Resident Evil: Revelations drops back down to $40

Likely succumbing to fan demand, Capcom has announced a new price point for Resident Evil Revelations: a standard $39.99, instead of the previously-announced $50.

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Resident Evil: Revelations is one of the prettiest "console-like" experiences on the 3DS. But does it warrant a "console-like" price tag? Capcom thought so, having originally priced the game at $50. Their explanation? "To handle all of that data Resident Evil Revelations requires a 4GB cartridge, resulting in a higher price point."

Fans didn't take too kindly to that announcement, pointing out that the price difference between a 2GB memory stick and 4GB memory stick is negligible. "I have no idea why Capcom has any fans left," Shacker peepooppooppee commented. "They're probably the most hostile and least consumer-friendly company."

Undoubtedly, many others shared that sentiment. Likely succumbing to fan demand, the publisher has announced a new price point for the upcoming 3DS game: a standard $39.99.

"After weeks of effort, we've been able to lower the price to $39.99," Capcom announced on its blog. "We've spent weeks looking for a way to bring your cost down to standard 3DS pricing. Today we can finally confirm we were successful in this, and hope the reduced price encourages even more people to check out this strong entry in the Resident Evil canon."

We're not entirely sure what "effort" was placed into making the game more affordable to manufacture. While this sounds like a poorly contrived PR message, we can't complain about the end result: saving ten bucks.

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    January 27, 2012 3:30 PM

    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Resident Evil: Revelations drops back down to $40.

    Likely succumbing to fan demand, Capcom has announced a new price point for Resident Evil Revelations: a standard $39.99, instead of the previously-announced $50.

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      January 27, 2012 3:32 PM

      I guess the prospect of an epic failure was enough to bring them to their senses.

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      January 27, 2012 3:54 PM

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      January 27, 2012 4:27 PM

      Demo seems to be what I want out of an RE game, so this makes the decision pretty easy.

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      January 27, 2012 5:00 PM

      I swear if these game companies keep up the BS they won't have a business anymore. Capcom being greedy people, EA forcing DLC in other forms of media, Blizzard charging almost full game prices for pets and charging $60 for buggy software. Only hope is that the next generation console for Sony still retains their free network, if they start charging like Microsoft I am out for good.

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      January 27, 2012 6:55 PM

      I still think I'll wait for a port. Just can't see buying a 3DS atm, too much other stuff out there (and the DS still works ok ;P)

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      January 27, 2012 9:11 PM

      Padding your article with whiny bullshit from some random jackass on here certainly is the professional route to take.

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        January 28, 2012 6:25 AM

        "Undoubtedly, many others shared that sentiment." =/

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        January 28, 2012 6:27 AM

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        January 28, 2012 6:38 AM

        At least we have Joystiq.

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        January 28, 2012 4:43 PM

        You're right, he should have quoted you instead!

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          January 29, 2012 9:01 AM

          Grow up kid, his complaint is valid. If I want to see comments, I'll click the comments. I'm not going here to read articles about what people say on forums.

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            January 29, 2012 2:45 PM

            Well... here you are! So STFU about not clicking comments.

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      January 28, 2012 10:33 AM

      Great, you saved $10 fans, now you can buy that mansion you always dreamed of to play RE in.

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        January 30, 2012 7:01 AM

        This attitude is why these companies are able to get away with this bullshit in the first place. Good work, kid.

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