Resident Evil 5 Confirmed for Xbox360 and PS3!

[gosh]

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/news/pdf_page/050720.html

the above is in Japanese and translated it says

Xbox 360 RE5 release end of 2005
Playstation 3 RE5 release spring 2006

 

[London Geezer]

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/news/pdf_page/050720.html

the above is in Japanese and translated it says

Xbox 360 RE5 release end of 2005
Playstation 3 RE5 release spring 2006

So it's a launch game for either platform? Cool.

 

[Nicked]

It will almost definitely not be a launch game.
From Bebpo (GAF):
"Capcom is making this game for the X360 (released in 2005) and the PS3 (released in 2006)".

Its release date hasn't been announced.

 

[London Geezer]

It will almost definitely not be a launch game.
From Bebpo (GAF):
"Capcom is making this game for the X360 (released in 2005) and the PS3 (released in 2006)".

Its release date hasn't been announced.

Oh. Gosh's post was just ambiguous then.

 

[PC-Engine]

I would buy a copy just to play it in 720P widescreen 5.1, and I own the CG version

Though, I'm sure many would not, at least not at full price.

 

[Sean*O]

Though, I'm sure many would not, at least not at full price.

Correct. But I have a hunch there would be enough of a market to be worth while if it were an easy upgrade / port to the 360.

There also may be some small value in establishing the franchise further on the X platform.

 

[Evil_Cloud]

I highly doubt Shinji Mikami has anything to do with Resident Evil 5. After the failure that was PN03 (sales-wise), he stepped down from his manager position at Production Studio 4, and was replaced by Noritaka Funamizu in 2003. Then, after the release of Resident Evil 5 in Japan, he left Production Studio 4 at the end of 2004 and started working at Clover Studio, possibly on an unannounced title for the next-generation. I do believe Capcom Production Studio 4 is working on Resident Evil 5, not Clover Studio.

Clover Studio was founded by Capcom in Summer 2004 and now houses talents such as Atsushi Inaba (Viewtiful Joe, Tekki, Okami, Under The Skin,..), Shinji Mikami, Ryuta Takahashi (Resident Evil), Shinji Utsunomiya (Devil May Cry), Haruhiro Tsujimoto, Tamio Oda en Yoshifumi Yamashita (from the Flagship studio, made The Legend of Zelda's for GB and GBA).

Resident Evil 5 is a nice move for Microsoft and Sony, but there really is no need bashing Nintendo for that like they do on other boards. They have not yet started showing titles, so Revolution could as well get the title. They are launching last after all... It won't help Microsoft in Japan though, they need much more.

On the other hand, there could as well be a huge surprise in store for Nintendo, coming from Clover Studio.

 

[supa50]

Looks good.....u have to see the pics. Would be even better if we could see some videos of this.

 

[Evil_Cloud]

You can find some pics here:-

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Have you seen the first post in this thread? Well then, I recommend you removing that link, it's not like anyone couldn't find these scans by themselves. You'll save Sonic or jvc a few seconds time.

 

[Rur0ni]

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3142140&did=1

Preview in English.

"Of course, with the time it will take to meet the standards set by Resident Evil 4, don't expect this to be a launch title on either console. Takeuchi has indicated that such a project would normally take three to five years to complete, though we'll leave it up to the developers to make sure that players won't have to wait that long."

 

[Titanio]

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/news/pdf_page/050720.html

the above is in Japanese and translated it says

Xbox 360 RE5 release end of 2005
Playstation 3 RE5 release spring 2006

So it's a launch game for either platform? Cool.

No date has been announced for RE5. That page mentions that X360 is launching at the end of this year and PS3 next Spring, but doesn't say RE5 will launch then

 

[PC-Engine]

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3142140&did=1

Preview in English.

"Of course, with the time it will take to meet the standards set by Resident Evil 4, don't expect this to be a launch title on either console. Takeuchi has indicated that such a project would normally take three to five years to complete, though we'll leave it up to the developers to make sure that players won't have to wait that long."

Exactly what I had expected. Fall 2006 at the earliest.

 

[Powderkeg]

It won't help Microsoft in Japan though, they need much more.

Yeah, like an act of God.


Since it is on both the 360 and PS3 (And possibly the Revolution in the future) it's not really going to be a system seller for anyone. The only reason it will help MS will be the fact that people won't pass up on buying the 360 because they want to play Bio5.

 

[PC-Engine]

RE5 is just another high profile title to seal the deal for most potential Xbox 360 buyers and another big title to add to the Xbox 360 library. For most people 1 or 2 high profile games in a console's libary may not be enough for people to actually buy the console, but the more high profile titles you have the higher the chance of people buying the console, common sense. Also RE5 is significant in that it's riding off of the proven gameplay and control scheme of the RE4 title. It's more beneficial to MS in the sense that the title is not exclusive to the other consoles.

I wouldn't be surprised to see MGS4 on X360 also.

 

[seismologist]

yeah exactly I wonder if this was the big surprise game that MS has coming.

 

[Powderkeg]

yeah exactly I wonder if this was the big surprise game that MS has coming.

Why would MS's "big surprise game" be a 3rd party mutiplatform title?

That makes no sense.

 

[seismologist]

Well they made a pretty big deal out of the FFXI port.

I'd imagine Getting Resident Evil on the Xbox is a big deal too.

 

[Titanio]

yeah exactly I wonder if this was the big surprise game that MS has coming.

Why would MS's "big surprise game" be a 3rd party mutiplatform title?

That makes no sense.

I'm sure this is one of their surprises. I don't think too many people were expecting this, hence "surprising". Surprises don't have to be exclusives. The simple fact that Capcom is giving X360 their flagship game, albeit non-exclusively, is surprising after their stance on Xbox this gen.

 

[blakjedi]

yeah exactly I wonder if this was the big surprise game that MS has coming.

Why would MS's "big surprise game" be a 3rd party mutiplatform title?

That makes no sense.

I'm sure this is one of their surprises. I don't think too many people were expecting this, hence "surprising". Surprises don't have to be exclusives. The simple fact that Capcom is giving X360 their flagship game, albeit non-exclusively, is surprising after their stance on Xbox this gen.

Kind of like the surprise that Team Ninja will be bringing DOA to Ps3? like that? LOL

 

[PC-Engine]

yeah exactly I wonder if this was the big surprise game that MS has coming.

Why would MS's "big surprise game" be a 3rd party mutiplatform title?

That makes no sense.

I'm sure this is one of their surprises. I don't think too many people were expecting this, hence "surprising". Surprises don't have to be exclusives. The simple fact that Capcom is giving X360 their flagship game, albeit non-exclusively, is surprising after their stance on Xbox this gen.

Kind of like the surprise that Team Ninja will be bringing DOA to Ps3? like that? LOL

If that is indeed true...