL.. the truth hurts. Capcom are really taking us for mugs. The problem is, there are too many mugs. : devilhood
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    I can see them selling characters and pricing them based on balance tier (War Machine = $5, Morrigan = $4... : SabinRaijin
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These guys charged for Difficulty Levels in megaman 9. Clearly, they must think anything can have a price tag.

Mar 13, 2009 12:06pm PDT

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When games like Gears of War 2, Call of Duty: World at War, and GTA 4 provide single-player, co-op, and multiplayer without charging extra, I'd say that the bar has been raised for what players expect to get when they pay $60 for a game. Capcom's justification doesn't cut it.

When I hear weak excuses like this for charging extra for game modes or content that should have been included in the game (especially right after the game is released), then it just makes me more determined to wait for the retail price of the game to drop before I buy it. RE5 isn't even getting stellar reviews, so why shouldn't I wait for the price of the game to drop to $30 or so before I buy it?

Mar 13, 2009 12:10pm PDT

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      So if they make it they should give it away free but if they don't bother making it at all then that's ok... : nudel

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Christ. They should have just not made the multiplayer mode at all. All it's done is give people who didn't want to buy/play the game in the first place, and certainly didn't want to play it multiplayer, have something to whine about.

(And I don't plan on buying the DLC, either, because it doesn't interest me. The single player game does but I don't care about multiplayer in RE5. I'm judging the standalone game and the DLC on value, though, not on some crazy concept that if something is made at X point in time then I should automatically get it for free.)

Mar 13, 2009 5:16pm PDT

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Christ. They should have just not made the multiplayer mode at all. All it's done is give people who didn... : nudel
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  60 bucks is alot for a game. I've seen alot of companies dishing up DLC a week or two after release late... : Pneum0
  - Doesn't change the fact that if they hadn't made it at all nobody would have felt like it was missing. : nudel

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I am just thankful for Valve who DOESN'T use that bs excuse to charge for additional game modes (survivor for L4D, the TF2 maps and modes)

Mar 13, 2009 12:03pm PDT

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- Its not the same at all. : valcan_s
- Valve really seem to be one of the few who do know what the fuck they're doing. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  When new maps come out for L4D and Valve charges for them, who will be your savior then? : razoric
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    So far there are no plans to do so. The upcoming L4D pack will be free. Valve took the financial hit for ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19388736#itemanchor_19388736 : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I honestly wouldn't mind paying for some l4d maps that valve made. They have proven themselves time and ... : deathofrats
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  - If Valve ever charges for extra DLC, I'll sell my family to slavery. : ReckHavoc
- It's because Valve understands the concept of added value to a game! Their approach is "Buy our game bec... : CaptCommie

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"We have never included a Versus mode in Resident Evil before, and as well as the costs of development of the feature, there's also additional bandwidth costs associated with it," the company added.

That comment might have been valid, say, if they actually screwed up the development process due to serious incompetence, gross negligence or whatever i.e. one of the developers turning out to be a pyromaniac, and one day he decided that it was all getting a little too much, so he burnt down the entire department, causing extra costs and delays. Otherwise, no.

You can stick it Capcom, stick it inside your stained panties.

Mar 13, 2009 3:13pm PDT

"We have never included a Versus mode in Resident Evil before, and as well as the costs of development of... : devilhood

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I don't know jack shit about game development, but as a consumer it just feels like I'm getting screwed. I don't want to hear excuses about the costs and resources. Something that's out within a month of the game's release feels like they've held back features in order to squeeze out more money. I don't know if that's the case or not, but there's a lot of people who feel this way.

Mar 13, 2009 2:15pm PDT

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- If anything, this just highlights how it's bad PR to announce paid DLC before the initial game has even b... : House

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"there's also additional bandwidth costs associated with it"

Maybe if it came with the disc that wouldn't be an issue? :P I thought Live provided the hosting + download bandwidth anyways.

Mar 13, 2009 2:26pm PDT

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Eh, I can understand it. Game development (and marketing) is stupidly expensive, and it's a good possibility that they had planned their single-player game, and some execs went "it needs MP!" While it wasn't possible to fit within a reasonable development budget, so they had to figure out a way to do it. If they hadn't included any MP, people would be going, "wtf dood, where's the multiplayer?!"

Mar 13, 2009 12:00pm PDT

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- More like the Devs were working on SP and MP and the execs said "WTF r u guygs doing. Just work on SP to ... : dookiebot

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Once again I know why I don't buy "DLC" (which stands for downloadable content I guess, and a new mode is content)

Mar 13, 2009 1:58pm PDT

Once again I know why I don't buy "DLC" (which stands for downloadable content I guess, and a new mode is... : Johnnsen

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60.00 a pop is more than enough money for them to fund this development.

Mar 13, 2009 11:38am PDT

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60.00 a pop is more than enough money for them to fund this development. : bagelcc
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So I haven't been following this; did they PROMISE multiplayer and not deliver until this proposed DLC?

And are they really beefing about bandwidth to push a patch which "MAKES USE OF THE ASSETS THAT EXIST IN THE GAME" to the people who PAID MONEY FOR THE GAME, SUPPORTING THE DEV?

I have no horse in this race. Sincerely wondering. Oh, and this game just came out this week?

Mar 13, 2009 11:42am PDT

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It's $5 and it's optional. Pretend it's not there and move on with your life. Christ...

Mar 13, 2009 12:50pm PDT

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    Slippery slope. You have no evidence to back that up. There are far, far worse examples of DLC than thi... : razoric
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    - Yup. It started with Horse Armor. I still bring that up occasionally in these discussions. Well, wouldya... : AxeMan808

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Funny thing. I was about to say how all devs should follow the criterion model and release a DLC or two for free as a community support thing so they can be raved as heroes in the onslaught of EA style nickel and diming going on. Then I see the criterion paid DLC coming out and I see the same negative backlash that gets heaped on every dev looking to make a few more bucks off a game they poured their hearts and souls into and want to extend the experience in new ways. I just don't see a good middle ground here. Fracturing an online community right after a game comes out seems really short sighted though so I can definitely say that if DLC is ready within 60 days of a games retail release, it should be made available to all, free of charge. I mean $60 bucks ain't chump change and value added releases are sure to generate more sales of the core product which makes everyone happy.l

Mar 13, 2009 1:18pm PDT

Funny thing. I was about to say how all devs should follow the criterion model and release a DLC or two ... : NuMMnUtZ

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I'm disappointed at the lack of a picture of Phoenix Wright to headline this article :-)

Mar 13, 2009 1:07pm PDT

I'm disappointed at the lack of a picture of Phoenix Wright to headline this article :-) : Masem

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I wonder if the future that is being envisioned is modular games. I just puked a little.

Mar 13, 2009 12:00pm PDT

I wonder if the future that is being envisioned is modular games. I just puked a little. : Wombat Woo

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Usually, I'd just not buy it. When the developers are willing to listen as to why people aren't buying their stuff, then I start talking.

Mar 13, 2009 11:42am PDT

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Is this going to be released for PC?

Mar 13, 2009 11:55am PDT

Is this going to be released for PC? : hamliga

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First the Street Fighter costumes, now this. Nice work Capcom.

Mar 13, 2009 11:41am PDT

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- Yea I was pissed too. Epic did it with Gears 2 and their map packs. Lucky for me, Gears had a special tha... : X-Nice

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Thats it, im not buying this game because of this shit!!......................... well, technically I wasnt going to buy it anyway. I'm no fan of the RE series, but it seriously looks like they just wanna milk every franchise with DLC now. Which is really no surprise considering where games are going now..... sigh.

Mar 13, 2009 11:50am PDT

Thats it, im not buying this game because of this shit!!......................... well, technically I was... : bob3578

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